Notes and extracts from various alchemical works mostly in German but some in Latin.
f i 'Anno 1677 Den 23 Aprilis Johannes Kunckel v. Lowenstein.'
1. f1 Arboris Solis.
2. f2r Das erste Kapitel. Wie mann die Goldische frucht von den Goldischen Baume scheÿden soll.
3. f6 Processus Verissimus et probatissimus Mercurium ex metallis praeparare.
4. 15v Processus ex 7 3 Probattissimus. Anno 1605.
5. f24 Hanc Amavi et Exquesivi eam semper sit Nomen Domini Benedictum. A Quodam Philosopho.
6. f37v Alexander Sydonius.
7. f38 Eduardus Kelleus ita fecit.
8. f44 Compositio Thesauri Thesaurorum.
9. f51 Diaphoron Praefation Bartholomei Korndörffers.
10. f55 Mineralis Tinctura Universalis Vera von Hauptmann Tobias.
11. f61 Tinctura Vera Philip Jacob Iustenhöfers.
12. f77 Opus et Magnum Secretum de Antimonio Fratris Alexandri Sebastiani Monachi Benedictini ex manuscripto ipsius.
13. f81 Sequentia haec dicitur Basilii Valentini Monachi esse A Johanne Tholden... 1624.
14. f93 Arbor crescens Solis et Luna, et est Augmentum Solis et Luna cum Mercurio Animato.
[and other such short extracts and notes from various works.]
15. f270-280 [Glossary of alchemical terms.]
[Note by Ferguson on flyleaf 'Compare Kopp Alchemie I. 65 note'.]
[Notes and extracts from various alchemical works m…]
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