Alkemia Platonis

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 132
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Sm. 4to. 108 folios. 20.2x15.4 cm. Bd. in vellum

Scope and Content

Alkemia Platonis cum commento Hermetis vel Hamuelis. [In Latin]. XVIth century.
[At end]: 'Completum erat te opus 22° die Januarii 1584 (ex typo dato et [...] 8o die octobris 1396 H Metcalf.'
[Diagram of furnace and water bath on final folio.]
[This is the text of 'Libri quartorum, seu Stellici, cum commento Hebuhabeo Hamed, explicata ab Hestole', in 'Theatrum Chemicum' vol. V, p. 101.]

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