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Parker Library MS 395 (CCCC MS 395) is a medieval manuscript compilation of alchemical texts housed at the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Overview of MS 395
• Contents: Features major alchemical and scientific works, including Liber de consideratione quintae essentiae by John of Rupescissa (Iohannes de Rupescissa OFM), Tertia distinctio by Ramón Lull, and other related alchemical tracts.
• Date: Copied in parts during the early 15th century, with additional sections added in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Viewable here:
https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/nq795kd7274
Overview of MS 395
• Contents: Features major alchemical and scientific works, including Liber de consideratione quintae essentiae by John of Rupescissa (Iohannes de Rupescissa OFM), Tertia distinctio by Ramón Lull, and other related alchemical tracts.
• Date: Copied in parts during the early 15th century, with additional sections added in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Viewable here:
https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/nq795kd7274