Alchemical miscellany
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Description
- Title
- Alchemical miscellany
- Contributor
- Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1490; 1800]
- Publication Place
- Italy (perhaps Padua)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment and paper, written in two parts. Part I (parchment, written ca. 1490): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Descriptions of various herbs. Part II (paper, added ca. 1800): 3) Alchemy. 4) Recipes for making Prussian Blue, in Italian
- Description
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In Latin and Italian.
Script: Part I (ff. 1-40): Written by one hand in a neat, minute humanistic cursive. Part II (ff. 41-52): In an Italian hand.
Part I: Headings in red throughout, that on f. 1r overwritten in an intense red ink covering earlier writing in pale red ink, the intense ink then used for the remainder of the headings in this portion of the codex, and the overwriting probably by the original scribe. Plain, small, roman capitals at beginnings of sections of the text in blue or green; a large initial "D" and a full border no f. 1r, as well as a smaller initial "L" at the beginning of the second book of text, foot of f. 25r, all finely illuminated in gold and colors in the "white-vine" style, the lower part of the border on f. 1r with a coat of arms consisting of a shield azure, a bear rampant or. Part II: Undecorated.
Binding: Late eighteenth century, probably French. Speckled calf, the sides undecorated, the repaired back in compartments with gilt tooling, the original title-stamping defective, speckled edges; restored by Carolyn Horton, November 1955. - Provenance
- Denis Duveen; Mellon MS 116, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
- Extent
- ff. vi + 40 + 12 : 156 x 120 (112 x 68) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Mellon MS 21
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment and paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy
Formulas, recipes, etc
Herbs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Prussian blue - Subjects
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Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Formulas, recipes, etc > Early works to 1800
Herbs > Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Prussian blue > Early works to 1800
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Duveen, Denis I. > Ownership
Mellon, Paul > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Alchemical Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9878293
- Object ID (OID)
- 10269831
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