Commonplace book, ca. 1710-1720 [manuscript].

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Commonplace book, ca. 1710-1720 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122288133

The volume contains a record of Boccaccino's work, biographical details, and writings that are extracts from hermetical writers (Hermes Trismegistus) and writers on alchemy, particularly Geber. Included is a log of alchemical experiments and observations, some illustrated, a section for astrological predictions (with a chart), and a number of pages containing verses. At the end of the volume is a record of financial transactions.

1 v. (142 leaves) : ill.

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Boccaccino, Francesco di Lorenzo, b. ca. 1660.

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An Italian painter from Cremona and a descendant of Boccaccio Boccaccino, Francesco di Lorenzo Boccaccino was active in Cremona, Genoa, Mantua and Piacenza. He decorated many of the churches in Cremona with paintings of religious subjects. From the description of Commonplace book, ca. 1710-1720 [manuscript]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122288133 ...

Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.

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Jābir ibn Ḥayyān is known as Geber. From the description of Ex aphorismis Gebri : manuscript, [late 17th-early 18th century]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122318252 From the description of Expositio alchemiae Gebri : manuscript, [late 17th-early 18th century]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122614550 Jābir ibn Ḥayyān is known as Geber. Raimundus Lullus is Ramón Llull. From the description of ...

Hermes Trismegistus

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