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Name Kircher, Athanasius, Jesuit polymath, 1602-1680

1. Add MS 22804

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Add MS 22804
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ORIGINAL letters of Athanasius Kircher to Alessandro Segni, Gentleman of the Chamber to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; Rome, 20 Jan. 1677-17 Apr. 1678. The last letter is also signed by Elia Loreti; and a letter from him to Segni, Rome, 26 Mar. 1678, is added. Ital. Paper. Quarto. Athanasius Kirche...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
20 Jan 1677-26 Mar 1678
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1 item

2. IO Islamic 824

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IO Islamic 824
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Scientific and Philosophical Compendium of Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي)
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Compendium of short texts, extracts and notes on scientific and philosophical subjects, compiled by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي; d. 1681), and completed in Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134/September-October 1722 (see note on f. 5r). The manuscript was later owned by the compiler''s ...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134
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Codex; ff. ii+250+i

3. Sloane MS 647

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Sloane MS 647
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Samuel Bellingham, MD: Correspondence and papers conc. chymical medicines, secrets, etc.: 17th cent. includes: f. 6 R- Haggitt: Medical receipts, copied by: 1664. f. 7 Chocolate: To prepare chocolate in the Spanish and English way: 17th cent. f. 8 Coffee: To make coffee powder and liquor: 17th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

4. Sloane MS 648

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Sloane MS 648
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includes: f. 1 Theology: A preface to the businesse of a man of Germanie, who desireth aide for the destruction of the oppressors, and the deliverance of the oppressed Christians, by a well wisher of the wellfare of mankinde: 17th cent. ff. 2-9 Nicholas Gibbon, DD, Rector of Sevenoaks and Corfe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Sloane MS 649

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Sloane MS 649
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includes: ff. 1, 3 Peter Zimmerman, Pastor Primarius apud Thorunenses: Letter to, from Dr. C. Kinnerus: n.d.: Lat.: Two copies. ff. 1-25 b Cyprianus Kinnerus: Letters to to Dr. C. Zimmermann, and S. Hartlib: n.d., 1648-9.: Lat.: Orig., copies and extracts. f. 17 Athanasius Kircher: De ejus oper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 1381

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Sloane MS 1381
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Sloane 1381 Chartaceus, in 4to, ff. 292, sec XVII. 1. Receipt for taking away wrinkles from the face of old women. Italian and German. f. 1. 2. Directions for making malt; in German, with an English translation. f. 2. 3. "How to make Aqua Mirabilis." f. 4. 4. "How to make any piece of Spani...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item