COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Latin MS 65
Reference Number:
Latin MS 65
Link to Catalogue:
Latin Manuscripts
Parent Work Title:
Alchemica
Date Created:
15th century
Description:
Alchemica, with a stamped leather binding over wooden boards, ornamented with five bosses and two metal clasps. Each treatise is introduced with a decorated and illuminated initial, there is red rubrication and pen-flourished initials throughout. The text comprises 38 lines of script to a page in good Italian hands. Towards the end of the codex there are drawings, diagrams and tables; also a volvelle of nine layers.
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Alchemy
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Drawing
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Leather
Support:
Vellum
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bragge, William, of Birmingham, 1823-1824, previous owner.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
James, M.R., A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (Munich, 1980)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-10-13
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB