1. f.1 Epistola Arnaldi(?) de Villa Noua ad Robertum(?) Regem
Scias o tu Rex
-et ultimo rubens. Explicit Epistola.
2. f.6 Hic inc. tract. in quo nominat lapidem philosophorum Intellige ergo dictum
After this the volume contains a collection of detached receipts (alchemical), a few being in English: it seems fragmentary and miscellaneous.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.2.22
| Shelfmark | O.2.22 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Alchemical Compendium |
| Alternative Title | Alchemica |
| James Number | 1126 |
| Century | 16th |
| Physical Description | 22 lines to a page. In a large coarse hand. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. No. 435. |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 22 x 15.5 (written space ca. 17 x 11) |
| Folio | 45 ff. (James); ff. 3 + 46 + 1 (Timmermann) |
| Material | Paper |
| Language | LatinMiddle English |
| Manuscript Summary | Alchemical compendium with texts attributed to Arnold of Villanova and a substantial number of alchemical recipes. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.2.22/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 08/07/2020 |
Contents
Bibliography
Mooney, L. R., The Index of Middle English Prose Handlist 11: Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge [IMEP] (Cambridge, 1995), pp. 96-8 and 159
Timmermann, A., 'Alchemy in Cambridge: An Annotated Catalogue of Alchemical Texts and Illustrations in Cambridge Repositories', Nuncius, 30 (2015), p. 387
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