The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark O.9.40
Manuscript Title

De Mineralibus

Alternative Title

De Mineralibus

James Number 1452
Century 16th17th
Physical Description

In a good hand.

Provenance

Some annotations seem to me to be in John Dee's hand.

Size (cm) 31.5 x 21
Folio 51 ff. written.
Material Paper
Language Latin
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.9.40/manifest.json
Online Since 09/12/2021

Contents

Cap. 1.
Trium Aristotelicorum et quatuor Galenicorum principiorum confirmatio illorum vero trium Paracelsi refutatio.
Cap. 2. De mineralium ortu.
f.14b Liber II. De medicamentis ex lapidibus extractis
f.30b Liber III. De Metallis friabilibus metallicis
Seemingly unfinished, ending on f.51a, which is followed by good many blank leaves.

Bibliography

Roberts, J., and A. G. Watson, ed., John Dee's Library Catalogue (London, 1990), DM9

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