Liber Turbe philosophorum

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 63
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1435
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Sm. 8vo. 98 folios. 17.4x8.4 cm. Morocco

Scope and Content

Liber Turbe philosophorum. 1435. Amaldus Villanovanus : Rosa morella magistri. 1435. [In Latin]. XVth century.
1. f1-50 Incipit liber Turbe philosophorum. Arisleus philosophus. Inicium libri Turbe philosophorum. Qui dicitur Codex veritatis.
[See Singer No.1.]
2. f51-62 De quibusdam vegetabilibus congelativis et indurativis.
3. f67-71 Aliqua extracta et Practica Magistri Johannis de Nanis de Viterbo 1470.
4. f72-82 Liber Secretissimus secretorum Geberis de ordine in projectione aggregationis omnium corporum liquabilium purgatorum.
5. f83-89 Rosa Novella Magistri Arnaldi de Villa Nova 1435.
[At end f89]: 'Explicit Rosa Novella Magisteri Arnoldi de Villa Nova. 1495.'
6. f91-98 Triginta questiones Arnoldi de villa noua super opus maius.
[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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