At the beginning are 4 leaves in a later hand (xvi) described in the Catalogue as
Arnaldus de Villa Nova de compositione Lapidis Philosophorum,
but beginning imperfectly.I. f.1 1. Inc. questiones tam essentiales quam accidentales Mag. Arnaldi de Villa noua, declarate Revdo Archiepo. Rauenne ab eodem petite super compositione Lapidis, que inc. O venerande pater, que quidem sunt ualde operis declaratiue
Queritur primo si operatio Lapidis.
f.8b Inc. questiones accidentales
Ad questiones accidentales quas mihi fecisti.
Ending f.13
Expl. quest, accid. Die v. Julii IDXXV.
II. f.1 2. Inc. Rosa nouella mag. Arnaldi de Villa noua
Scias charissime quod in omni re creata.
Ends f.13. Expl. Rosa nouella mag. arn. de V. N. die vii. Julii IDXXV.
f.13b 3. Bonifacio Octauo, Sacrosancte Romane Ecclesie summo pontifici Mr Alamanus Boemus ad pedes tue sanctitatis
Sepe inter nos sermo fuit ex occultis.
Ends f.22: Die viiij. Julii IDXXV.
f.22b 4. Epistola Mag. Rainaldi de Villa noua
Oportet primo corpora in primam substantiam reduci.
Ends f.28b: Expl. tract. iste Die xo. Julii IDXXV. Verone per me Lazarum de Calistanis Archipresbiterum Lazisii deo opt. concedente cui sit Honor et gloria.
III. f.1 5. Inc. liber qui intitulatur via uniuersalis Mi Arnaldi de Villa noua Et primo de preparatione mercurii crudi
Cap. 1. Primo recipe mercurium non falsificatum.
Unfinished, ending in c. viii, f.4. The rest blank.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.7.19
| Shelfmark | O.7.19 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Alchemical Miscellany including works by Arnold of Villanova |
| Alternative Title | Alchemica |
| James Number | 1347 |
| Century | 16th |
| Physical Description | Mostly 20 lines to a page. In a pretty Italic hand. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738.Marked L. 12. No. 403. |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 16.5 x 10.5 (written space 12 x 7) |
| Folio | 4 + 13 + 28 + 4 ff. (James); ff. 5 + 14 + 29 + 8 |
| Material | Paper |
| Language | Latin |
| Manuscript Summary | Three volumes combined to gather the alchemical oeuvre attributed to Arnold of Villanova and related material. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.7.19/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 29/11/2022 |
Contents
Bibliography
Robinson, P., Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries, 2 vols. (Cambridge, 1988), no. 382, pl. 364 [parts I and II dated 1525, written at Verona]
Timmermann, A., 'Alchemy in Cambridge: An Annotated Catalogue of Alchemical Texts and Illustrations in Cambridge Repositories', Nuncius, 30 (2015), p. 405
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