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19. Novum lumen chymicum and Parabola
- 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
20. Pharmacological etc. miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 650
- Image Count:
- 176
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history
- Description:
- In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew., Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?)., Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria., The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae., At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, Medieval, Natural history, and Pharmacology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pharmacological etc. miscellany
21. The ordinal of alchemy
- Creator:
- Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1610]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 46
- Image Count:
- 149
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper in English verse with a Latin verse prologue of Thomas Norton of Bristol's Ordinall of Alchemy, written in 1477
- Description:
- In English and Latin., Script: Written by a single English hand writing a very fine and regular italic sloping to the right., No color, no illustration., Watermark: arms of Austria with the golden fleece, similar to Briquet 2291., and Binding: Original English binding of white, limp parchment, the covers blocked in gold with the armorial stamp employed by Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland: the badge of the Percy house, the white or crescent moon, within the representation of the garter, surmounted by an earl's coronet; fore-edges of each cover with overhanging flaps and with remains of two original green linin ties; flat back with four thongs used in the sewing-in exposed at regular intervals on each side of the backstrip, with traces of original lettering at head of backstrip now illegible, later writing in old style below probably the work of a modern repairer, possibly covering an original inscription; plain edges; a strip of parchment, cut from a manuscript in Latin, ca. 1100, is visible surrounding the back of the quires of the manuscript, used in the sewing-in, with writing visible at the front of the volume only.
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Thomas, active 1477.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and English poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The ordinal of alchemy
22. Works
- Creator:
- Norton, Samuel, 1548-1604?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1660]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 64
- Image Count:
- 196
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (rather thick) of a codex containing alchemical verses and other works by Samuel Norton and illustrated with skillful drawings of the arcane figures associated with Norton's work
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written by a single hand which has also annotated and captioned the drawings in a neat cursive sloping to the right, with the addition of passages in italic and chancery scripts., and Binding: Early, perhaps original, French binding of black morocco, the sides with triple gold fillet around the edges, a similar triple fillet forming a rectangular panel in the center of each cover with fleurons at the corners, the inside edges with a border of small tools stamped in gold, the back gilt compartments formed by five raised bands, modern title label on second compartment from top, some modern repairs with brown leather, including filling up the four holes on each cover which originally held ties, now missing; original gilt edges.
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Samuel, 1548-1604?
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Illumination of books and manuscripts
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Works