Johannes de Rupescissa, Liber lucis, followed by alchemical and medical receipts, in French and Latin, on paper, France, mid 15th century. Contents 1. ff. 1-10r: Johannes de Rupescissa (Jean de Roquetaillade), Liber lucis, in Latin, including three drawings of alchemical apparatus (f. 8r). f. 1r: Incipit: Liber lucis super lapide philosophali a magistro Iohanne de rupeciza compositus. / [M]ateria lapidis est vna res vilis ... f. 10r: Explicit: ... dicta medicina ad album, vel ad rubeum fuerit preparata. / Finis libri lucis lapidis philosophalis a supra dicto magistro Iohanne de rupeciza compositus. 2. ff. 11r-21v: Alchemical and medical receipts, in French and Latin.
1 volume On paper; 21 leaves; collation: 112+1 (xiii added) with quire signature 'a1-a6' in black along lower-edge, 18; old foliation '95-115' in brown ink in upper margin, omitting no. 108, and with number on f. 13 illegible; modern foliation '1-21' in pencil in upper right corner, followed here. 200 x 139 mm. Copied (28-35 lines to a page) in a small current French Gothic by two contemporary hands: Hand 1: ff. 1-10r for Johannes de Rupescissa; Hand 2: ff. 11r-21v for alchemical and medical receipts, identifiable as the second hand in MS. 523 (ff. 16v-17v). Three rough pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus (f. 8r). Modern limp parchment binding made of a leaf from part of a legal document in Latin, dated 1480.
Johannes de Rupescissa (Jean de Roquetaillade) (c. 1310-1366/1370)
Medicine, Traditional; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Alchemy; Botany
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Alchemical and medical receipts, in French and Latin