[Roger Bacon. Tracts. XVth century.

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 76
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Narrow 8vo. 80 folios. 17.9x8.8 cm. Bds

Scope and Content

Roger Bacon. Tracts. XVth century.
1. f1-26r Incipit tractatus Rugierii Baconis medici et fundamentum suum et summarium perfecta putrefacto rei...
[See Singer No.69.]
2. f26r Explicit libri finis de Bachoni ordinis minorum Lib 2.
3. f26v-28v Tractatus Marie Prophetisse.
4. f29-33 [Recipes.]
f33v-40 [Blank.]
5. f41-80 [Various treatises and recipes in Latin, with some notes in Italian.]
[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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