[Alchemical miscellany]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

214 leaves : paper ; 185 x 122 (149 x 90) mm bound to 191 x 127 mm; Binding: 18th-century Italian parchment. Generally in good condition. Some damage and discoloration of the paper due to oxidation of the ink. Spine of cover deteriorating. Pastedowns pulling loose.; Collation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 214 + iii (contemporary paper); 1-17¹², 18¹²( -2); 1-191, [192-214]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower right corner of every page.; Decoration: Manicules throughout (for example, f. 13r).; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Latin, with some Italian.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Italy in the late 17th or early 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-19v: Minera philosophorum. -- 2. f.20r-46v: Radius ab umbra. -- 3. f.47r-59r: De arte chymica, et eius principiis. -- 4. f.60r-66r: De lapide philosophorum / Bernard of Trevisan. -- 5. f.66v-68r: Elegantia de opere philosophico. -- 6. f.68r-71r: Ex theoriis Joannis Isacci Hollandi. -- 7. f.71r-73r: In tractatu primo Oliveris de Oliveriis in cap. 13 de devotione. -- 8. f.73v-87r: In bifolio metallico dicitur. -- 9. f.87r-97r: Ex aphorismis Gebri. -- 10. f.97r-104v: Expositio librorum Gebri et Raimundi Lulli. -- 11. f.105r-152r, 165r-167r: Expositiones alchemiae Gebri. -- 12. f.152v-158v: Collection of short alchemical extracts. -- 13. f.158v-165r: Tractatus Io[annis] Belye Angli. -- 14. f.167r-169r: In dialogo Demogorgonis et Raimundi de Ligno vitae. -- 15. f.169r-181r: Della sferza degl'Alchimisti. -- 16. f.181r-192r: De fermento et multiplicatione. -- 17. f.192v-196v: Practica. -- 18. f.197r-212v: Index rerum notabilium.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Watermarks: At least two unidentified types, one with the initials GB in the gutter.