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Ad sublimandum marchasitam, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/f. 73r

Contents

An anonymous alchemic recipe for the sublimation of marcasite, a mineral also known as white iron pyrite.

Dates

  • Creation: 1478

Language of Materials

Latin.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.

Extent

1 folios

Bibliography

Singer, Dorothea Waley. Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland. Dating from before the XVI Century, vol. 2. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1930, p. 423, n. 588.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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