M0011832: Reproduction of a page from a Greek manuscript showing early forms of distillation apparatus including alembics (alchemical stills) with one or more receivers

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/105/34

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        M0011832: Reproduction of a page from a Greek manuscript showing early forms of distillation apparatus including alembics (alchemical stills) with one or more receiversWT/D/1/20/1/105/34

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M0011832: Reproduction of a page from a Greek manuscript showing early forms of distillation apparatus including alembics (alchemical stills) with one or more receivers. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2022: Early forms of distillation apparatus

Description

Reproduction of a page from a Greek manuscript showing early forms of distillation apparatus including alembics (alchemical stills) with one or more receivers. The original manuscript is from an unknown collection in Paris (reference: Gr. 2327, folio 81) that was reproduced for the journal article Taylor, F. Sherwood (1897-1956): A Survey of Greek Alchemy in Journal of the Hellenic Society, volume 50 (1930).

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.8 x 8.3 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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