- Creator:
- Sendivogius, Michael, 1566-1636
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1610]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 47
- Image Count:
- 313
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper containing 1) Michael Sendivogius, Novum lumen chymicum & Parabola, translated into German. 2) De lapide philosophico et eius praeparatione, in German. 3) Alchemical recipes, in German, beginning with a brief description of alchemical implements and vessels in Latin. 4) Via veritatis, in German
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Written in a rather upright Fraktur, with Latin words and passages in italic cursive., Six pen-drawn illustrations on ff. 107v-108v., Watermark: an armorial shield at margins and cut, not identified., and Binding: Original limp parchment fashioned from a leaf taken from a French (?) manuscript, ca. 1300, containing canon law fragments written in two columns in a formal Littera parisiensis, with glossae in a less formal hand, with section marks in red and blue, rather worn; pale red edges. Preserved in a modern marbled board solander case with tan oasis back by Carolyn Horton.
- Subject (Name):
- Sendivogius, Michael, 1566-1636.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Natural history, Pre-Linnaen works, and German literature
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Novum lumen chymicum and Parabola
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- Creator:
- Muenchen, Heinrich von
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1415]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 487
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (one leaf, cut in half vertically). Inner margin continues through gutter, with slits for binding, to include ca. three letters of the text of the other half of the bifolium
- Description:
- In German., Script: Written in gothic cursive script., Plain initials alternate in red and blue; headings and initials in red. Guide-letters for plain initials., Rubbed and stained on verso with some loss of text., and Inscription on verso, inner margin "Stuefft Buch pro anno 1657" indicates that the leaf was used for a 17th-century binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Muenchen, Heinrich von.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Weltchronik
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- Creator:
- Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1315]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 486
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Wolfram von Eschenbach, Willehalm, 249.9-253.22 and 262.23-267.8; the text is not continuous, one bifolium missing between leaves
- Description:
- In German., Script: Written in gothic bookhand., Plain initials in red; first letters of verses touched with red., and Removed from a binding: text suffers from holes, stains, and creases.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Willehalm