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Add MS 5245
- Record Id:
- 032-003896199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003896199
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122015262.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5245
- Title:
- “Cabala Mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben Cantara”. Watercolour drawings of alchemical figures and experiments
- Scope & Content:
- Watercolour drawings of some alchemical figures and chemical reactions with descriptions inscribed in Latin and in English.The drawings and inscriptions have been made directly onto the folios of the albums. On the verso of f.1 there is an inscription in Latin: 'Cabala mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben Cantara'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003896199
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003896199
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 285 x 250 mm.
Material: paper.
Medium: ink, pencil, watercolour.
Binding: British Library.
Foliation: 12 numbered folios, plus 18 unnumbered folios, most of which are blank, making a total of 30 folios.
- Custodial History:
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The manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane were purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum in 1753.
- Former External References:
- Min. 209
XXXIX.B - Source of Acquisition:
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The Sloane Manuscripts were held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts until 1973 after which they were transferred to the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
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Part of this description has been transcribed from the handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 21 (1832), located in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: ' “Cabala Mineralis Rabbi Simon Ben Cantara”; consisting of Alchymical Figures, in water colours, with Explanations in Latin and English. Small Folio, ff. 12.'
'Min. 209' in the catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane's Library, Sloane MS 3972 C.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959