Details

Subjects:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Chemistry -- History.
Chemistry.
History.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Recipes.
Manuscripts, German.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

German and Latin.

Summary:

Collection of alchemical formulas, numbered from 1 to 231, including items such as "Dr. Kruegs arcana magica."

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Small note laid inside back cover identifies date as ca. 1720.
Foliation: Paper, 167; [iii, 1-167]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.
Binding: Later marbled paper.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Gustav Wahrendorf, Eisleben, 1910 (signature, f. 1r).

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. 236 (Ms. E.F. Smith 20).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 505

OCLC:

155964367

Access Restriction:

Access to this item is restricted.