Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 112: Ramón Lull (attrib.), Miscellaneous Works
- Title:
- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 112: Ramón Lull (attrib.), Miscellaneous Works
- Alternate Title:
- Raymundi Lulli Quaedam
- Language:
- Latin and English
- Extent:
- pp. 702 numbered
- Dimensions:
- 297 Height (mm) and 205 Width (mm)
- Approximate Date:
- [ca. 1475 - 1525]
- Table of contents:
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- Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum
- Compendium animae transmutationis metallorum juxta Anglicanum exemplar
- Additamentum libro quintae essentiae
- Testamentum
- Practica super lapide philosophico
- Codicillus
- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
- Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum
- Liber lapidarii
- Epistola accurtationis
- Practica sermocinalis
- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia (Dialogus cum monacho. Liber III)
- Description:
- CCCC MS 112 is a manuscript that reflects Parker's interest in alchemy, a subject of great interest to many of his contemporaries. The codex, written in the second half of the fifteenth century, contains a number of texts attributed to Ramón Lull (1232?-1315), though in practice many of these cannot be shown to have been written by him. It is illustrated by large drawings greater and smaller than half-page of alchemical instruments and furnaces. Similar but much smaller drawings occur in some margins. It is not known how this manuscript came to be in Parker's collection.