1. Add MS 72845
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 72845
- Title:
- COLLECTION OF ALCHEMICAL TRACTS; circa 1592. Mostly copies. The principal text in this anonymous compilation is an alchemical dialogue (ff. ff. 7-23v) which, though headed 'An unknowen Author', carries at the foot of the final page the statement that 'one Mr [blank] Tayler is the author of this Booke as I am Informed'. Possibly he is to be identified with the Henry Tyler who died in Newgate on 11 July 1590 and whose experiments in alchemy are partly preserved in Sloane MS 3688, ff. 7-24v. A ...
- Scope & Content:
- Alchemy: Collection of alchemical tracts: circa 1592: Copies. includes: f. 3 Arnaldus de Villa Nova: Excerpts, in English, from his Rosarius Philosophorum: circa 1592: Copy.ff. 7-23v Alchemy: Tract attributed to — Taylor [Henry Tyler?]: circa 1592: Copy.ff. 7-23v Henry Tyler, prisoner in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1592
- Extent:
- 1 item