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Sloane MS 1423
- Record Id:
- 040-002113773
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000603.0x00005b
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 1423
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Sloane 1423
Paper, in folio, ff. 49, XVII century, bound up with 3240; formerly belonging to Clement Drax.
1. The manner by which assaye may be made of all mines of metals, as gold, silver, copper, lead, etc. translated from the Italian by [perhaps Brembati, vide Mazzucheli, Vol. II. p. 2048.]
The following note is prefixed: "[In] this booke is conteynyd the order and manner to make and assaye all manner of mynes of mettills as gold, silver, copper, lead or any other mettall not onely the subtill saye but also the waye and manner to melt down the right masse from his drosse and to bring hym his fynnes and to devyd every mettall asunder with the order of the fernassys with all things thereto belonging and with also the manner howe to searche the mowntaynes for oere or malme with the best order to begyn the kave and all manner of signs and tokens to know the best oere by sight of colloure allowid with the best practicioners and men of skyll englyshed out of a volume bowke of the Itallyan tonge per "
2. Chemical definitions. f. 27.
3. Sir George Ripley’s treatise intitled, Medulla philosophiae chemicae, translated into English by some anonymous author. ff. 27-33.
4. "The vigitable of George Ripley to the Busshop," or as it seems extracts taken from his viaticum. ff. 33. b.
5. Sir George Ripley’s treatise intitled "Compositio Mercurii alchymici, translated into English. f. 35.
6. Extracts, as they seem, taken from Sir George Ripley’s treatise intitled, "Pupilla alchemiae." f. 35. b.
7. On quicksilver, etc. f. 36.
8. "Here begynneth the concordance of G. Ripley between Raymond and Guido." f. 36. b.
9. The mystery of Alchymists composed by Sir George Ripley, ff. 37. b.-39.
Partly printed in in Ashmole’s Theatrum Chemicum p. 380: it is thus continued in the ms.
"In all the world I am nothing so like
As man that is proprium quid use to my kynde."
Ends:
"Joye eternall and everlastinge blyse
Be to Almightie God that never shall myse."
10. An extract as it appears taken from Sir G. Ripley’s book intitled "De mercurio et lapide philosophorum." f. 40.
11. Extracts from Sir George Ripley’s works and other chemical authors. ff. 41-49.
Owners of Manuscripts: Draper (Clement).
includes:
- ff. 1-26 b Mint: Method of assaying minerals, from the Italian: 17th cent.
- ff. 1-26 b - Edone: Translation from the Italian of a work on assaying: 17th cent.
- ff. 27-33b George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington: Medulla A1chymiæ: 1476; 17th cent.: Engl.
- ff. 33 b-49 b George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington: Treatises on alchemy, in prose and verse: 16th-17th centt.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002113773 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 1423 : Sloane 1423Paper, in folio, ff. 49, XVII century, bound up with 3240; formerly belonging to Clement Drax.1. The manner by which… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[1423]/040-002113773
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Clement Draper, Merchant of London: Owned MS.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Draper, Clement, of London, merchant and collector of alchemical and chemical texts, fl 1580-1597
Ripley, George, Augustinian canon of Bridlington and alchemist, d c 1490,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000052289601