[Medical and philosophical compilation].
- Publication:
- [Gibraltar?], [between 1750 and 1799]
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
138 leaves : paper ; 193 x 158 (165 x 115) mm bound to 200 x 168 mm - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3862bc7r - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Druzes -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy.
Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
Occultism.
Druzes. - Form/Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
compilation manuscripts.
manuals (instructional materials)
prescriptions.
seals (artifacts)
Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, European. - Language:
- English, with some Greek and a few words in Hebrew.
- Summary:
- Collection of works copied by Charles Rainsford that includes texts on the Druze people and their religion, classical philosophers, and a final section of medical recipes and remedies. Also includes a partial list of contents (p. 30). There is a cracked but intact red wax seal on p. 80.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, 138 leaves; [1-240, 1-3, 3-35]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.
Binding: Contemporary parchment.
Origin: Written in Gibraltar[?] in the second half of the 18th century. - Local notes:
- Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 610-614, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411. - Cited as:
- Medical and Philosophical Compilation (Ms. Codex 1696). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- Contributor:
- Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner.
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.
Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania) - OCLC:
- 917935277
- Web link:
- Unique at Penn blog post