The ordinal of alchemy
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Description
- Title
- The ordinal of alchemy
- Creator
- Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1610]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper in English verse with a Latin verse prologue of Thomas Norton of Bristol's Ordinall of Alchemy, written in 1477
- Description
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In English and Latin.
Script: Written by a single English hand writing a very fine and regular italic sloping to the right.
No color, no illustration.
Watermark: arms of Austria with the golden fleece, similar to Briquet 2291.
Binding: Original English binding of white, limp parchment, the covers blocked in gold with the armorial stamp employed by Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland: the badge of the Percy house, the white or crescent moon, within the representation of the garter, surmounted by an earl's coronet; fore-edges of each cover with overhanging flaps and with remains of two original green linin ties; flat back with four thongs used in the sewing-in exposed at regular intervals on each side of the backstrip, with traces of original lettering at head of backstrip now illegible, later writing in old style below probably the work of a modern repairer, possibly covering an original inscription; plain edges; a strip of parchment, cut from a manuscript in Latin, ca. 1100, is visible surrounding the back of the quires of the manuscript, used in the sewing-in, with writing visible at the front of the volume only. - Provenance
- Mary Mellon acquired from William Gannon (bookseller), New York, 1942; Mellon MS 149. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
- Extent
- ff. 70 : 197 x 160 (160 x 120) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Mellon MS 46
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Early works to 1800
- Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Name)
- Norton, Thomas, active 1477.
- Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy
English poetry - Subjects
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Norton, Thomas, active 1477
Alchemy > Early works to 1800
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700
Mellon, Mary, 1905-1946 > 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
- Thomas Norton, The Ordinal of Alchemy. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11023817
- Object ID (OID)
- 32237676
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