Medicina mea sotu compositor ex nostris

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 222
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Folio. 34 folios. 28.8x21.7 cm. Calf

Scope and Content

Medicina mea sotu compositor ex nostris.
An early 16th Century manuscript in Latin is inlaid in larger folios, interspersed with translation into French of 17th century.]
f1-5 [Blank.]
1. f5v [6 pages from a printed book entitled 'La Chymie' with a list of alchemical symbols have been glued onto the folio.]
f6r [Signature]: 'Biberel.'
2. f6v Medicina mea solum composita.
[There are 12 small watercoloured drawings in the original Latin text. This is the series of the 'Praetiosissimum Donum Dei' in the version similar to that used as the basis for the engraved version in J. D. Mylius 'Anatomia Auri', Frankfurt, 1628.]
[The original Latin folios are numbered 1-12.]

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Corporate Names

Alchimie