Ars occulta

Scope and Content

Works of Ramon Lull in Latin.. XVth century.
1. f1 De investigacione artis Secreti occulta super totum opus maius in compendio.
f8r [Lullist 'tree' diagram.]
2. f11 Praxis Lapidum virtuosorum seu pretiosorum.
3. f19v Incipit tractatus margaritarum. Opus namque margaritarum sic condies.
4. f28 Compendium artis magicae transmutationis metallorum Raimundi.
[Compendium super lapidarium - Thorndike-Kibre 1016.]
5. f52 De Tinctis Albis et Rub.
[Some alchemical symbols.]
6. f57-65 Hic ponentur alique glose invente que fuerunt per volumina Raymondi lulii super certis capitulis.
7. f69-73 [Notes.]
[On inside front cover]: 'Phillips Manuscript 2674.'
[On inside back cover]: 'Mr Voynich.'
[On spine]: 'Raimund Ars occulta MS.'
[MSS. Ferguson 63, 76, 135 and 192 are four uniform alchemical notebooks probably once bound together, written by a north Italian scribe identified in MS. 76 as 'John Visio'.

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