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1. Arcana divina et compendium cum clavibus philosophischen realitaten und experimenten
- Creator:
- Lieber, Anna Susanna
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1743]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 81
- Image Count:
- 492
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of an experimental alchemical compilation, devoted to laboratory procedures
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Partly written by F.F. Weichenhaan in a clear, sometimes hasty cursive sloping to the right, in Fraktur for the passages in German; the remainder written by Anna Susanna Lieber in a rather loose and pointed Fraktur sloping to the right., Watermarks: Watermarks of the smaller papers at edges and cut, not identified; the paper folded in quarto with a decidely brownish tint and a large, faint watermark in the folds, not identified., Light to very dark brown inks, no color, a few sketches of apparatus in the text. No catchwords, no signatures., Compiled about 1743 by F.F. Weichenhaan, partly from materials written about 1705 by Anna Susanna Lieber., and Binding: Old paper boards with parchment back, a title lettered in brown ink by a modern hand in gothic letters on the backstrip, plain edges.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arcana divina et compendium cum clavibus philosophischen realitaten und experimenten
2. Musaeum hermeticum reformatum
- Creator:
- Hellmerich, Georg
- Published / Created:
- 1692.
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 70
- Image Count:
- 188
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Hellmerich, Georg.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Musaeum hermeticum reformatum