Ars occulta

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 192
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Narrow 8vo. 76 folios. 17.7x8.2 cm. Calf

Scope and Content

Works of Ramon Lull in Latin.. XVth century.
1. f1 De investigacione artis Secreti occulta super totum opus maius in compendio.
f8r [Lullist 'tree' diagram.]
2. f11 Praxis Lapidum virtuosorum seu pretiosorum.
3. f19v Incipit tractatus margaritarum. Opus namque margaritarum sic condies.
4. f28 Compendium artis magicae transmutationis metallorum Raimundi.
[Compendium super lapidarium - Thorndike-Kibre 1016.]
5. f52 De Tinctis Albis et Rub.
[Some alchemical symbols.]
6. f57-65 Hic ponentur alique glose invente que fuerunt per volumina Raymondi lulii super certis capitulis.
7. f69-73 [Notes.]
[On inside front cover]: 'Phillips Manuscript 2674.'
[On inside back cover]: 'Mr Voynich.'
[On spine]: 'Raimund Ars occulta MS.'
[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. 76 as 'John Visio'.

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