Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365 Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
Published / Created:
1528
Call Number:
Mellon MS 30
Image Count:
327
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Alchemical miscellany, compiled in 1528, perhaps by Niclaus of Sweden, who appears to have signed the last procedure in the volume on f. cclxxxxviiij verso
Description:
Binding: Original blind-stamped brown calf over beveled wooden boards, the sides paneled in vertical patterns of roll tools, two brass catches on upper cover, remains of brass attachments for clasps on the lower; the original backstrip with three raised bands laid down; plain edges; restored by Carolyn Horton, New York, and with a leather title label on the backstrip supplied by her., ff. 322v-346r blank and not scanned. Signatures 2R, 2S, 2T, 2V noted at 329r, 335r, 339r, and 341r, respectively., ff. 348, of which ff. 1-18 are unnumbered, ff. 19- 317 are correctly numbered i-cclxxxxviiij by the scribe, the remaining ff. 318-348 originally blank and unnumbered now partly with later additions, ff. 18 and 322-346 blank, the last leaf serving as the end pastedown., On paper., Script: Very neat and clear gothic cursives, captions by the same hand, written in two parts, the second beginning at f. 201r., Some red sentence-strokes and underlining; red captions and chapter headings with minimal elaboration, carefully laid out on the page, also pen line-fillers at end of each section, as needed for text spacing. A penned brown and red crown as folk symbol at left margin of f. 135r. Infrequent sketches of alchemical vessels in brown or red at side margins, some very slightly trimmed., and Watermarks: 1) a long-stemmed cross above a bull's head; 2) a six-lobed arc above and each lobe surmounted by a three-lobed cross; 3) a crown. All with vertical chain marks, trimmed, not identified.
Subject (Name):
Duveen, Denis I., bookplate, Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365. Liber de consideratione quintae essentiae omnium rerum. German, and Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
Blank pages not digitized. and Imperfect: some pages mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Neat lines measures 45.8 x 50.8 cm. on sheet 50 x 57.5 cm. Ms. note on verso: No. 151, Nord America nach d'Anville. Franklin Collection no. 131 1756-9., Place names and descriptive notes in English., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
[Homann Erben],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Place names and descriptive notes in English., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 47.5 x 51 cm.
Publisher:
[Homann Erben],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800. and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782. and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior.
755 1756E: Mounted on paper. Neat line measures 45.9 x 51 cm. on sheet 46 x 51.2 cm. Ms. no.: 54., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., Relief sh, and Sheet measures 49.5 x 57.2 cm.
Publisher:
[Homann Erben],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Mounted on paper. Neat line measures 45.9 x 51 cm. on sheet 46 x 51.2 cm. Ms. no.: 54., and Place names and descriptive notes in Englis
Publisher:
[Homann Erben],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Place names and descriptive notes in English., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 47.1 x 52 cm. Ms. no. on verso: No. 5. Cross Collection no. 194.
Publisher:
[Homann Erben],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Place names and descriptive notes in English., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 49.5 x 61.7 cm. Title in ms. on verso. Franklin Collection no. 131 1777-1.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior
Appears in various eds. of Atlas geographicus maior., Includes German text relating to English and French territorial claims., Place names and descriptive notes in English., Prime meridian: Ferro and London., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800. and United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782. and Homann Erben (Firm). Atlas geographicus maior.