An untitled Kunstbuechlein

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Description

Title
An untitled Kunstbuechlein
Published / Created
1562.
Publication Place
Germany, possibly the Hartz district
Abstract

Manuscript on paper of an untitled Kunstbuechlein containing hundreds of recipes for a variety of alchemical processes, chiefly metallurgical

Description
In German and Latin.
Script: Calligraphically written by a highly skilled hand using a variety of Fraktur, secretary cursive, and italic scripts.
Three-column table of alchemical symbols on last leaf. No color, but progressively frequent use of alchemical symbols; full-page drawing of a double coat of arms with inscriptions on first front flyleaf recto, and a small drawing at foot of f. 53v, of a woman apparently scratching herself with the legend "The flea bites me," both probably by the same skilled hand, possibly the copyist of the codex.
Somewhat damaged, especially at beginning, by water-staining and fraying, with some leaves wanting, but the remainder entirely legible and without substantial losses.
Binding: Original limp parchment stained olive green, now worn and with most of the spine, originally with three bands, missing; plain edges. Preserved in a modern box of boards with linen back, modern leather title label added.
Provenance
Denis Duveen, acquired from Dr. Ernst Weil (bookseller), London; Mellon MS 110, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
Extent
ff. 152 : 197 x 155 (136-165 x 123-136) mm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
German

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Mellon MS 40
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance Germany 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material
paper ;
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Geographic)
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic)
Alchemy
Formulas, recipes, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval
Metallurgy
Subjects
Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Formulas, recipes, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Metallurgy > Early works to 1800
Germany > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Duveen, Denis > Ownership
Mellon, Paul > Ownership

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Citation
An Untitled Kunstbuechlein. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9879643
Object ID (OID)
2014423

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