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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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[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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Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Circa 1450 – 1475
Three German or Austrian alchemical miniatures, parchment mounted on wood. These three miniatures are of interest for their iconography and as evidence of a deluxe manuscript of "Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit,"…
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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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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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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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[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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The Alchemist
- Undated
This print, after a painting by Adriaen van Ostade, shows a humble peasant-alchemist at work before a furnace. Working with a pair of hand bellows—the source of the alchemists' mocking nickname, "puffer,"— the alchemist…
- After Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685
- Engraver Bentley, Joseph C.
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Families in art
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Scholar Interrupted at His Writing
- An Alchemist in His Laboratory
- Undated
In this variation of a painting by Gerard Dou, a scholarly alchemist, wearing a fur-lined robe, gazes with directness at the viewer as he composes his note. Holding a small quill pen with an open text before him, the…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Vanitas (Art)
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Notes for making aqua fortis
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Handwritten manuscript containing notes for making aqua fortis, (or nitric acid), and refining silver. Includes a basic sketch of the apparatus used in the procedure. Written by John Conduitt (1688-1737), Sir Isaac…
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Flamel
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This etching, after a print by Balthasar Moncornet, in turn after a drawing by Rembrandt, claims to display a portrait of the French manuscript seller Nicolas Flamel (1330-1418). Flamel, along with his wife Perenelle,…
