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Cipher manuscript

Call Number:
Beinecke MS 408
Image Count:
213
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes of the illustrations seem to represent topics known...
Alternative Title:
Voynich manuscript
Description:
In unidentified cipher.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cipher manuscript

2.
Lumen luminum, etc

Creator:
Elia, da Cortona, frate, -1253
Published / Created:
[ca. 1525]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 29
Image Count:
74
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Elias Cortonensis O.F.M., Lumen luminum, said according to this copy to have been composed in 1315, an erroneous date, and drawn from Saracen and Hebrew sources, translated into Latin. With a cryptic text, ascribed to a church f...
Description:
In Latin, with Italian prologue.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Elia, da Cortona, frate, -1253.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Ciphers, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lumen luminum, etc