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Sloane MS 1723

Record Id:

040-002114076

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002112337

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000603.0x000189

LARK:

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Sloane MS 1723

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Scope & Content:

Sloane 1723

Paper, in 4to., ff. 122, xvii Century; formerly belonging to Stephen Williams.

Various Alchymical Treatises and Processes; among which are the following: —

1. 'Isaac his worke upon head.' ff. 3-17.

2. A treatise intitled 'Theophrastis Paracelsis of simple fire', with a poem in 16 stanzas called 'The practice of the campe of Philosophers.' ff. 18-34.

3. The conclusion of the Chanon's Yeoman of Geoffry Caucer. ff. 35-43. See MS. Sloane 320. f. 34b.

4. 'The vegitable of George Ripley.' ff. 44-47.

5. The Mytery of Alchymists by Sir George Ripley. ff. 48-54. Printed in the Theatrum Chymicum by Ashmole. p.380.

6. A short discourse of Roger Bacon as touching the Philosopher's Stone. ff. 55-60.

7. Of the oil of Antimony. ff. 61-63.

8. A short work on the mineral stone by Sir George Ripley. ff. 64-68.

Printed in the Theatrum Chymicum by Ashmole. p. 393.

9. A brief discourse of Sir George Ripley. ff. 68b-70.

Begin. 'Let us take the redd earth, and'

10. 'Salts to be drawn out of mettalls and to be turned into oyle and thereof to make the stone.' ff. 70b-93.

Begin. 'My child shall know that men may draw salts out of all mettalls.'

11. 'A worke of one Arnold a Jew borne in Poland, as he did worke in England in the yeare 1570'. ff. 93b-115.

Reversing the volume are —

12. Memoranda of some Medical Practitioner in 1683. ff. 120b-117.

Owners of Manuscripts: Williams (Stephen): 1685.

Alchemy: General collections and anonymous treatises and processes in prose and verse; in chronological order: 14th-18th centt.

includes:

ff. 3-17 Joannes Isaacus, called Hollandus: Alchemical tract on lead: 16th cent.
ff. 18-28 Philipp Aureol Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus: Alchemical treatise "of simple fire": 17th cent.
ff. 35-43 Geoffrey Chaucer: The conclusion of the " Chanon's Yeoman": 16th, 17th centt.
ff. 44-54, 64-70 George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington: Treatises on alchemy, in prose and verse: 16th-17th centt.
ff. 55-60 Roger Bacon: Discourse on the Philosopher's stone: 17th cent.
ff. 93 b-115 Arnold, a Polish Jew: Alchemical work: 1570.
ff. 117-121 (reversed) Medicine: Medical memoranda: 1683.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Sloane Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002112337
040-002114076

Is part of:

Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts

Sloane MS 1723 : Sloane 1723Paper, in 4to., ff. 122, xvii Century; formerly belonging to Stephen Williams.Various Alchymical Treatises and…

Hierarchy:

032-002112337[1724]/040-002114076

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

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Custodial History:

Stephen Williams: Owned: in 1685.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Arnold, a Polish Jew
Bacon, Roger, philosopher, Franciscan friar, c 1214-1292
Bombast von Hohenheim, Philipp Aureol Theophrast, called Paracelsus
Chaucer, Geoffrey, poet and administrator, c 1340-1400,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000375840787
Joannes Isaacus, called Hollandus
Ripley, George, Augustinian canon of Bridlington and alchemist, d c 1490,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000052289601
Williams, Stephen, of Sloane MS 1723