Medical vade mecum

Description

Title: Medical vade mecum
Published / Created: between 1400 and 1499.
Publication Place: Germany
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.
Foliation in later hand.
Provenance: Front endleaves include a recipe for the creation of a philosopher's stone in Italian. Purchased by Yale Medical School Library from Rosenbaum on October 2, 1964, on the John Farquhar Fulton book fund.
Extent: 1 item (99 leaves) : 100 mm x 80 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Annotations 15th century
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Topic): Alchemy
Manuscripts
Materia medica
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Subjects: Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
Materia medica > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
Medicine, Medieval > Early works to 1800
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric > Early works to 1800
15th century

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