[Alchemy, in German]

Published/Created:
[North Germany]
unsigned
[ca. 1610]
Physical Description:
230 ff.
ill.
162 x 95 mm.
Notes:
On paper
3 oversize folding pages with drawings and diagrams inserted after f. 227.
Written by a single scribe in gothic, Fraktur and roman scripts.
Twelve illustrations.
Abstract:
f. 45v, 46r : Geometric symbols containing luna crests.
f. 50r : ""Philosophisch balneum,"" distillation apparatus and furnace.
f. 50v : ""Der Faule Heintze,"" a multilevel furnace
f. 51r : ""Der Philosophische Offen,"" a cylindrical furnace, with chimney.
Topics:
Alchemy
Language:
German
Genre:
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Rights:
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Access Restrictions:
Public
Digital:
Book of Secrets: Alchemy
Call Number:
Mellon MS 45
Orbis Record:
11023601
Orbis Barcode:
39002124241283
Yale Collection:
Beinecke Library
Digital Collection:
General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
oid pointer:
1131894
Extent of digitization:
Partial work digitized.
OID:
2037168
PID:
digcoll:3469040