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This Latin alchemical manuscript on paper contains the "Secreta" of a certain Augustinus da Ragusa (?), citizen of Venice, intended for his son Iohannes, as specified in the dedication on fol. 1r.
Support: Paper; Extent: i+110+i; 204 x 139 mm bound to 209 x 146 mm; Foliation: Original foliation in ink, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (20), 2 (24), 3 (16), 4 (24), 5 (18), 6 (8); Catchwords: Original horizontal catchwords, lower right verso
One column of twenty lines, not ruled; written area: 162 x 101
Early modern cursive
Early medicinal notes Italian on fols. 107v-108r; 110v
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Italy
16th century
Modern calf over pasteboards; scraps of printed material visible under upper and lower pastedowns
Latin; Italian
Italy
16th century
Latin; Italian
This Latin alchemical manuscript on paper contains the "Secreta" of a certain Augustinus da Ragusa (?), citizen of Venice, intended for his son Iohannes, as specified in the dedication on fol. 1r.
Early medicinal notes Italian on fols. 107v-108r; 110v
Early modern cursive
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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