Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
4 items ; 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1660
1727
Notes:
Burndy Ms. no. 15
Partial transcription laid in
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection, 78
Also available online
Also available online.
Collected by Bern Dibner for his Burndy Library in Norwalk, Connecticut, founded in 1941. Donated to the Smithsonian Libraries in 1974 by Dibner DSI
Elecresource
Microfilm in mfm 1147n Dibner
Summary:
Two similar texts, both called The Regimen, on a decoction outlined variously by Philaletha, Pontanus, and others. Also, "Of the Regimen," which begins: "By a continual decoction thou shalt see in 130 days the white Dove and in 90 days more the sparkling Cherubim." Draws on Ripley and others. With a fragment of a page (1689 Sept. 11) in Latin, citing Roger Bacon's E̲l̲e̲m̲e̲n̲t̲o̲r̲u̲m̲ and Michael Maier's A̲r̲c̲a̲n̲a̲ a̲r̲c̲a̲n̲i̲s̲s̲i̲m̲a̲ and mentioning John Day
