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O.8.28

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Shelfmark O.8.28
Manuscript Title

Five Alchemical Volumes etc
Alternative Title

Alchemica
James Number 1403
Century 16th
Physical Description

Several volumes
Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. Marked M. 7. No. 415.
Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 19.5 x 15 with some variation
Folio ff. 3 + 4 + 26 + 27 + 81 + 3
Material Paper
Language EnglishLatin
Manuscript Summary Five alchemical volumes bound together, in part sourced from Arthur Dee's collections, with prose texts and notes mainly on Lullian material and a large number of recipes.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.8.28/manifest.json
Online Since 26/01/2022

Contents

James

I. Liber experimentorum Raymundi Lullii mihi Roma transmissus anno 1564.
Joannes Dee.
ff. 24 neatly written.
Text begins Ego Raymundus lullius.
Colophon: Ego Blasius de santulianhos librum scripsi pro dno meo Jo. Dee et consig(n)aui eum Dno Guirardo causa mittendi dicto dno meo Jo. Dee in presencia Dni Mereurii Candreuila Rome die 28 Jan. anno 1564.
J. Dee. Recepi Antwerpiae 1564 feb. 28.
It is not in the Catalogue of Dee's MSS.

II. 1. Liber Lucis Mercuriorum Raymundi Lullii.
Jamdudum Rex Serenissime.
2. Liber magnae Medicinae eiusdem.
24 ff., neatly written.

III., IV. are two volumes of Alchemical notes and receipts in English and Latin of about 50 leaves each.

 

Bibliography

Roberts, J., and A. G. Watson, ed., John Dee's Library Catalogue (London, 1990) DM8

Timmermann, A., 'Alchemy in Cambridge: An Annotated Catalogue of Alchemical Texts and Illustrations in Cambridge Repositories', Nuncius, 30 (2015), p. 428

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