Epistola Imperatori Henrico Missa by Gualterius della Flamma, 1478
Contents
An alchemical letter attributed to the Dominican Gualterius della Flamma (floruit 1312 - 1313) and addressed to the Henry VII, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1312 to his death the following year.
The letter begins on f. 87r and it is introduced by the rubricated words Incipit epistola missa imperatori henrico a fratre gualterio ordinis predicatorum. It starts with the words Imperatori henrico frater gualterius ordinis predicatorum della flamma et cetera. Recipe vitreoli romani libram unam; it ends on f. 88r with the words ut vere testatur qui est expertus.
Dates
- Creation: 1478
Creator
- Gualterus, della Flamma, fl 1312-1313 (Dominican writer) (Author, Person)
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
2 folios
Bibliography
Käppeli, Thomas. Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum Medii Aevi - II (G-I). Romae Ad S. Sabinae, 1975, p. 60.
Singer, Dorothea Waley. Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland. Dating from before the XVI Century, vol. 1. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1928 vol. 1, p. 269, n. 291.
Thorndike, Lynn. A history of magic and experimental science. New York, 1934, vol. 3, p. 132, p. 50.
Creator
- Gualterus, della Flamma, fl 1312-1313 (Dominican writer) (Author, Person)
Subject
- Henry VII, ? 1274-1313 (Holy Roman Emperor) (Correspondent, Person)
Repository Details
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