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Data Source: Parker on the Web

• Résumé : There are a handful of manuscripts in Parker's collection that attest to the Archbishop's interest in alchemy, a subject of great fascination to many of his contemporaries. One such is CCCC MS 99, a collection of alchemical treatises copied in the late fourteenth century. The presence of a number of rough sketches of alchemical instruments and the profusion of stains that litter the manuscript may reveal that at one time this was no theoretical collection, but rather a working textbook. It is not known how this manuscript came into Parker's possession, though M. R. James noted that the triangle inscribed on one of the flyleaves of the manuscript is a symbol often associated with Parker's contemporary, John Dee (1527-1608).

  
  

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  Langue(s) des textes : latin

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Khalid - author

  1-6 - Khalid , Questiones et responsiones || Questiones Kalid regis ad Morienum Romanum

  incipit : (1) Moriene manifesta michi magisterium

  explicit : (6) malum exitum habentia

  rubric : (6) Explicit morieni tractatus

  
  

  6-11 - De occulto lapide philosophorum || Tractatus qui dicitur, Planta arborem

  Note : Habetur hic tractatus de verbo in verbum in speculo Alchimiae: vide infra 21

  incipit : (6) Planta arborem et edifica tibi domum

  explicit : (11) consolidans et perseuerans

  
  

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  Razes (Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi) - author

  11-13 - Razes (Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi), Practica || Practica Rasis

  incipit : (11) In dei nomine et cum eius adiutorio. Reducamus primo corpora

  explicit : (13) et plumbum rubeum (?) ...

  
  

  13-15 - Razes (Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi), Flores secretorum || Flores secretorum Rasis de regimine quatuor naturarum

  incipit : (13) In dei nomine amen. Scito fili quia sapientes

  explicit : (15) premissi capituli sequitur effectus

  
  

  15-16 - Senior mireris || Tractatus qui dicitur, Senior Mireris || Senior mereri

  incipit : (15) Cum queris quid sit lapis

  explicit : (16) nunquam indigebit

  
  

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  Alphidius - author

  16-18 - Alphidius, De lapide philosophorum || Documenta Mireris

  incipit : (16) Scito fili quia hunc librum scripsi

  explicit : (18) inefficax cesses

  
  

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  John Dastin - author

  18-20 - John Dastin, Epistola ad episcopum Iohannem XXII de alchemia || Epistola Iohannis Dasten

  Note : (Dastin)

  incipit : (18) Hoc est secretum secretorum

  explicit : (20) scripsi quam breuius potui

  
  

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  Nicolaus de Comitibus (?) - author

  21-35 - Nicolaus de Comitibus (?), Speculum alchemiae || Tractatus nobilis Nicholai comitis

  incipit : (21) In nomine domini Amen. Ut ad perfectam scienciam

  explicit : (35) qui dat sapienciam sapientibus. Amen

  
  

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  Jabir ibn Hayyan (attrib.) - author

  35-92 - Jabir ibn Hayyan (attrib.), Summa perfectionis magisterii || Geberi summa perfecti magisterii

  incipit : (36) Totam nostram scienciam quam ex libris antiquorum

  explicit : (92) Ad artis igitur excelse perquisicionem hec dicta sufficiant

  
  

  93-96 - Jabir ibn Hayyan (attrib.), Secreta secretorum abbreuiata || Secreta secretorum in opere Solaris et lunaris, Geber abbreviata

  incipit : (93) Omnes huius sciencie inuestigatores

  explicit : (96) et dealbabitur peculiose

  
  

  96-98 - John Dastin, Visio super artem alchemicam || Visio Iohannis Dastin

  incipit : (96) Cum omni natura constancium

  explicit : (98) poma collegimus...timemus

  
  

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  John of Damascus - author

  Uguictius - author

  Arisleus - author

  99-102 - Alchemical treatise variously ascribed to John of Damascus, Uguictius and Arisleus || Tractatus qui dicitur Lumen intelligentiae

  incipit : (99) In nomine domini Amen. ffili karissime scias Spiritus domini ferebatur

  explicit : (102) deus meus sit merces tua per infinita secula seculorum. Amen

  
  

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  Johannes Tectinensis - author

  102-106 - Johannes Tectinensis, Alchemy || Tractatus Ioannis Tectivensis

  incipit : (102) Hec res prima confricetur

  explicit : (106) consequi mereantur in tuo nomine. Amen

  
  

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  Ramón Lull - author

  106-108 - Ramón Lull, Aurum potabile || Aurum potabile Raymundi

  incipit : (106) Respice aurum potabile

  explicit : (108) habet humanitatem

  
  

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  William of Tunis (attrib.) - author

  109-121 - William of Tunis (attrib.), Lilium Paridis || Lilium Paridis Philosophi

  rubric : (109) Incipit liber paridis philosophi

  Note : (not Phebi)

  incipit : (109) Naturam circa solem et lunam

  explicit : (121) perfecit hoc opus in 80 diebus

  
  

  122-143 - John Dastin, Rosarium || Rosarius Phebi, aliter vocatus liber Ioannis Dasten

  rubric : (122) Incipit liber philosophi (glossed phebi) de lapide philosophorum

  incipit : (122) Desiderabile desiderium

  explicit : (143) et est thesaurus preciosus et incomparabilis

  rubric : (143) Explicit liber Phebi philosophi (added alibi vocatur liber Joannis Dasten)

  
  

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  Arnold of Villanova - author

  144-149 - Arnold of Villanova, Rosarius (prologue) || Rosarius minor sive Theorica Arnoldi de Villa nova

  rubric : (144) Rosarius minor (Arnaldi de villa noua)

  Note : Added: Theorica habetur pro libro textuali ut patet in commento eiusdem

  incipit : (144) Liber abbreuiatus comprobatus

  explicit : (149) nullus unquam philosophus tradidit meliora

  
  

  150-163 - Arnold of Villanova, Rosarius maior siue Practica || Rosarius major sive Practica Arnoldi de Villa nova

  rubric : (150) Capitula (32) precede

  incipit : (150) Manifestum est autem operacionem

  explicit : (163) esse de numero sapientum antiquorum

  rubric : (163) Explicit rosarius maior philosophorum uerissimus et in arte nostra optimus

  
  

  164-182 - Arnold of Villanova, Commentarium in libros suos et in libros aliorum philosophorum || Commentarium Arnoldi de Villa nova in libros suos et libros aliorum philosophorum

  incipit : (164) Incipiunt uerba commentaria primi libri Arnaldi de uilla noua ac phebi ac paridis philosophorum

  explicit : (182) quod et tradidi uobis in nomine domini. Amen

  rubric : (182) Explicit liber secundus practicus arnaldi de villa noua

  
  

  183-188 - Arnold of Villanova, Tract dedicated to Semita semite || Tractatus qui incipit, O venerande pater

  Note : Est epistola Avicenae ad Abazez patrem suum de re tecta. Est potius flos florum Arnoldi.

  incipit : (183) O uenerande pater gracias ago deo

  explicit : (188) quam possis percipere racione

  Note : 14 Verses

  Note : (188) Nam si nature uulgo secreta paterent...Sunt preciosa magis cum rarius inueniuntur

  
  

  189-194 - Speculum alchemiae || Speculum Alchimiae

  Note : Quaere an Rogeri Bacon?

  incipit : (189) Sciendum est quia philosophi per 4or uerba hoc opus compleuerunt

  explicit : (194) sufficiunt intellectum habentibus

  
  

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  Bernard of Treves - author

  195-208 - Bernard of Treves, Responsio ad Thomam de Bononia || Epistola Barnardi Trevirensis ad Thomam de Bononia medicum

  incipit : (195) Obsequiis michi possibilibus premissis. Egregie doctor

  Note : (Notes to title a. Est epistola Comitis Trevirensis ad Thomam de Bononia medicum. b. 2a epistola Barnardi magni philosophi et sunt 3es epistolae eiusdem philosophi)

  explicit : (208) esse calidum et humidum

  rubric : (208) Explicit epistola cuiusdam philosophi (viz. Barnardi magni)

  rubric : (208) Al. de la Brett ut in Trayer co. gg. cum ceteris uel ut in alio libro uocatur Barnardus Treuerensis

  
  

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  Thomas of Bologna - author

  208-213 - Thomas of Bologna, Epistola ad Bernardum Treuirensem de lapide philosophico || Secunda epistola ejusdem

  incipit : (208) In altissimis laudibus micat amicicia

  explicit : (213) secretario michi utriusque fideli

  
  

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  Iohannes de Rupescissa OFM - author

  214-248 - Iohannes de Rupescissa OFM, Quinta essentia || Johannes de Rupescissa de consideratione quintae essentiae

  incipit : (214) Primus liber etc. In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi incipit liber de famulatu philosophie etc. Dixit Salomon. Sapiencie cao 7o

  explicit : (247) uel in eius absencia aqua ardens

  Note : ? unfinished, p. 248 blank

  
  

  249-254 - Iohannes de Rupescissa OFM, Liber lucis || Idem de essentia quinta Mercurii sive liber Lucis

  rubric : (249) Essencia 5a Mercurii [a. per Arnoldum], b. per Johannem de Rupescissa et vocatur Liber Lucis

  incipit : (249) Materia lapidis est res vilis

  explicit : (254) qui quidem tiranni punientur a domino nostro Ihesu Christo cui est etc. per infinita secula seculorum. Amen

  Note : Some crosses etc. and ? and ? are added in a hand of cent. xvi

  
  

  255-256 - Dicta philosophorum

  Note : A leaf of an imperfect tract beginning

  incipit : (255) Philosophi naturales Auicenna, Hermes, Aurinius, Arsinus, Morienus, Ceber, Jpermenides, Casiarius, Exennius, Pictagoras et alii