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Roman glass round bottom vase
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Translucent green, glass round-bottomed vase with heavy rainbow luster throughout. Base of the vase is round and then attaches to a vertical tube in the center, top of the tube has an ornamental curved design that…
- Subject Glass, Glassware, Roman, Glass blowing and working, Glassware
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206 items
[Recipes and extracts on alchemy, medicine, metal-working, cosmetics, veterinary science, agriculture, wine-making, and other subjects]
- 1425 – 1450
This manuscript is a diverse and well-organized recipe collection with more than 520 different recipes on topics ranging from alchemy and medicine to solutions for simple household problems such as fleas. A direct…
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232 items
Testamentum Theorica
- 1446 – 1475
The Testamentum Theorica is the earliest work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus;…
- Creator Of Work Pseudo-Llull
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Manuscripts, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Formulas, recipes, etc.
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188 items
[Alchemical miscellany]
- 1450 – 1475
This manuscript is an important miscellany of practical and theoretical alchemical texts with a full-page drawing of alchemical instruments reflecting the activities of a fifteenth-century alchemist. The manuscript was…
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192 items
Pretiosa margarita novella
- The Precious New Pearl
- Circa 1450 – 1480
This is one of only six known complete manuscripts of a 14th-century alchemical treatise; all the extant manuscripts date from the 15th century or later. This copy includes lengthy contemporary glosses, possibly…
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Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
These three alchemical miniatures are believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and their relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen…
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The Seven Forms of Transmutation
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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The Flower of Wisdom
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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Allegory of Purification
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (The Book of the Holy Trinity), based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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226 items
Codicillus
- Circa 1470 – 1500 (Part two)
- 1472 (Part one)
Copy of an early text from the Pseudo-Lullian alchemical corpus, assembled before the sixteenth century from two independent manuscripts. This manuscript is noteworthy for its illustrations, tables, figures, and…
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86 items
Ars brevis and Ars abbreviata praedicanda, versio latinus II
- Circa 1490 – 1550 ((Ars Brevis))
- Circa 1490 – 1520 (Ars abbreviata praedicanda)
This manuscript includes two texts by notable Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic of the High Middle Ages, Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), Ars brevis, and Ars abbreviata praedicandi.
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Image from De opere ferte diei
- 1493
A scene from the two-sided folio from Hartmann Schedel's The Book of Chronicles, or in German Das Buch der Chroniken (1493), depicting God creating Adam from clay. This clay is interpreted alchemically as the "prima…
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Image from De opere ferte diei
- 1493
A two-sided folio from Hartmann Schedel's The Book of Chronicles, or in German Das Buch der Chroniken (1493). On the recto is a text block on top and an image below depicting God creating Adam from clay. This clay is…
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380 items
Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
- The Book of the Secrets of Nature or of the Quintessence
- 1498
The Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia is the central work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon…
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142 items
Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis
- Book on the Art of Distilling Compounds
- 1512
Hieronymous Brunschwig (c. 1453 – c. 1513) was a surgeon in the Imperial Free City of Strasbourg who published on subjects including medicine, the plague, and surgery, though his most important works were those…
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116 items
Miscellany of Medical, Magical, and Alchemical Recipes
- Circa 1520 – 1540
Found in its original plain binding of parchment, this work was most likely compiled by a practitioner of alchemy and medicine. Containing a handwritten copy of Liber lucis by John of Rupescissa (Johannes de Rupescissa)…
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118 items
Coelum Philosophorum, seu De Secretis Naturae
- Philosopher’s Heaven or the Secrets of Nature
- 1525
An early work on the preparation of aqua vitae or the “water of life” (alcohol), by the process of distillation. This treatise describes the distillation process and necessary instrumentation in detail. Aqua vitae was…
- Author Ulstadius, Philippus
- Contributor Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365., Grüninger, Johann, -1532?
- Subject Alchemy, Distillation, Distillation apparatus, Gold--Therapeutic use, Medicine, Alcohol, Alcohol--Synthesis
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Spiked mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This form is equipped with spikes to deter head-on attack from opposing forces.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Bridge
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Bridges, Military art and science
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Battering ram
- Aries
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A battering ram with an iron tip in the shape of a ram's head.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Siege hook
- Falx
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The siege hook, or falx, was a siege engine dating back to Roman times. Similar to a battering ram, the siege hook was tipped with a pry bar, and the ram had handles for twisting and either splintering wooden doors or…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Sling stave
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The sling stave is a staff with a sling at the end, used for hurling smaller projectiles. In Latin it is called a fustibalus. One cord of the sling is attached to the staff or "stave" and the other end has a loop that…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Slings, Military art and science
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Wheeled siege ladder
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A soldier ascends a siege ladder equipped with wheels.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Spiked shield
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldiers wearing armor engaged in sword combat wielding a spiked shield.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Shields, Military art and science
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Wheeled siege ramp
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A soldier ascends a wooden siege ramp.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Siege warfare
