MS.23

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MS.23. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of extracts from alchemical authors, alchemical processes, chemical and medical receipts, receipts for making artificial gems, etc. The date 1506 is given at the end of a receipt for 'Vitriolum Romanum' on fol. 28v. Some of the marginal notes seem to be by a different and rather later 16th cent. hand. The first and last leaves are pasted down on the covers. On the second leaf is written 'Doct[oris] Anonimi'. Inside the upper cover 'No. 10. Johannes Keirast [?] Ma[gister?] P[harmaciae?]', in a 16th cent. hand.

Physical description

Material: paper; 2 ll. + 145 ff. + 1 l. 4to.; leaf dimensions: width 16 cm, length 21.5 cm

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Purchased 1930.

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