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[Alchemical treatise]

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  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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A collection of alchemical preparations, written in black ink with red ink used for headings and for some symbols, margins ruled in red ink. For the title as well as for the name of substances the writer used secret ciphers. Also includes a section of medical recipes in the Ladin language.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

78 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 168 x 126 (125 x 105) mm bound to 175 x 134 mm; Binding: Contemporary sheepskin.; Decoration: Pen and ink drawings of alchemical apparatus (f. 7v, f. 15v, f. 21r, f. 24v, f. 56v), with smaller drawings at other locations in the text.; Foliation: Paper, ii (contemporary paper) + 78 + i (contemporary paper); [1-78]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; German and Rhaeto-Roman.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Switzerland in 1737 (f. 1r).; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be one hand, including appendices.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-59r: Alchemical preparations. -- 2. f.60r-63r: Explicatio verborum. -- 3. f.63v-69v: Signa Chÿmicorum (gives an alphabetical listing of the elements with their symbols). -- 4. f.70r-74v: Unguentum contra venicas manuum.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).

1737—German—Public download

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  • ark:/81431/p3rj48v0c

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  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9915809453503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 508
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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