Sloane MS 2174

Sloane 2174

Paper, in folio, ff. 140, XVI and XVII Centuries.

1. A collection of alchymical tracts and observations in the same handwriting as the preceding volume; the following may be particularly noticed: —

a. The rules or canons of philosophy. ff. 1-6.

b. A treatise upon the philosopher's stone. ff. 9-29.

Begin: — 'Many bothe wise and excellent lerned men.'

c. Extract taken out of Ventura's work, De ratione conficiendi Lapidis philosophici (?) ff. 30-39.

Tit. 'What regiment in special is necessary for art taken out of Ventura.'

d. 'Clavicula Lullii quae et apertorium dicitur, in qua omnia quae in opere Alchimiae requiruntur aperte declarantur.' ff. 40-44.

Incip. 'Nos appellavimus opus hoc nostrum claviculam quia sine hoc.'

e. A treatise on Alchymy, imperfect at the beginning. ff. 45-56.

Chap. I. 'Of myneral stone. — Wyth the helpe of God let us prosede, but because there are things wherof.'

f. A treatise intitled 'The Rosarye.' ff. 57-73.

Begin: — 'All the workes of divine goodness be circular and perfect rounde.'

g. The compound of Alchymy, by George Ripley, imperfect at the beginning. ff. 73b-85.

It begins with the eighth stanza of the preface: —

'Like as of one masse was made all things.'

h. A few stanzas of the epistle of George Ripley to King Edward IV, prefixed to his Compound of Alchymy. f. 85b.

2. The ordinall of Alchymy by Thomas Norton, with the preface. ff. 89-116.

Printed in the Theatrum Chemicum, ed. Ashmole, p. 6.

3. A poem on Alchymy, imperfect at the end. ff. 117-139.

Begin: —

'This scyence bearithe her name by a King

Callyd Alchimus without any lesing

A gloryous prince of most noble mynde

His noble vertews hope hime this arte to finde.'

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

includes:

• ff. 30-39 Laurentius Ventura: Extract from, on the Philosopher's Stone: 17th cent.
• ff. 40-44 Ramón Lull, of Majorca: Clavicula: 16th cent.: Lat., Fr. and Lat.: Imperf.
• ff. 73 b-85 George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington: Compound of Alchemy, in prose: 17th cent.
• f. 85 b George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington: The Epistle to Edward IV. prefixed to his Compound of Alchemy: 16th cent.
• ff. 89-116 b Thomas Norton, of Bristol: Ordinal of alchemy composed in the year 1477,: 16th-17th centt.