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Aquae quae fit ex alumine vulcani solvens omnia solutione subita, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/f. 86r-86v

Contents

Two recipes for solutions which dissolve.

First recipe: it begins on f. 86r and it is introduced by the rubricated words Aqua que fit ex alumine vulcani solvens omnia solutione subita. The recipe starts with the words [R]ecipe alume de vulcano et distilla and ends on f. 86v with the words sine igne aqua evaporante.

Second recipe: on f. 86v. It is introduced by the rubricated words Aqua que cuncta corpora solvit in hora and it starts with the words [R]ecipe mercurii sublimati; the recipe ends with the words omnia corpora solvit et reducitm in aquam.

Dates

  • Creation: 1478

Creator

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.

Full 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. 367-8, n. 476.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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