Arcana divina et compendium cum clavibus philosophischen realitaten und experimenten

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Title: Arcana divina et compendium cum clavibus philosophischen realitaten und experimenten
Creator: Lieber, Anna Susanna
Contributor: Weichenhaan, F.F.
Published / Created: [ca. 1743]
Publication Place: Central Germany (Hildburghausen?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of an experimental alchemical compilation, devoted to laboratory procedures
Description: In German and Latin.
Script: Partly written by F.F. Weichenhaan in a clear, sometimes hasty cursive sloping to the right, in Fraktur for the passages in German; the remainder written by Anna Susanna Lieber in a rather loose and pointed Fraktur sloping to the right.
Watermarks: Watermarks of the smaller papers at edges and cut, not identified; the paper folded in quarto with a decidely brownish tint and a large, faint watermark in the folds, not identified.
Light to very dark brown inks, no color, a few sketches of apparatus in the text. No catchwords, no signatures.
Compiled about 1743 by F.F. Weichenhaan, partly from materials written about 1705 by Anna Susanna Lieber.
Binding: Old paper boards with parchment back, a title lettered in brown ink by a modern hand in gothic letters on the backstrip, plain edges.
Provenance: Mellon MS 6, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
Extent: ff. 239 : 193 x 115 (170-185 x 100-113) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German
Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Topic): Alchemy
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
Subjects: Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
Mellon, Paul > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Anna Susanna Lieber and F.F. Weichenhaan, Arcana Divina et Compendium cum Clavibus Philosophischen Realitaten und Experimenten. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.