10-11-2023, 02:13 PM
"Autograph manuscript in Latin 8 pp recto and verso, on two bifolia (watermarked arms of London), with wrappers made up from the same stock 4to (284 x 182 mm), [1690s]
Closely written in ink with numerous deletions and supralinear emendations, approximately 45 lines per page totaling roughly 4000 words.
"Opus Galli Anonymi contains excerpts from an unidentified work by an unknown French author. The ideas resemble those in mid-14th century texts (such as Clavicula “the little key”) ascribed, falsely, to Raymond Llull."
https://digital.library.illinois.edu/ite...ca-9#?cv=0&xywh=-8185%2C1241%2C25467%2C10776
Be sure to click on 'Supplementary Document' at the bottom-left of the image for further information about Newton and his interest in alchemy.
Closely written in ink with numerous deletions and supralinear emendations, approximately 45 lines per page totaling roughly 4000 words.
"Opus Galli Anonymi contains excerpts from an unidentified work by an unknown French author. The ideas resemble those in mid-14th century texts (such as Clavicula “the little key”) ascribed, falsely, to Raymond Llull."
https://digital.library.illinois.edu/ite...ca-9#?cv=0&xywh=-8185%2C1241%2C25467%2C10776
Be sure to click on 'Supplementary Document' at the bottom-left of the image for further information about Newton and his interest in alchemy.