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Published / Created:: between 1400 and 1499.
Call Number:: Manuscript 60 vault
Image Count:: 190
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript, in parchment, in unidentified hand, containing a collection of medical recipes in German (ff. 1-11 and 18-67), materia medica in German and Latin (ff. 11-18), and more recipes added between the late 15th century and the 18th century (ff. 67-88). Includes a 15th-century prayer against the falling sickness on the back flyleaf
Alternative Title:: Receipt book; German text on materia medica : written on vellum and paper in two different hands, with original wooden boards
Description:: In German and Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic minuscule., Layout: single column of varying length., Decoration: medical receipts (ff. 1-67) rubricated., and Binding: bound in wooden boards; no backing. Traces of clasps. "Sermones" visible on the wood.
Subject (Topic):: Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Recipes
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of medical receipts

Published / Created:: between 1400 and 1499.
Call Number:: Manuscript 59 vault
Image Count:: 212
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing a description of several alchemical and medical ingredients and processes. Includes a table of contents, using alchemical symbols, on f. 1: Aurum potabile (ff. 1-4), Lapis animalis (ff. 4-14), Lapis Vegetabilis (ff. 14-19), Lapis mineralis (ff. 19-26), Aurum potabile (ff. 26-30), Tinctura cum mercurio (ff. 30-33), Tinctura magna (ff. 33-36), Das war Auz[] pota[]le (ff. 36-41), Testamentum Raimundi Lulii (ff. 41-58), [mercuriis?] corporibus, Sequitur solutiones, Tinctura animalis, Tinctura albedinis (ff. 77-80), Coagulatio Mercurii (ff. 80-82), De oro argento (ff. 82-83), Verus elixir (ff. 83-86), Secreta Antionii (ff. 86-92), Proiectio (ff. 92-99).
Description:: In Latin and German., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic cursiva., Decoration: headings in red ink. Spare rubrication., Layout: single column of around 17 lines., Binding: red vellum binding., and Foliation in later hand.
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy, Manuscripts, Materia medica, Medicine, Medicine, Medieval, and Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medical vade mecum