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1. A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter
- Creator:
- Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450; between 1500 and 1510]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 12
- Image Count:
- 650
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a collection of pseudo-Lullian alchemical writings, translated from the French and Catalan originals, with a little additional matter. The codex underwent a transformation in the early 16th century when considerable new matter was added by another English hand on different, thinner paper; leaves have been inserted throughout the original codex
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: Original paper: 1) an extremely primitive-looking unicorn with very short horn and long tail somewhat like Briquet 9962 and 10176; 2) a less primitive unicorn rather similar to Briquet 9985; 3) bullshead with defined eyes and nostrils and with cross above, rather like Briquet 15054. Inserted leaves: a very elegant unicorn mark, more developed than Briquet 10104; and some leaves with a gothic "P" with cinquefoil above, rather like Briquet 8809., Script: The original portion written by a single English gothic cursive hand with heavy standard abbreviation. The inserted leaves (first 4 ff. now extant, ff. 88-96, 163-169, 268-274, and 307-319 [of which f. 167 is a blank and f. 315 is a parchment leaf]) written in another gothic cursive habitually employing writing of different sizes., Original text: Headings in red, rubricated. Some pages with diagrams or drawings. The illustrations include Lullian alphabets and tables in the form of wheels, an Arbor philosophorum, a group of flasks, and a good, large drawing of a furnace. Inserted leaves: Red headings, and capitals with slight decoration., and Binding: Eighteenth century, English. Dark calf, sides paneled in blind with a roll tool of vine pattern, leafy sprays at the corners, back with six plain compartments and five raised bands, probably original parchment label on second compartment from top bordered with ink rule and lettered in ink: "RAYM. LULLII | OPERA | MANUSCRIPTA". The binding considerably repaired and some leather renewed. Original plain edges, the top blackened.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter
2. A collection of his alchemical writings, with some additional related matter by others
- Creator:
- Christopher, of Paris
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1540]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 31
- Image Count:
- 343
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of the writings of Christopher of Paris (pseudonym for a Venetian exile), including his major work, Lucidario, with its supplementary alphabet, plus three letters
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Script: Written by a single good italic hand, sometimes hasty toward the end of the codex., Rubricated, headings often in red., and Binding: Original plain parchment wrapper without ties, back with three raised bands, soiled and worn. Plain edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Christopher, of Paris.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Alphabet books, Italian letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his alchemical writings, with some additional related matter by others
3. Admodum Reverendis, Amplissimis, Clarissimisq. Viris, Curatoribus ex Authoritate Senatus delegatis ad extruenda Quinquaginta illa Templa qua Hortante et Auspicante Annâ faelicis Piaeq. memoriae Reginâ Londini instaurari caeperunt, prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand [graphic]
- Creator:
- Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1717]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 140++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand, showing the statue of St Anne on the Portico, with further statues in the niches on the south side; elegantly dressed figures on Strand around church, a sedan chair and a carriage on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Debito Obsequio D.D. Jacobus Gibbs Architectus"--Below title, lower right corner., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- St. Mary le Strand (Church : London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Carriages & coaches, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Admodum Reverendis, Amplissimis, Clarissimisq. Viris, Curatoribus ex Authoritate Senatus delegatis ad extruenda Quinquaginta illa Templa qua Hortante et Auspicante Annâ faelicis Piaeq. memoriae Reginâ Londini instaurari caeperunt, prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand [graphic]
4. Agreement between Bromehill priory and the town of Thetford
- Published / Created:
- 1331 July 7.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 77
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript indenture, on parchment, detailing an agreement between the Prior and canons of the Augustinian priory of Bromehill on the one part and the Mayor, burgesses, merchants and residents of the town of Thetford on the other part. The indenture concerns the rights to income from the annual Prior's fair at Bromehill, including rights to the toll, stallage and pickage fees
- Description:
- In Latin., Docketed in a sixteenth-century? hand: the indentur of Bromehyll ffeyes., Annotated in a later hand, possibly that of the Norfolk antiquary Thomas Martin., Layout: single column of 26 lines. Head of document indented., Script: secretary script., and With: Seal of the Prior and Canons of Bromehill Priory, in green wax, containing a pyramid between a star, below, and a crescent moon, above.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, Connecticut, New Haven., Norfolk (England), and Thetford (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Augustinians and Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Fairs, Manuscripts, Medieval, Markets, and Monasteries and state
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Agreement between Bromehill priory and the town of Thetford
5. Album of pressed botanical specimens from Norfolk, England : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 1793.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc217
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 92
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Album containing 73 pressed botanical specimens compiled by an unidentified collector in Norfolk, England, 1793. Each specimen has notes indicating its Latin name, common name, and Linnaean classification. Some notes also include the date of collection, the location of collection, and medicinal uses of the plant
- Description:
- In English and Latin., The album was created in a blank accounts book, and the pages have printed red rules., and Binding: contemporary vellum over boards, with blind tooled ruling; the arms of King George III stamped in gilt on the front and back covers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Norfolk
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Botanical specimens, Collection and preservation, Flowers, Herbs, and Plants
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Album of pressed botanical specimens from Norfolk, England : manuscript
6. Alchemical and humanistic miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 14
- Image Count:
- 93
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Arnold of Villanova, Epistola de sanguine humano ad magistrum Iacobum de Toleto. 3) Alchemical procedures. 4) Francesco Petrarca, Epistola ad Marcum Tullium Ciceronem. 5) Pier Paolo Vergerio, Epistola in nomine Ciceronis ad Franciscum Petrarcham. 6) Johannes Obrist, Super confectionem auri potabilis. 7) Nicolaus Claudii, Opus super aurum potabile
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe using a clear and regular gothic bookhand without strong nationalistic traits., Headings in red, rubricated., and Binding: Modern parchment over pasteboards, parchment pastedowns and guards, back gilt-lettered: "DE QVINTA ESSENTIA".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius and Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Formulas, recipes, etc, Latin letters, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and humanistic miscellany
7. Alchemical and medical miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 15
- Image Count:
- 105
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a collection of the works of Nicolaus, mostly related to medicine. In addition the codex has interesting lists of substances in Latin and German, as well as a tract on the distillation of brandy
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Watermarks: Two batches of unidentified paper watermarked with a gothic "P," the mark plain and smaller in one batch, larger and surmounted by a trefoil in the other., Script: Neatly written in a gothic cursive hand., Large capitals in red at text divisions, sometimes with slight pen ornament, other capitals stroked red throughout, fancy ascenders on top lines transgressing the upper rules and stroked red, similar descenders occasionally below the bottom bordering line, usually not colored., and Binding: Modern three-quarter binding of light brown buckram, plain brown niger back and corners, the back with five (false?) raised bands, gilt-lettered in the second compartment from the top, ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI, and at the foot of the spine, "AB. 1460". Plain edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicolaus, Salernitanus, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Brandy, Latin language, Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and medical miscellany
8. Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1760]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 110
- Container / Volume:
- 2
- Image Count:
- 989
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a pietistic, mystical text in prose and verse, illustrated by a great variety of illustrations cut from manuscripts of smaller dimensions (plus some prints), and pasted in. These illustrations include the "Python" illuminated drawing which has been reproduced in color, a series of "alchemical processes depicted symbolically taking place within flasks", as well as many other pictorial elements drawn from a variety of sources
- Description:
- In German, Low-German, Latin, and Hebrew., Script: Written by a single hand in dark brown and pale red inks in a loose and flowing cursive, often with Fraktur elements, frequently placing capital letters in the midst of words, sometimes in red; with some inserted leaves and additional matter by another, perhaps slightly later hand, and with pasted-in leaves, usually with illustrations, partly taken from older manuscripts, and partly (apparently) by the compiler., Watermarks: The inserted leaves of paper with a large fleur-de-lys watermark, unidentified; the thinner paper used for most of the volumes with unidentified watermark in folds., With additions in German and Dutch., Bound in 2 volumes., and Binding: Uniformly bound in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century marbled boards, red leather backs with three bands, each volume with modern brown calf title labels gold-stamped "ALCHYMICAL MANUSCRIPT," speckled edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, and Pietism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
9. Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1760]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 110
- Container / Volume:
- 1
- Image Count:
- 950
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a pietistic, mystical text in prose and verse, illustrated by a great variety of illustrations cut from manuscripts of smaller dimensions (plus some prints), and pasted in. These illustrations include the "Python" illuminated drawing which has been reproduced in color, a series of "alchemical processes depicted symbolically taking place within flasks", as well as many other pictorial elements drawn from a variety of sources
- Description:
- In German, Low-German, Latin, and Hebrew., Script: Written by a single hand in dark brown and pale red inks in a loose and flowing cursive, often with Fraktur elements, frequently placing capital letters in the midst of words, sometimes in red; with some inserted leaves and additional matter by another, perhaps slightly later hand, and with pasted-in leaves, usually with illustrations, partly taken from older manuscripts, and partly (apparently) by the compiler., Watermarks: The inserted leaves of paper with a large fleur-de-lys watermark, unidentified; the thinner paper used for most of the volumes with unidentified watermark in folds., With additions in German and Dutch., Bound in 2 volumes., and Binding: Uniformly bound in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century marbled boards, red leather backs with three bands, each volume with modern brown calf title labels gold-stamped "ALCHYMICAL MANUSCRIPT," speckled edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, and Pietism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium
