London, Wellcome Institute MS. 577.

London, Wellcome Institute MS. 577.
67 folios. 190x145mm. Early 17th Century.
R. Nelson. [Collection of extracts and notes on alchemy.]
1. ff1-14 [Miscellaneous alchemical receipts, including some in Italian, tables, chemical signs, etc.]
2. ff14v-22 Kent. [Letter on alchemy in English 'to his frind and Sonne M. William Johnson Dr. of Physick in the Lowe countries... July 14 1596'. This includes a copy of a letter from Edward Kelley.
3. ff22-24 St. Dunstan. Collectanea ex tractatu... de lapide philosophorum.
4. ff24-26 St. Dunstan. Abbreviationes operis ubi continentur omnia elixira.
5. ff26v-28 [Notes on elixirs.]
6. ff28v-30v J.I. Hollandus. A breefe collection from the worke of Isaac the German concerning the operation upon [Lead].
7. ff30v-31v G. de Montanor. XXX Notabilia: out of Guido Montanus the Grecian philosopher.
8. ff31v-38 [Miscellaneous alchemical extracts in Latin.]
9. f39 Hermes Trismegistus. Tabula Smaragdina, anglico carmine reddita.
10. f38v-39 [Two entries in Greek, on fire.]
11. ff43-49 [Miscellaneous alchemical processes in English.]
12. f50 G. Ripley. Cantilena.
13. f51 R. Lullius. Tabula practica.
14. ff51v-52 J. Kitchen. The best manner to make potable [Gold].
15. f52v Tatton. Opus philosophicum [Lead.] [Contains extract from verse of Pearce the Black Monk.]
16. ff57v-58 J. Kitchen. How to reduce [Gold] into Potable Liquor.
17. ff59-61v [Notes on Aurum Potabile.]
18. ff61v-64 [Miscellaneous alchemical notes in English and French.]
19. ff64v-66 Abstract of Sir Edward Harwell's worke.