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Epistola de lapide philosophorum, 1559

by Milanutius Podius

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Letter on the philosopher's stone directed to "Dux illustrissime," written in one hand, in Rome, dated 1559 (f. 8r). Signature appears to be Milanutius Podius, cataloged by dealer under Poggio Milanucci, form of the name Milanutius Podius taken from Zacour-Hirsch. A sewn gathering of 8 bifolia with contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, 1-6, [7-8], upper outer corner. Ink oxidized.

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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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1 item (8 leaves) : paper; In Latin.; Incipit: Cum dux ill[ustrissi]me sepius suis recordet quando simul super aliquibus Aristotilicis locis ratiocinando, pluries visum tibi fuisse, me illa, aut non intellegere, aut dicebas quod ego faciebam Aristotilem...; Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.

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  • ark:/81431/p3707wz23

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  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9929766003503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 360
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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