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Sloane MS 1118

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040-002113475

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002112337

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000547.0x000261

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Sloane MS 1118

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Sloane 1118

Paper, in small Quarto. ff. 154; written towards the close of the XV Century.

1. Receipts for making cements, etc. f. 1.

2. Processus quidam alchymici. f. 4-14.

Incip. 'Temperatio ferri seu induratio.'

3. Observationes de alchymia, necnon processus alii varii; partim Latine partim Anglice. ff. 15-26, 27-29b, 31-36, 39-40, 41-45.

4. Alchymical verses on the 'King'es bath.' f. 26b.

Begin: —

'Herkenethe alle, that ben kynde.'

5. Receipts to take fish. f. 30b.

6. De lapide philosophico tractatulus. f. 37.

Incip. 'Audite, celi, que loquar; audiat terra verba oris mei. Spiritus ubi vult spirat.' Cf. infra art. 11.

7. Versus viginti et tres de prognosticis medicis. f. 40b.

Incip. 'Si legis hoc sepe, poteris pronosticus esse.'

8. Versus leonini 'de occultacione lapidis.' ff. 46-48.

Incip. 'Est lapis occultus, secreto fonte sepultus.'

Exstant impress. in Theatro Chymico, ed. Argent 1659, vol. iii. p. 740.

See Cod. Sloane 212. f. 23b.

9. Divinationes quaedam. f. 49.

Incip. 'Teneat quis in manu dextra quot grana voluerit.'

10. Rogeri Bacon Speculum Alchymiae, cui titulus, 'Opus Philosophicum,' cum prologo. ff. 50-56.

Incip. prologus, 'Multipharie multisque modis loquebantur.'

Incip. cap 1. 'Quid sit alkymia, et quare fuit inventa in pluribus antiquorum libris satis aperte invenitur.'

Exstat impress. in Theatro Chymico, vol. ii. p. 377.

11. Tractatulus de lapide philosophorum. f. 58.

Cf. supra, art. 5.

12. Liber Fornacum Geberi, translatus in anno Arabum 172 per Rogerum Bacon, Hispalensem; et dicitur Liber de pastis aut ultimum refugium.' ff. 60-71.

Incip. 'Consideramus consideracione non fantastica.'

Exstat impress. Basiliae, 1561. p. 193.

Cf. Cod. Sloane 1068. f. 369.

13. Notae paucae alchymicae. f. 72.

14. Gebri Arabis liber 'de perfectionis investigatione,' sive de inventione veritatis seu perfectionis; incerto interprete. ff. 73-80.

Exstat impress. Basiliae, 1561. p. 112.

Cf. Cod. Sloane 1068. f. 357.

15. A few alchymical receipts, with this title, 'Sartayne ruls, whereby maye be proved the manner and practize of the alcumistes; a seacret not comon to alle men.' f. 81.

16. Answers to certain questions asked of the Devil by 'a sertaine nigromancer named Elardus, in the province of Cattalania.' f. 82b.

17. 'Gemma Salutaris,' sive 'Extractio libri Benedicti Philosophi.' ff. 84-87.

Incip. 'Et dicit quod medicina nostra debet elici ex illis corporibus, in quibus argenteum vinum magis continetur.'

18. Excerptum ex Vincentii Specula Naturali, lib. VIII. cap. 112; scilicet, de permixione tincturarum cum corporibus dura lapideis. ff. 87b-93.

19. 'Glosa Arnaldi de Villa Nova.' f. 89.

Incip. 'Scito, fili, quod, in hoc libro loquar.'

Impress. inter Opera, fol. Lugd. Bat. 1520. f. 303b.

Cf. Infra, art. 27.

20. Libellus cui titulus, 'Speculum Alkamie.' ff. 94-99.

Incip. 'Possem facere finem circa miracula de exemplis.'

21. Treatise on the quintessence. ff. 100-102.

Begin: —

'The prologe of oure hevene quinte esssence. To seke the verray trewe prikke of profite, the whiche is incorruptible.'

22. 'Tractatus philosophorum, quem vocaverunt Thesaurum absconditum.' f. 105.

Incip. 'Nota quod per infrascriptam distillacionem in igne et sine igne.'

23. Ad faciendam limam perfectam es mercurio. f. 106b.

24. Johannis Dastyn, Anglici, Opus 'de elixir aquarum ad album.' ff. 107-111.

Incip. 'Dicit Ortolanus aquas minerales in hoc opere.'

In fine sunt ista, 'Cujus dicta sunt ex Rosario Arnoldi de Villa Nova et ex verbis Ortolani, per totum.'

Cf. Cod. Sloane 976. f. 15.

25. Ejusdem Johannis 'Litera seu Epistola bona et preciosa, de operationibus hujus artis.' f. 108b.

Incip. 'Reverenciam et salutem, amice, dilectissime.'

Cf. Infra. art. 32.

26. Arthephii capitulum ex Opere Solis extractum 'de arte Sutrillia;' praemissis characterum chymicorum alphabetis.

Incip. 'Ubi aurum dedisti, aurum accipe.'

27. Glossae Arnoldi de Villa Nova; sive 'Thesaurus secretus operacionum naturalium. ff. 115-122. Cf. Supra art. 19.

28. 'Epistola accurtacionis lapidis benedicti, magistri Raymundi [Lullii],' Roberto Regi dicata. ff. 123-127.

Incip. 'In virtute sancte Trinitatis, etc. Cum ego Raymundus de Insula Majoricarum.'

29. Ortolani Martini, tractatus 'super verba Hermetis:' cum praefatione. ff. 128-134.

Incip. praef. 'Laus, honor, virtus, gloria tibi sit Domine Deus.'

Incip. liber. 'Dixit philosophus, Accipe lapidem benedictum, qui non est lapis.'

30. 'Exposiciones secundum Arnaldum Grecum super lapide philosophorum.' ff. 135-140.

Incip. 'Terra stat et est frigida et sicca.'

31. 'Breviarium Johannis [Dastyn?],' in capitula sex distinctum; cum prologo. ff. 141-145.

Incip. prol. 'Testatur Geber, libro 5to cap. 12mo, Quod tres sunt ordines medicinarum.'

Incip. 'cap. I. 'Lapis philosophorum dicitur mineralis, quia de terra tollitur.'

32. Ejusdem Johannis Epistola de lapide philosophorum. ff. 146-7.

Incip. 'Reverenciam et salutem amice dilectissime, jam thalamum cordis mei vobis aperio.' Cf. Supra, art 25.

33. A few alchymical receipts and observations, written in a much later hand. ff. 148-154.

includes:

ff. 1, 30 b Receipts: Miscellaneous receipts: 14th cent.: Dutch, Fr., and Lat.
ff. 4-154 Alchemy: General collections and anonymous treatises and processes in prose and verse; in chronological order: 14th-18th centt.
f. 40 b Poetry LATIN: De prognosticis medicis: 15th cent.
ff. 50-56 Roger Bacon: Speculum secretorum Alchimiæ: 14th-18th cent.
ff. 60-71 Roger Bacon: Translatio Fornacum Geberi: 15th cent.
ff. 73-80 Jabir Ibn Haiyan, Al-Tarsusi: De perfectionis investigatione: 15th cent.
f. 82 b Elardus, Nigromancer, of Catalonia: Conference on the Philosopher's Stone with the Devil: 16th cent.
f. 82 b Alchemy: Answers to questions touching the Philosopher's Stone put to the Devil by Elardus: 15th cent.
ff. 84-87 Benedictus, Philosophus: Gemma salutaris: 15th cent.
f. 87b Vincentius, Bellovacensis: Speculum naturale: 15th cent.: Excerpts.
ff. 89-93, 115-122 Arnaldus de Villa Nova: Glosa: 15th cent.
ff. 107-111 John Dastyn: Opus de elixir aquarum: 15th cent.
ff. 112, 113 Arteflus, Arab Philosopher: De arte suttrillia: 15th cent.: Extract.
ff. 128-134 Joannes de Garlandia: Expositio super Hermetem philosophum: 15th-17th cent.: Printed.
ff. 141-147 Johannes Pauper: Breviarium seu breviloquium: 15th-17th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Sloane Collection

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032-002112337
040-002113475

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Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts

Sloane MS 1118 : Sloane 1118Paper, in small Quarto. ff. 154; written towards the close of the XV Century.1. Receipts for making cements, etc. f.…

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Languages:

Dutch
English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

15th century

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Alpo Honkapohja, Alchemy, Medicine, and Commercial Book Production (Brepols, 2017). See especially pp. 215-24 for collation diagrams of Sloane 1118.

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Names:

Arnaldus de Villa Nova, c 1240-1311
Arteflus, Arab Philosopher
Bacon, Roger, philosopher, Franciscan friar, c 1214-1292
Benedictus, Philosophus
Dastyn, John, of Sloane MS 1077
Elardus, Nigromancer, of Catalonia
Garlandia, Joannes, writer on alchemy, fl after 14th century
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, alchemist, 9th century-10th century
Pauper, Johannes
Vincentius, Bellovacensis