[Alchemical miscellany]

Description
Collection of four works concerning alchemy by Roger Bacon, Morienus Romanus (apocryphal), Geber (i.e., Jābir ibn Ḥayyān), and Avicenna. Includes an index to the volume that is incomplete and badly damaged.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Date
1400
Language
Latin
Subject
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800
Alchemy
Chemistry -- History -- Early works to 1800
Chemistry
History
Extent
54 leaves : paper ; 298 x 196 (227 x 150) mm bound to 306 x 207 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Table of contents: 1. f.1r-10r: Tractatus trium verborum / Roger Bacon. -- 2. f.10r-13r: Quaestiones inter Kalid regem et Morienum philosophum / Morienus Romanus (apocryphal). -- 3. f.13v-42v: Summa perfectionis magisterii / Geber. -- 4. f.42v-50r: De anima / Avicenna. 5. f.50r-50v: Index.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Signatures: Quires given letters a-d.
Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 50 + ii (modern paper); 1-3¹², 4¹⁶ (-2); 1-50; contemporary foliation in ink, with roman numerals preceded by quire letter (e.g., bxvii = f. 17, in quire 2), lower right recto, many trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire. Link to collation model at end of record.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with marginalia written in various hands.
Decoration: A few initials in red.
Watermark: Visible in gutter, but not legible enough for identification.
Binding: Half morocco; England, 1871 (front flyleaf ii recto).
Origin: Written in England[?] in the first half of the 15th century.
The edges of most folios are slightly torn and split. There is evidence of water and mildew damage. The last four folios are badly damaged, with loss of text; extensive repairs have been done on the paper.
Two autograph notes (front flyleaf ii recto): 1.) Haymon Styleman-le Strange, indicating that the manuscript was bound in October 1871; 2.) Falconer Mandan, dated 1 December 1892, identifying the first text.
Typescript table of contents included (front flyleaf i verso).
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
Latin.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Collation model
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 110
Provenance
Hamon Styleman-le Strange (signature, flyleaf ii recto); Falconer Madan (signature, flyleaf ii recto); W. M. Voynich (Zacour-Hirsch).
Acquired, 1922.
Le Strange, Hamon, 1840-1918, former owner.
Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935, former owner.
Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930, former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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