14. Cupressus Americana. The cypress of America|15. Liquid-ambari arbor / The sweet gum-tree|16. Arbor tulipifera Virginiana. The tulip-tree|19. Arbor in aqua nascens ... The water tupelo.
, 23. Cornus mas Virginiana ... The Dogwood-tree|24. Amelanchior Virginiana ... The Fringe-tree|25. Agrifolium Carolinense ... The Dahoon Holly|26. Cassena vera Floridanorum ... The Yapon., 27. Arbor in aqua nascens ... The Tupelo-tree|28. Laurus Carolinensis ... The Red Bay|29. Ligustrum Lauri folio ... The Purple-berried Bay|30. Cornus mas odorato ... The Sassafras-tree., 39. Frutex foliis oblongis acuminatis ... The Sorrel-tree|40. Pseudo-acacia hispida floribus roseis = The Acacia with rose-coloured flowers|41. Myrtus Brabantice similis Caroliniensis ... The Candle-berry Myrtle|42. Acacia, abruae foliis ... The Water Acacia., 55. Cistus Virginiana, flore & periclymini = The Upright Honey-suckle|56. Jasminum luteum odoratum Virginianum ... The Yellow Jessamin|57. Hamamelis|58. Frutex cornii foliis conjugatis; floribus instar anemones stellatae, petalis crassis, rigidis, colore sordide rubente; cortice aromatico., Hortus Britanno-Americanus., and Hortus Europae americanus: or, A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America; : adapted to the climates and soils of Great B
Appears in Blaeu's Atlas major., Bar scale given in milliaria Germanica., Ferro meridian., No. 61 of 69 maps bound together in composite atlas., Relief shown pictorially., and Scale [ca. 1:8 500 000].
Publisher:
[Joan Blaeu]
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, Central --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Africa, Eastern --Maps --Early works to 1800
Appears in Blaeu's Atlas major., Bar scale given in milliaria Germanica communia., Ferro meridian., Includes illustration of animals and ornamental cartouche., No. 60 of 69 maps bound together in composite atlas., Relief shown pictorially., and Scale [ca. 1:12 000 000].
Publisher:
[Joan Blaeu]
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, Central --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Africa, Eastern --Maps --Early works to 1800
[Anonymous] Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent Martin Roesel of Rosenthal Wolfgang the Organist
Published / Created:
1536, ca. 1520, and ca. 1586
Call Number:
Mellon MS 27
Image Count:
141
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, composed in three parts, of a large number of practical procedures, chiefly alchemical but sometimes medical, with a few standard medieval alchemical texts by Khalid ibn Yazid, Theodoric, and Albertus Magnus. Occasionally there are passages in cipher, added by Martin Roesel of Rosenthal ca. 1586, long after the principal contents were written; the cipher seems to be of a simple number-substitution type.
Description:
Binding: Probably ca. 1586 for Martin Roesel. Red-stained limp parchment (most of the stain now lost), single central clasp and catch now missing from center of fore-edges, two slits on each fore-edge for thong or ribbon ties, also missing., In Latin and German, partly in cipher., Script: Part I (ff. 1-29): Written in 1536 in red and black in a gothic cursive by Wolfgang the Organist. Part II (ff. 30-65): Written in a well-controlled gothic cursive without color. Part III (ff. 66-132): Written in one or possibly two scrawling gothic cursives, with red headings on ff. 109-124., Several initials illuminated in trick have been cut from a late 15th-century MS and pasted into the present MS at ff. 2v, 4v, 5, 10r, and 16r. Marginal drawings of alchemical apparatus are cropped, as also marginalia., and Watermarks: 1) unidentified eagle watermark somewhat resembling Briquet 104; 2) a crown pattern resembling Briquet 4921 and 1922; 3) the Paschal lamb resembling Briquet 61.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medicine, Medieval, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library