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Sloane MS 3809
- Record Id:
- 040-002116199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000711.0x000201
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155079442.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3809
- Title:
- Alchemical treatises and verses
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–56v: A volume of alchemical verses and treatises written in chronological order, including George Ripley's Compound of Alchemy.
ff. 1v–2r: Poems in Latin about alchemy.
ff. 2v–3v: The Boast of Mercury. Begins 'I am [Mercury] most mighty & flos florum', ends 'Seke forth folys as ye have sowght/ For of oder thynges fe fynde ryght nogt.'
A few lines at the commencement are printed in Elias Ashmole (ed.) Theatrum chemicum Britannicum (1652), p. 272.
ff. 4r–32r: George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington, Compound of Alchemy. Printed in Ashmole, Theatrum chemicum Britannicum, p. 121.
f. 32v: Notes in Latin about alchemy.
ff. 33r–34v: Alchemical verses by Ripley, beginning 'After all thys I wyll you understond/ For your sane garde what I hav done' and ending 'Praysyng without seasyng his gloryus majeste/ Which he in hys Kingdom grant us to see.' Printed in Ashmole Theatrum chemicum Britannicum, p. 189. Followed by a couplet in Latin praising God.
ff. 35r–44r: 'Αγματα, id est fragmenta Albani.' Begins, 'lapis autem noster vocatur lapis omnium philosophorum secundum Aristolelem, libro de Secretis Secretorum'.
ff. 44v–46v: 'Preparationes metallorum separationesque secundum Albanum; ex Graeco versae'. Begins: 'Separatio Solis. Fac ex eo laminas parvas, et cementa cum hoc pulvere'.
ff. 47r–50r: Μεταμορπηοσις Αλβανου. Begins 'Aristoteles in libro suo de lapidibus aut tres principales esse hujus scienciae lapides'.
ff. 50v–51v: De quinta essentia chelidonii. Begins: 'Non temere, id puto, charissime lector, par pari addere, uti antea altera ex pagina concepisti'.
ff. 51v–56r: 'Processus alchemici ex auctoribus variis.' Latin description of the alchemical process, drawn from various authors.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002116199 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3809 : Alchemical treatises and verses - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3822]/040-002116199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100155079442.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 210 x 178 mm.
Foliation: ff. 56 + 7.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased in 1753 from Sloane's executors by the Act of Parliament which also established the British Museum.
- Publications:
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Elias Ashmole (ed.) Theatrum chemicum Britannicum (London: J. Grismond for Nathaniel Brook, 1652).
'Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane', unpublished catalogue, volume 16, pp. 245–246.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)