Alchemical symbols

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 306
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • La. 8vo. 12 folios. 26x18.8 cm. Wrappers

Scope and Content

22 full page crudely executed line drawings of alchemical process with labels and short pieces of text in Latin. XVIIIth century.
This is a version of the 'Vallis Novi' series of symbols. Another copy of this work is in MS. Ferguson 333, which is however of much finer execution, has a more complete text, and the images are in a different order.

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