Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294 Freelove, Robert Jean, de Meun, d. 1305? Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent
Published / Created:
[ca. 1550]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 33
Image Count:
277
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of 1) Unidentified alchemy. 2) Jean de Meung, Liber Lapidis mineralis, Book II only, translated into English by Robert Freelove, 1522. 3) The Practys of Lyghtes. 4) Roger Bacon or Johannes Sawtre, Radix mundi, translated into Engli...
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth century, English. Brown calf over pasteboards, the covers paneled in blind fillets, much deteriorated and the backstrip missing, preserved in a cloth case.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Autograph manuscript, on paper, containing 72 pages of medical, chemical and household recipes and formulas. Contents include many medical recipes, such as traditional herbal washes, broths, salves, oils and pills for specific ailments, including bald...
Description:
Almost entirely in English; several recipes in Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century
Subject (Name):
Nott, William, binder, Paracelsus,--1493-1541--Influence, Rogers, Anna,--active 1770-1777--Stamp, Yarmouth, Robert Paston,--Earl of,--1631-1683, and Yarmouth, Robert Paston,--Earl of,--1631-1683--Binding
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Chemistry--Early works to 1800, Cooking, English--Early works to 1800, Health--Early works to 1800, Iatrophysical school, Medicine, Popular--Early works to 1800, Medicine--Early works to 1800, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Medicine--Great Britain--Early works to 1800, Recipes--Great Britain, Traditional medicine--Great Britain--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800, and Workshop recipes--Early works to 1800
