Alchemical miscellany
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Description
- Title
- Alchemical miscellany
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1435]
- Publication Place
- North Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper of a private compilation. The two well known works entered into the codex deal with magical properties ascribed to certain gems and the supernatural significance of the carving of stones. Together with these formal texts are found other extremely varied materials: procedures for restoring wine which has suffered various accidents, for making glass of different colors, for the early ripening of grapes, for making an ass bray loudly, for frightening dogs, and so forth
- Description
-
In Latin and Italian.
Watermark: unidentified flower-petal.
Script: Probably written by a single hand, employing a Gothico antiqua on ff. 1-11r, with a less formal treatment of the same elsewhere, and more cursive writing for the passages in Italian; the writing relatively careful at the beginning, progressively less so until the end.
Red ink for most headings, red capitals and paragraph marks, except on f. 11v-12r and 16v-17r, which are without color.
Lower margins affected by damp throughout and partly repaired with blank paper.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper boards, more recent gilt-stamped label on backstrip. - Provenance
- Denis Duveen, acquired from Emil Offenbacher (bookseller), New York, 1948; Mellon MS go, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
- Extent
- ff. i + 17 + ii : 278 x 214 (ca. 195 x 165) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Mellon MS 6
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy
Magic
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Magic
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Duveen, Denis I. > Ownership
Mellon, Paul > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Alchemical Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9877536
- Object ID (OID)
- 32184043
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