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Mellon MS 16, De consideratione quinte essentie

by de Rupescissa Johannes

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Mellon MS 16. Text(s): De consideratione quinte essentie. Description: ff. 80 - Original reddish brown polished leather over finely beveled wooden boards, troughs for two clasps and two spikes on front cover, each cover with five nipplelike wrought brass bosses, one at each corner and one in the center, the lower cover with two large brass roundels used to fasten the now-missing strap ties which emerged from the lower fore-edge; sides ruled to a simple geometric pattern, back with raised bands, the clasps now missing and the hinges cracked, but the binding sound. - Mellon MS 161, acquired 1964. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965. - Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts, Mellon MS 16.

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

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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