Detail View: Medieval Collection:

Image Number: 
Bookreader German MS 1
Reference Number: 
German MS 1
Parent Work Title: 
Alchemica
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Alchemy
Translated Parent Work Title: 
The Book of the Holy Trinity
Date Created: 
15th century
Description: 
Alchemica is a fifteenth-century manuscript Illustrated with coloured drawings and texts of alchemical subjects. Bound in brown stamped leather over wooden boards; five bosses on each side, clasp.
Language Code: 
gmh
Language: 
German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)
Subject: 
Alchemy--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Elements
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Drawing
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Leather
Support: 
Vellum
Item Height: 
216 mm
Item Width: 
180 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of, 1871-1940, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 37–43
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-08-18
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Educational Notes: 
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour