EN[Emblematic Alchemy in English verse, with an English version of the Visio mystica of Arnold of Villanova]
Metadata
Alternative Title: Ripley scroll
Creator: Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311; Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670?; Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Published/Created Date: circa 1570
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on paper roll of George Ripley (?), Alchemy, in English verse, with additional verses attributed to Richard Carpenter. With Arnold of Villanova, Visio mystica, anonymously translated into English.
Description: One roll with multiple illustrated sheets.; Paper rotulus consisting originally of thirteen folio sheets and half-sheets of differing lengths glued together, averaging 540 mm. in width (lateral margins and broad bordering line in black ink partly trimmed away), slightly defective with small losses at beginning and end; now cut into thirteen sections measuring about 435 x 540 each, except for the last which measures 625 x 540.
Extent: 1 scroll; 5,855 x 540 mm.
Extent of Digitization: Complete work digitized.
Language: English; Latin
Call Number: Mellon MS 41
Format: mixed material
Genre: Folded books; Illustrations; Manuscripts; Scrolls (information artifacts)
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Ripley, George,--d. 1490?
Subject (Topic): Alchemy; Astrology; Occultism
Access: Public
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Citation: George Ripley and Richard Carpenter, Emblematic Alchemy, with the Visio Mystica of Arnold of Villanova. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.; Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts, Mellon MS 41.
Orbis ID: 9879666
OID: 10269803
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mell041.htm