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Alemanus of Bohemia and others, alchemical and herbal miscellany. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Alemanus of Bohemia and others, alchemical and herbal miscellany
- Date:
- c.1500
- Reference:
- MS.33
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Description
Alemanus of Bohemia and others, alchemical and herbal miscellany
Written in a semi-current humanist hand, 16-17 lines to a page: a few initials in red.
Contents
1. ff. 1r-16r Alemanus of Bohemia, On the stone to Boniface VIII
f. 1r Bonifacio octavo sumo papa de la sancta Clezia Romana Maistro Alemano de Boemia se recomanda ... f. 16r ... con lingua. Deo gracias. Amen.
2. ff. 16r-22v Alchemical and medical recipes in Latin
3. ff. 23r-26v Treatise on the seven herbs and seven planets
f. 23r La prima erba sien del sole ... f. 26v ... i demunis. De gracias.
4. ff. 27r-28v Treatise on herbs, end wanting
f. 27r De vitutibus elintropie. Prima erba apud caldeos vocatur yreos ... f. 28v ... commisce cum ...
Publication/Creation
c.1500
Physical description
1 volume i + 28 + i folios 16mo. 12 1/2 x 10 cm. Modern vellum binding. A leaf is wanting before folio 23, and the end is missing: a leaf is probably missing after folio 17. The last leaf is damaged, cut down and mounted.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1931.
Biographical note
Written in Italy.
Finding aids
Catalogue description modified 2014. For original description see S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Location of duplicates
This material has been digitised and can be freely accessed online through Wellcome Collection catalogue.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 57463