Alchemical Receipts in Italian: A Pocket Manuscript with Illuminated Initial (Late 15th Century)

Petrus (attributed, untraced)

Public domain

Tiny 16mo vellum manuscript (9 x 7 cm) of alchemical recipes for artificial gems, dyes and quintessences with an illuminated initial of the Virgin and Child, possibly a version of Rupescissa's Liber Lucis. The incipit is not recorded in Thorndike's catalogue of incipits. Digitized by the Wellcome Collection and released under its Public Domain Mark.

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