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Sloane MS 2203

Record Id:

040-002114568

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002112337

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000603.0x000372

LARK:

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Sloane MS 2203

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Scope & Content:

Sloane 2203

Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 269, Sec. XVII; bound with 2204.

1. Collection of medical receipts; with an index. ff. 2-69.

2. A book of receipts collected by Sir Hugh Platt, having the following note prefixed by way of title, 'This present book conteyneth many very soveraigne and pretious thinges and was presented to Mr. Spiphame Captaine, by Nicholas de Fay sonne to the baron of Fullyers, his obeaysant att comandement,' 1606. ff. 71-73.

3. Analysis of a work on theology: in the handwriting of Sir Hugh Platt. Imperfect. ff. 75-80.

4. Virtues of the aloe: and modes of preparing it. ff. 81-83.

5. Chemical receipts; in the handwriting of Sir Hugh Platt, 15 March 1697. ff. 84-91.

6. Norton's Ordinall uppon the Philosopher's Stone compendiously abridged,' — in the handwriting of Sir Hugh Platt. ff. 92-98.

7. 'De vinis sudorem provocantibus.' f. 99.

8. 'Selectiora e Magia Naturali Johannis Baptistae Portae,' — necnon 'Selectiora ex Alexi;' manu domini Hugonis Platt scripta. ff. 100-102.

9. Directions for making colours; in the handwriting of Sir Hugh Platt. ff. 104-110.

10. Copy of a letter from H. P. Miles to — offering to communicate fourteen secrets in chemistry and alchymy. f. 111.

11. 'Memorandum of cures performed by a specific, in the handwriting of Sir Hugh Platt. f. 112.

12. Collections relative to the law of dower. ff. 114-117.

13. 'Parallisme shewing that the regeneration of man and the purification of metall have like degrees of preparation and operation to their highest perfection.' f. 118.

14. 'Collectanea chymica et alchymica; intitulata 'Collections gathered out of severall authors for my owne satisfaction' ff. 120-181.

15. Excerpta 'ex manuali Theophrasti Paracelsi. Liber factus, Sept. 25 1645.' ff.182-201.

16. 'Experimenta, rerumque metamorphosis,' domini Hugonis Platt. [Anglicè]. ff. 202-231.

17. Tractatus alchymicus. Sec XVI. ff. 232-243.

Incipit, 'In nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Amen. Hic autem solvitur dictum Aristotelis 4o metheororum, cum dicit: Sciant autem artifices alchimiae quod species metallorum permutare non possunt.'

18. Collection of medical and chemical receipts. ff. 244-254.

19. 'The booke of Sowndinges.' ff. 255-269.

includes:

ff. 1-17 b Haward: Medical receipts: 17th cent.
ff. 18-62, 64-69, 245-255 b Medicine. Charms and Receipts: Orationes et receptæ medicæ.: 10th-18th centt.: Lat., Fr., Dutch, Engl., Germ., Ital., and Span.
ff. 71-73 b Sir Hugh Platt: Cosmetical receipts: 1606.
ff. 74-79 b Sir Hugh Platt: Analysis of a work on theology: 16th cent.: Imperf.
ff. 80-82 b Medicine. Botanical: Virtues of the aloe: 17th cent.
ff. 83-90 b Sir Hugh Platt: Chemical receipts: 1591.
ff. 91-97 b Sir Hugh Platt: Abridgment of Norton's Ordinal of Alchemy: 16th cent.
ff. 91-97 b Thomas Norton, of Bristol: Abridgment of the Ordinal of Alchemy by Sir H. Platt: 17th cent.
ff. 100-1 02 Sir Hugh Platt: Selectiora e Magia naturali J. B. Portæ: 16th cent.
ff. 100-102 Johannes Baptista della Porta, of Naples: Selectiora ex ejus Magia Naturali ab H. Platt scripta: 17th cent.
ff. 104-111 Sir Hugh Platt: Directions for making colours: 1597.
f. 112 Sir Hugh Platt: Letter to -, offering to impart chemical and medical receipts: n.d.
f. 113 Sir Hugh Platt: List of people cured by his specific: 1607-8.
ff. 115-118 Law OF ENGLAND: Collections relative to the law of dower: 17th cent.
ff. 118-182, 233-244 b Alchemy: General collections and anonymous treatises and processes in prose and verse; in chronological order: 14th-18th centt.
ff. 121-132, 245-255 b Chemistry: Chemical receipts, processes and experiments: 15th-17th centt.: Engl., Germ., Fr., Ital., and Lat.
ff. 182-201 Philipp Aureol Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus: Manuale: 1645.: Extracts.
ff. 203-232 b Sir Hugh Platt: Experimenta rerumque metamorphoseis: 1580-1582.: Engl.
ff. 256-270 James Bere: "The booke of Sowndinges": 17th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Sloane Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002112337
040-002114568

Is part of:

Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts

Sloane MS 2203 : Sloane 2203Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 269, Sec. XVII; bound with 2204.1. Collection of medical receipts; with an index. ff. 2-69.2.…

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032-002112337[2191]/040-002114568

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File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Latin
Spanish

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

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Names:

Bere, James
Bombast von Hohenheim, Philipp Aureol Theophrast, called Paracelsus
Haward, of Sloane MS 2203
Norton, Thomas, of Bristol
Platt, Hugh, of Sloane MS 2170
Platt, Hugh, of Sloane MS 2171
Platt, Hugh, of Sloane MS 2172
Porta, Johannes Baptista, of Naples