Musaeum hermeticum reformatum

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Description

Title
Musaeum hermeticum reformatum
Creator
Hellmerich, Georg
Contributor
Basilius Valentinus.
Palingenio Marcellus, Stellatus, fl. 1528.
Ripley, George, -1490?
Hermes, Trismegistus.
Lambspringk.
Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622.
Published / Created
1692.
Publication Place
North Italy
Abstract

Manuscript on paper (thick) containing 1) Basilius Valentinus, Porta sophica, sive duodecim claves. 2) Marcellus Palingenius, Alchemical invocation. 3) George Ripley, Liber duodecim portarum, the prologue only. 4) Hermes, Tabula smaragdina. 5) Basilius Valentinus, Practica cum duodecim clavibus. 6) Lambsprinck, De lapide philosophico libellus. 7) Michael Maier, and others, Emblematical alchemical paintings, without text. 8) Riginio Danielli, Canzone

Description
In Latin and Italian.
Script: Painstakingly but not very skillfully written by a single hand imitating different typefaces.
In brown ink with some red headings and capitals.
Binding: Probably original binding of plain brown calf, back with four raised bands, remains of early paper title label at top of backstrip on which the compiler's name is written partly defectively, "Gregori ... [sic] ... llmri ..." Badly wormed and repaired in modern times, with modern leather title label on backstrip.
Provenance
Mellon MS 93, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
Extent
ff. 83 : 274 x 212 mm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note
Tight binding resulting in loss of text at gutter.
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Mellon MS 70

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Material
paper ;
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Name)
Hellmerich, Georg.
Subject (Topic)
Alchemy
Subjects
Hellmerich, Georg
Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Mellon, Paul > Ownership

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Citation
Georg Hellmerich, Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
11070877
Object ID (OID)
33080468

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