Franklin

[Alchemical miscellany].

Publication:
[England?], [between 1400 and 1450]
Format/Description:
Manuscript
54 leaves : paper ; 298 x 196 (227 x 150) mm bound to 306 x 207 mm
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Other Title:
UPenn Ms. Codex 110
Subjects:
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Chemistry -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry.
History.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
Latin.
Summary:
Collection of four works concerning alchemy by Roger Bacon, Morienus Romanus (apocryphal), Geber (i.e., Jābir ibn Ḥayyān), and Avicenna. Includes an index to the volume that is incomplete and badly damaged.
Contents:
1. f.1r-10r: Tractatus trium verborum / Roger Bacon.
2. f.10r-13r: Quaestiones inter Kalid regem et Morienum philosophum / Morienus Romanus (apocryphal).
3. f.13v-42v: Summa perfectionis magisterii / Geber.
4. f.42v-50r: De anima / Avicenna. 5. f.50r-50v: Index.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Signatures: Quires given letters a-d.
Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 50 + ii (modern paper); 1-3¹², 4¹⁶ (-2); 1-50; contemporary foliation in ink, with roman numerals preceded by quire letter (e.g., bxvii = f. 17, in quire 2), lower right recto, many trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire. Link to collation model at end of record.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with marginalia written in various hands.
Decoration: A few initials in red.
Watermark: Visible in gutter, but not legible enough for identification.
Binding: Half morocco; England, 1871 (front flyleaf ii recto).
Origin: Written in England[?] in the first half of the 15th century.
The edges of most folios are slightly torn and split. There is evidence of water and mildew damage. The last four folios are badly damaged, with loss of text; extensive repairs have been done on the paper.
Two autograph notes (front flyleaf ii recto): 1.) Haymon Styleman-le Strange, indicating that the manuscript was bound in October 1871; 2.) Falconer Mandan, dated 1 December 1892, identifying the first text.
Typescript table of contents included (front flyleaf i verso).
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
Penn Provenance:
Hamon Styleman-le Strange (signature, flyleaf ii recto); Falconer Madan (signature, flyleaf ii recto); W. M. Voynich (Zacour-Hirsch).
Acquired, 1922.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 231 (Ms. E. F. Smith 3).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 110
Contributor:
Le Strange, Hamon, 1840-1918, former owner.
Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935, former owner.
Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930, former owner.
OCLC:
155962426