Details

Subjects:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Pharmacy -- Early works to 1800.
Pharmacy.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Dictionaries.
Prescriptions.
Recipes.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French, Italian, German, and Latin, with a few items in Spanish and Dutch.

Summary:

Remedies arranged alphabetically in dictionary form. They were compiled from a number of sources including Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard, Johann Helfrich Jünken, Digby (possibly Sir Kenelm Digby) and Jean Béguin's Tyrocinium chymicum -- a reference to this work is made inside upper cover as well as within the text.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The date 1650 inside upper cover appears to refer to a printing of Tyrocinium chymicum.
Foliation: Paper, 229; 1-25, 27-99, 102-153, 156-233, 235, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-229], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Folios 26, 154-155 appear to have been torn out; there are a few blank folios between sections. First and last gatherings are detached; inside upper corner of last 6 leaves torn away with some loss of text.
Script: Written in a cursive script, primarily by one hand.
Decoration: Red ink used for underlining and cross references.
Binding: Contemporary calf, gilt spine with letter 'A' in second compartment. Hinges are fragile, particularly the upper hinge.
Origin: Possibly written in Germany, 1650-1750.
Two contemporary leaves are laid into the text; several printed items are tipped onto inside upper cover and one leaf of text.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books (London), 2000.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 815

OCLC:

155912526