Manuscript on paper of the following mystical or speculative alchemies translated into French: Arnold of Villanova, Rosarius; Albertus Magnus, Compositum de compositis; and Ramon Lull, Clavicula. Alchemies in Latin by Raymundus Gaufridi, Roger Bacon (?), Nicholas, Johannes Pauper, John of Rupescissa, and the Duc de Berry (?). Also includes a long series of wholly practical procedures and recipes
Description:
In French and Latin., Script: Written by one scribe in a remarkably small and neat cursive gothic hand., No headlines, no color, no decoration, spaces left for some capitals with guide letters, a few drawings in the text or in margins., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Marbled paper boards with diced calf back, the backstrip in compartments with horizontal gilt fillets, lines of gilt small tools bordering the false bands, title label in the second compartment from the top gilt-lettered "REGNAULT". Early, probably original green edges. Hinges of the binding repaired.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Formulas, recipes, etc, Glass painting and staining, Technique, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Photographs created by G. Owen Bonawit that document locations in southwestern states, primarily Arizona and California, 1944-1961. Images along the Colorado River between Arizona and California include many images of the Parker Dam that depict the dam, substations, transmission lines, and men working on turbines, while additional images along the river include a view of big horn sheep by another photographer, Howard Fink. Images of Arizona include views in the Salt River Valley in the vicinity of Phoenix, the Naval Air Facility in Litchfield Park, and the operations of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Several photographic prints of the same image depicts an abandoned ranch in New Mexico and Images in the collection unrelated to southwestern states include views of locations in New York City, New York, consisting of artifacts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and stained glass windows created by Bonawit at the Carmelite Monastery in Brooklyn
Description:
G. Owen Bonawit (1891-1971) was an artist who created stained glass decorations for religious and public buildings, as well as a photographer for the United States Bureau of Reclamation. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Arizona, California, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Naval Air Facility (Ariz.), New Mexico, Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.), and Southwestern States
Subject (Name):
Bonawit, G. Owen 1891-1971. (George Owen),, Fink, Howard., Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Dams, Glass painting and staining, Hydroelectric power plants, and Water-power
