Edinburgh, Royal Coll. of Physicians MS. AB4/18

Edinburgh, Royal Coll. of Physicians MS. AB4/18
6 folios + 780 pages. Paper. 17th Century
'Tome I'
f1-4 [blank.]
f5-6v [Note from Lord Cromarty added in 1707]
'I haveing found by letters directed from one Dr Politius (a Polonian or Silesian) to my Grandfather Sir George Ardskine of Invertile brother to the Earl of Kellie, Grandchild to the Earle of Marr, a senator of the Colledge of Justice and Privy Counceller to King James the 6th, to King Charles the 1st, who was a great student in natural philosophy, evn to a considerable advancement in the Hermetick schoole, and had a correspondence in very remote parts with the sonnes of Hermes and of whos fruits of his expensive and secret correspondence with them I have depositat some volumns of manuscripts, mostly of his own handwritt. This was sent to him, by the Society at Hess, and directed under the conveyance of the said Dr Politius, who by his letters to Sir George declares that by direction of that Society his chief errand to Scotland was to conferr with him. And I judged it a monument, not unworthy to be consigned to the Honorable Colledg of Physicians at Edinburgh both for its conveyance and matter: evn tho perhaps much of it may be or is now in print, yet this being long, or it was, [it] is to print as an autograjon, and hath words both much [more] than is printed, and many authors not mentioned in the print.
To the Royal Colledge of Phisitians, this vol and all of his volumns is [aff no] by humbly afforded on the Mynth of Janr an Chr 1707 by Geo Cromertie.'
'Ex Libris Bibliothica C.R.M. Edinburgh'
[list of contents 50 items.]
p1-33 'Turba Philosophorum' [in Latin.]
p34-71 'Congregatio sive Turba Philosophorum' [in Latin.]
p72-85 'In Turbam Philosophorum exercitiones' [in Latin.]
p86-95 'Septem Tractatus sine Capitula Hermetis Trismegisti, aurei' [in Latin.]
p96 'Tabula Smaragdi' [in Latin.]
p97-102 'Iohannis Garlandii Angli, vel ut alis volut Hortulani in Tabulam Smaragdinam Hermetis Trismegisti commentariolus' [in Latin.]
p103-126 'Liber de Compositione Alchimie quem aedidit, Morienus Romanus, Calid Regi Aegiptiorum, per Robertum Castrensem de Arabico in Latinu versus anno 1182' [in Latin.]
p127-128 [blank.]
p129-131 'Practica Maria Prophitessae in artem Alchemicam' [in Latin.]
p132-144 'Liber Secretorum Alchemiae Compositus Calid Ciliû Jazichi, translatus ex Hebreo in Arabicû, et ex Arabico in Latinum, incerto interprete' [in Latin.]
p145-165 'Richard Anglici, Correctiorum Alchimiae sive correctio fatuorum ut alii volunt' [in Latin.]
p166-182 'Iohannes Sautrey Monarchus de Toorney de Alchimia' [in Latin.]
p183-186 'Epistola Johannis Dastin ad Papam Johanem transmissa' [in Latin.]
p187-206 'Medulla Alchemiae George Ripley Canonici de Bridlington in comitatu Eborem quam misit lauventio Bouthe Archiepiscopo Eboracensi anno 1476' [in Latin.]
p207-214 'Doctissimi viri Rogeri Baconis Angli de Alchemia libellus cui titulum fecit. Speculum Alchemiae' [in Latin.]
p215-223 'Efferrarius Monarchiis de Lapide Philosophorum secundum verum modum formado ad Papam quendam scribit' [in Latin.]
p224-238 'Thesaurus Philosophae' [in Latin.]
p239-257 'Dialogus inter Nature et filium Philosophiae' [in Latin.]
p258-265 'Dialogus inter magistrum et Disciplum compositus per Arnoldum de Nova Villa ut habet quoddam Vetustum exemplare scriptam Anno 1474' [in Latin.]
p266-267 'Dialogus inter Nicromanticum quendam, nomine Hilardum in Provincia Catilaniae et quendam spiritum de lapide philosophorum' [in Latin.]
p268 [blank.]
p269-295 'Aurora Consurgens sive Aurea hora. lib. Secu.: omisso priore quia plenus est blasphemiarum et mutilis' [in Latin.]
p296-322 'Liber de Arte Chimica - incertu Authoris' [in Latin.]
p323-348 'D Bernardi Trevirensis Comitis ad Thomam de Bononia Medicum Regis Caroli octavi responsio' [in Latin.]
p348-373 'Eiusdem D. Bernardi Comitis Marchiae Trevisanae liber de Secretissimo Philosophorum opere chimico, per naturam et artem elaborando' [in Latin.]
p374-392 'Clavis Totius Philosophiae Chemisticae, per quam obscura Philosophorum referentur per Gerardum Dorn' [in Latin.]
p393 [blank.]
p395-443 'Dionisii Zaccharii nobilis Viri Galli opusculum Philosophiae naturalis metallorum ex Gallico in Latinum conversu per Gerardum Dorne' [in Latin.]
p444-502 'Reprehensorium Antiquorum quod dicitur metamorphicum paractioma Johannis de Mohon ut habet quoddam vetustum exemplare' [in Latin.]
p503 [blank.]
p504-516 'A Treatise of Alchimie compiled by William Blumfield, commonly called Blomfelds Blossoms or rather campe of Philosophie Anno 1557' [in English.]
p517-518 'Sir Edward Kelley Knight on the Philosophers Stone written to his especial good frende G.S. Gent.'
[verse in English.]
p519-520 [blank.]
p521-525 'Aenigma ex visione Aristei Philosophi et allegoris Sapientium' [in Latin.]
p526-527 'Opusculum Metaphorice describens Secreta Lapidis Philosophici' [in Latin.]
p528-530 'Merlini Allegoria profundissimum Philosophia lapidis perfecte continens' [in Latin.]
p531-535 'Brevis et elegans tractatus sive, visio cuiusdam Edouvardi de Alchimia' [in Latin.]
p536-539 'Visio Quaedam quae intitulatur Speculum Veritatis' [in Latin.]
p540-542 'Speculum Speculorum Arthefii Philosophi' [in Latin.]
p543-549 'Carmen perpulchram totum opus continens sub nomine Egidii de Vadis, quod Anglice tantum est dicere, Giles of the ferde at Offords' [in Latin.]
p550-552 [blank.]
p553-571 'Lapis Aquilae Iohanis de Porta Claudorum' [in Latin.]
p572-574 'Arnold de Villa Nova Epistola super Alchimiam ad Rege Neapolitanum' [in Latin.]
p575-589 'Iohannis Dastin' [in Latin.]
p590 [blank.]
p591-660 'The Ordinale of Thomas Norton customer of Bristowe by him compiled Anno 1477'
[Introductory Verses in Latin p591-592 [in English begins with the Proheme p592.]
p661-708 'The Compounde of Alchimy of George Ripley Channon of Bridlington in Yorkshire contayninge twelve gates written to King Edward the iiii' [in English.]
p709-715 'The Epistle of George Ripley to King Edward the Fourth' [in English.]
p715 'The Vision of Sir George Ripley' [in English.]
p716-726 'Tractatus de Serpente Aquarum' [in Latin.]
p727-733 'De Aqua Vitae Philosophorum Tractatus' [in Latin.]
p734-740 'Epistola Johannis Dastin as dominum Stapilton Cardinalem' [in Latin.]
p740-747 'Opus Combinationis Naturae naturaliter opantis' [in Latin.]
p748-758 'Tractitus de animalibus, vegetabilibus sive mineralibus' [in Latin.]
p759-770 'Modus Faciendi Elixir Mineralium,Vegetabilium et animalium' [in Latin.]
p771-776 Untitled tract beginning 'A Trinitate qui est totius doni initium et finis...' [in Latin.]
p779-780 [blank.]