Semita recta. Preceded by an incomplete and unidentified al-chemical work. Written in a large gothic script, 14 lines to a page: capitals, Incipits, and paragraph marks in red. Fol. 1 (red) Incipit alberti [?] archanorum [?] archanum. /Cum sit nobilis quedam medicina elixir a phy/losophis nuncupata... line 9 (Text begins) Cum vniuersa uolumina phylosophie/tanquam uagabundus aberrans/perlustrassem... 17v de die in diem contricio pulueris/ Fol. 18 (red) Incipit recta semita alkymie alberti./Omnis sapientia. est. que. a. D.O./M.I.N.O. DEO est et cum/illo fuit semper ... 19 (Text begins) Cum ergo multas regiones/et plurimas prouincias... 69v ... tunc scias quod uersum est in solem/uel lunam. (red) Explicit. Written by another hand inside the upper cover 'Anno 1492'.
1 volume 69 ll. 8vo. 16 x 12 cm. On vellum: original stamped leather binding over wooden boards, spine damaged. Leather portion of a brass and leather clasp wanting. Leaves wanting after ff. 17, 51, 57, 65, 67: first leaf slightly rubbed, with loss of part of the Incipit.
Purchased by Sir Henry Wellcome at the Phillipps sale (Further portion of the classical, historical, topographical, genealogical and other manuscripts & autograph letters of the late Sir Thomas Phillipps ... including upwards of two hundred volumes on vellum dating from the tenth century ... pt. 14), at Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 6 June 1910, Lot 10.
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Format: Archive, Institution: n/a, Identifier: b19684630, Digicode: digwms, Collection code: MS.13
Incomplete and unidentified alchemical work