Ashmole 1494, Of appoticarie druges

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Details

Language:

English

Pages:

644 pp. f. 116r, ff. 220-8, ff. 418-20

Library:

Oxford, Bodleian Library

Place of edition:

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Date information

Year:

1607-10ca.

Starting date:

XVth (1H.)

End date:

XVIIth (1H.)

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Description

Volume one of a manuscript of alchemical and medical notes in alphabetical order, made by Simon Forman, the second part of which is in MS. Ashmole 1491; extracted pages now bound in Sloane 3822, ff. 6-19, 68-102v. f. 116r: azure ff. 220-8, ff. 418-20 : inks f. 223: disappearing inks, pigments, adhesives, parchment and leather, tempering (also textiles, metalwork) pp. 636-7: “lymminge”

Content Classification

Artistic contents:

Pigment recipes Ink recipes

Artistic techniques:

Painting Metalwork

Other Contents:

Alchemy Apothecary/Pharmacy Chemistry Medicine Mineralogy

Persons

Title	Role
Simon Forman	author

Records

Title	Page(s) in source
Nota	457v/458r
Of Dyinge and the dyers Crafte And stayninge et dyinge of Clothe	f. 455r
Of dyinge The Collours followinge as Wooded	456r/v
of Mouldinge and Castinge in Sand	322r
Of the Colloures and thinges that Dyers use to die cloth with.	455r/v
Another perfecte ground for the same
To make Indico artificiall as they did at colharbor 1608
Of Appoticarie Druges Writen by Simon Forman Capm.. I. De Antimonio.	f. 52r
Of Castinge Mouldinge and Making of ymages lamines Rynges and such like for or by The figure Astranomicalle.	f. 321 r-v
Another grene	458r

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