COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader German MS 1
Reference Number:
German MS 1
Parent Work Title:
Alchemica
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Vera scientia alchimiae
Translated Parent Work Title:
Alchemy
Translated Parent Work Title:
The Book of the Holy Trinity
Date Created:
15th century
Description:
Alchemica is a fifteenth-century manuscript Illustrated with 17 coloured drawings and texts of alchemical subjects. Bavarian dialect.
ff. 2r -2v 'Das Nackte Weib'
ff. 2r-11v 'Vera scientia alchimiae'
Original binding of brown stamped leather over wooden boards; five bosses on each side, clasp.
ff. 2r -2v 'Das Nackte Weib'
ff. 2r-11v 'Vera scientia alchimiae'
Original binding of brown stamped leather over wooden boards; five bosses on each side, clasp.
Language Code:
gmh
Language:
German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)
Subject:
Alchemy--Manuscripts
Subject:
Elements
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Leather
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Germany
Item Height:
216 mm
Item Width:
180 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 37–43
References:
Unpublished handlist, N. Ganina, 2015.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-08-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Educational Notes:
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
Collection Code:
Medieval