Alchemy: a compilation.
Scope and Contents
(i) Medical notes. (Folio 1).
(ii) `De Alchemia Dialogi II. Quorum prior, Genuinam librorum Gebri sententiam, de industria ab Authore celatam, et figurato sermone involutam retegit, et certis Argumentis probat. Alter Raimundi Lullij Majoricani, Mysteria in lucem producit. Quibus praemittuntur, propositiones centum viginti novem, idem argumentum compendiosa brevitate complectentes. Norimbergae apud Joan. Petretum. Anno MDXLVIII.’ A copy from the printed work (the first part of which is a translation of Giovanni Bracesco, ‘La Espositione di Geber Philosopho’, Venice, 1544). (Folios 1-54).
(iii) A list of diseases, giving in some instances symptoms and treatment, which shows the influence of Paracelsus. (Folios 55-143).
(iv) Miscellaneous alchemical notes. (Folios 144-152).
(v) List of books. (Folios 153-154).
Dates
- Creation: 17th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (154 folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Contemporary parchment binding.
Custodial History
Bought, 1723, at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald`s Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.118.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 12 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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