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Secreta secretorum

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  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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[22] leaves (the first blank); 21 cm. (4to) Attributed in the text to Aristotle, but authorship is spurious Title from first line of text on leaf a2r Contains the Latin text of the Secretum secretorum as translated from the Arabic work Kitab Kitab Sirr al-asrar by Philippus Tripolitanus Text ends: Et haec sufficiant pro nunc Imprint from Goff. Dated after W. & L. Hellinga, Fifteenth-century printing types of the Low Countries, 1966; dated in Goff: [about 1488] Colophon reads: Finit liber de secretis secreto[rum] aristotilis de regimine sanitatis et de phisionomia cuiuslibet ho[min]is Signatures: a-c⁶ d⁴; a1 blank Printed on Chancery-size paper; 30 lines to a full page; area of text: 143 x 86 mm. Includes initial spaces, without guide-letters. One large ornamental woodcut initial on leaf a2r. With signatures; without foliation and catchwords Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, and Divination and oracles.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

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  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Physiognomy”· in subject

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1486-01-01T00:00:00Z[Antwerp : Mathias van der Goes]Latin—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary; usnationallibraryofmedicine
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