[Miscellany of scientific treatises]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

123 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 207 x 140 (148 x 85) mm bound to 215 x 145 mm; Binding: Contemporary boards with remains of bronze clasp; rebacked with 19th-century morocco; spine is worn, particularly at the hinges. Title (abraded) written on upper cover. The second and last quires and the front endleaf are pulling loose. A few leaves are torn.; Collation: Paper, i + 123 + i; 1¹², 2-7¹⁰, 8¹⁰(+1), 9-12¹⁰; 1-75, [i], 76-122; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Gatherings signed a-i, k-m, lower right recto of leaves in first half of each gathering. Link to collation model at end of record.; Decoration: Diagram of alchemical devices (f. 22v); sketches in ink of crowns (f. 9v, 23r); 4-line and 5-line puzzle initials in red and green (f. 2r, 47r), alternating green or red initials and paragraph marks throughout; red underlining throughout; various chemical and alchemical symbols used in the text and marginalia.; Latin.; Layout: Written in 26-29 long lines; ruled in lead.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Germany, in the third quarter of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Related Work: Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. De mineralibus. Selections.; Related Work: Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365. Liber lucis.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script in a single hand, with a second, slightly later hand beginning on f. 120v.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-1v: Aqua philosophica atque occulta (Thorndike-Kibre 1539); Table of contents: 10. f.75v-80r: Liber lucis / Raimundi de Insula [Johannes de Rupescissa] (Thorndike-Kibre 902); Table of contents: 11. f.80r-93v: Universale quomodo corpora in primam materiam reducantur (Thorndike-Kibre 1158); Table of contents: 12. f.93v-102v: Synonima corporum spirituum et salium cum signis (Thorndike-Kibre 1515); Table of contents: 13. f.102v-107v: Tractatus utilis de materia et generatione metallorum [De mineralibus 3.2, 3.5] / Alberti [Albertus Magnus]; Table of contents: 14. f.107v-108r: [Passage concerning the four elements]; Table of contents: 15. f.108r-108v: Ad rubeum (Thorndike-Kibre 1334?); Table of contents: 16. f.109r-116v: Tractatus perpulcer de generatione et corruptione metallorum collectus (Thorndike-Kibre 1661); Table of contents: 17. f.116v-119r: De putrefactione (Thorndike-Kibre 1665); Table of contents: 18. f.119v-120v: Dialogus in miseros et stolidos alchymistas (Thorndike-Kibre 1522); Table of contents: 19. f.120v-122v: [Additional notes and recipes in another hand]; Table of contents: 2. f.2r-10r: Liber investigationum Gebri philosophii / [Geber] (Thorndike-Kibre 776); Table of contents: 3. f.10r-14r: [Rosa novella] / Arnoldus de Nova Villa [Arnaldus de Villanova] (Thorndike-Kibre 442); Table of contents: 4. f.14v-22v: Vasa chemica (Thorndike-Kibre 1103); Table of contents: 5. f.23r-34r: Liber investigationum Gebri de medicine proprietatibus sive investigationum perfecti magisterii / [Geber] (Thorndike-Kibre 252); Table of contents: 6. f.34r-44r: Practica magni philosophi (Thorndike-Kibre 557); Table of contents: 7. f.44r-47r: Opus universale (Thorndike-Kibre 710); Table of contents: 8. f.47r-64r: Philosophus perpulcer et nobilis quo ad veram viam universalem (Thorndike-Kibre 965); Table of contents: 9. f.64r-75v: Tractatus concordiarum philosophorum de lapide philosophico / M. Anthonii (Thorndike-Kibre 1040); Title supplied by cataloger; title written in Latin on upper cover is too abraded to be read easily.; Watermark: Piccard XIII. iii. 1638 (ca. 1483); also, cf. Piccard IV. xii. 252 and 253 (ca. 1487 and 1488).