Penn Library's Ms. Codex 1665 - [Alchemical compilation]. (Video Orientation)
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Degree type
Discipline
Chemistry
History
History
Subject
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
Occultism.
codices (bound manuscripts)
compilation manuscripts.
drawings (visual works)
manuals (instructional materials)
recipes.
treatises.
Manuscripts, French -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, European.
Alchemy.
Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
Occultism.
codices (bound manuscripts)
compilation manuscripts.
drawings (visual works)
manuals (instructional materials)
recipes.
treatises.
Manuscripts, French -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, European.
Format
mp4
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Copyright date
2024
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Related resources
Ms. Codex 1665 in Franklin
Ms. Codex 1665 on YouTube
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9962934963503681
https://youtu.be/sB4o4TAmPm0
Ms. Codex 1665 on YouTube
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9962934963503681
https://youtu.be/sB4o4TAmPm0
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Contributor
Abstract
Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's Ms. Codex 1665, a collection of treatises on Hermetic works, the philosopher's stone, with instructions for the transmutation of metals, creating artificial diamonds, and alchemical recipes for powders, elixirs, and occasional medicinal remedies. Includes a table of contents (p. iii-x).
Written in France(?), between 1750 and 1799.
Record on Franklin (link to digitized copy): https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9962934963503681