Summa alkimiae profectionis

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 135
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Sm. 8vo. 123 folios. 18x8.7 cm. Paper boards

Scope and Content

Geber. Summa alkimiae profectionis Seberis Regis Arabum. [In Latin]. XVth century.
1. f1-75 Incipit feliciter Summa alkimiae perfectionis Geberis Regis Arabum pretiotissimi philosophorum. [See Singer No.105.]
2. f78-87 Inicium 2i libri Geberis videlicet commentum suum super sumam suam de inuestigatione perfectionis magisterii. [See Singer No.73, iii, iv.]
3. f88-92 Liber fornacuum Geberis.
[At end]: 'Explicit 3us liber furnacuum Geberis.' [See Singer No.72.]
4. f94-100 4us liber Testamenti Geberis.
5. f104-119 Liber quintus Geberis compendiosum de inuestigatione perfectionis magisterii pratice...
MSS. Ferguson 63, 76, 135 and 192 are four uniform alchemical notebooks probably once bound together, written by a north Italian scribe identified in MS. Ferguson 76 as 'John Visio'.

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