Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader German MS 1
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Reference Number:
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German MS 1
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Parent Work Title:
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Alchemica
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Vera scientia alchimiae
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Alchemy
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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The Book of the Holy Trinity
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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gmh
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Language:
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German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)
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Subject:
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Alchemy--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Elements
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Drawing (image-making)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Support:
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Leather
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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Germany
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Item Height:
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216 mm
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Item Width:
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180 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 37–43
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References:
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Unpublished handlist, N. Ganina, 2015.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-08-18
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Educational Notes:
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Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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