[Roger Bacon MS. In Latin. XV Century.

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 228
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • fol. 8 folios on vellum. 33.4x22.3 cm

Scope and Content

Roger Bacon MS. In Latin. XV Century.
1. f1-2 Tractatus de lapidibus philosophorum.
[Begins]: 'Quod lapis noster sit.'
2. f3-5r Incipit Reymundus [Galfredus].
[Begins]: Verbum abbreviatum verissimum et approbatum de occultum emittat breve sermone a brevia.
[Roger Bacon, 'De Leone Viridi', edited by Raymundus Galfredus (D.W. Singer no. 193), printed in Roger Bacon, 'Sanioris Medicinae. De Arte Chymiae scripta... opuscula alia eiusdem', Frankfurt, 1603.]
3. f5v-6v Conclusiones philosoph de Elixir.
[Begins]: 'Hermes pater philosophorum dixit... In primis corpus solutus et aqua...'
[See Thorndike-Kibre p. 612, Liber secretus de floribus philosophorum
4. f6v-7 Hic incipit tractatus optimus in quo exponit et aperte declarat...
[D.W. Singer no. 157, 'Plinius Philosophis Secretum Secretorum', Cambridge University Library MS. K.k.VI. f129v-131 (15th Century).]
[Front cover, not original binding, has 'Roger Bacon MS'. ]

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