Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 112: Ramón Lull (attrib.), Miscellaneous Works
Raymundi Lulli Quaedam
mixed material
pp. 702 numbered
Paper
mostly about 38 lines to a page
297
205
in a very ugly hand, probably German
ff. i-ii + pp. 1-306 + 306a-307a + 307-350 + 350a-351a + 351-436 + 436a-437a + 437-440 + 440a-441a + 441-684 + 684a + 685a + 685-702 + ff. iii-iv
On Raymund Lull's works see Histoire Littéraire XXIX by Littré
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eng
CCCC MS 112 is a manuscript that reflects Parker's interest in alchemy, a subject of great interest to many of his contemporaries. The codex, written in the second half of the fifteenth century, contains a number of texts attributed to Ramón Lull (1232?-1315), though in practice many of these cannot be shown to have been written by him. It is illustrated by large drawings greater and smaller than half-page of alchemical instruments and furnaces. Similar but much smaller drawings occur in some margins. It is not known how this manuscript came to be in Parker's collection.
xv late or xvi early
Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum -- Compendium animae transmutationis metallorum juxta Anglicanum exemplar -- Additamentum libro quintae essentiae -- Testamentum -- Practica super lapide philosophico -- Codicillus -- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia -- Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum -- Liber lapidarii -- Epistola accurtationis -- Practica sermocinalis -- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia (Dialogus cum monacho. Liber III)
Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum -- Compendium animae transmutationis metallorum juxta Anglicanum exemplar -- Additamentum libro quintae essentiae -- Testamentum -- Practica super lapide philosophico -- Codicillus -- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia -- Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum -- Liber lapidarii -- Epistola accurtationis -- Practica sermocinalis -- Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia (Dialogus cum monacho. Liber III)
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1525
392
Misc. Z
https://purl.stanford.edu/zv805ch0969
MS 112
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rx013hs1336/MS_112.pdf
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:gs436pd9420/112.pdf
pseudo-Ramón Lull, Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum
1-21
Anima artis transmutatoriae
1-21
pseudo-Ramón Lull
author
(1) Fulgeat regis diadema Roberti
Both items 1 and 2 have rough diagrams
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Compendium animae transmutationis metallorum juxta Anglicanum exemplar
22-38
Idem tractatus juxta Anglicanum exemplar
22-38
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(22) Fulgeat regis diadema Roberti
Both items 1 and 2 have rough diagrams
p. 38 blank
Additamentum libro quintae essentiae
39-84
Additamentum libro quintae essentiae de disputatione inter Monaldum monachum cum Reymundo magno, anno Christi 1319
39-84
Ad finem, Finitur hic quantum habere potui de libro quintae essentiae transcriptum non parvis expensis de bibliotheca ... [blank] ... episcopi ... [blank] ... de regno Portingaliae michi et alteri amico meo inde transmissum
(39) Cumque Reymundus libro super quo rogatus fuerat
After transmissum the writer adds
(46) Et subsequenter addo terciam et quartam distinctionem prout reperi eas in Anglia sub forma qua tradebantur regi Eduuardo nec cuiquam videatur sic me fecisse superfluum quoniam una[m] do aperit alteram et inter eas quantum (?) ad multa est clariositas immo excedencia mutua. deo gracias. (Raymundus Lully claudens pia dogmata nulli)
pp. 47-48 blank, 49 has diagram. 50-84 blank
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Testamentum
85-260
Testamentum Raymundi
85-260
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(85) Deus qui gloriose omnipotens existis
Ends
(252) in omnibus suis elementis
(252) Et sic finitur prima pars testamenti magni Raymundi litteratissimi viri qui pro confessionis et predicationis nominis Ihesu Christi glorioso per Saracenos meruit coronari martirio et sepulchrum eius est in insula maioricarum
pp. 253-259 blank
A table on p. 260
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Practica super lapide philosophico
261-372
Practica Raymundi sive secunda pars testamenti
261-372
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(261) Alkimia est una pars celata philosophie
After p. 306 a slip of vellum (pp. 306a-307a)
Ends
(358) cum cantelena que sequitur
(358) Explicit Testamentum
(358) Translatum fuit presens testamentum etc.
(360) Cantilena
(360) Amor nos facit etc.
Afforismi (40)
(363) Anima philosophorum est lapis tactu rarus
Verses
(366) Due mitamend' etc.
(367) Alphabetum theorice
(367) A significat deum
followed by other alphabets and tables
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Codicillus
373-460
Codicillus sive vade mecum
373-460
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(373) Deus in virtute trinitatis que unitas
Ends
(456) tamen intelligas magisterium
457-460 blank
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
461-568
Liber quintae essentiae sive de metallorum transmutatione cum prologo Monaldi consolatorio
461-568
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
Prologue
(461) Contristatus erat vehementer Reymundus
Text
(462) Deus cum tue sublimis bonitas
pp. 557-558 on vellum with a volvel in seven layers
pseudo-Ramón Lull, Anima transmutatoriae artis metallorum
569-582
Lapidarium sive anima artis transmutatoriae
569-582
pseudo-Ramón Lull
author
A defective copy of item 1
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Liber lapidarii
582-596
Opus margaritarum et lapidum pretiosorum
582-596
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(582) Deus in virtute trinitatis sancte incipio tractare
pseudo-Ramón Lull, Epistola accurtationis
597-602
Epistola accurtationis lapidis philosophorum ad regem Robertum
597-602
pseudo-Ramón Lull
author
(597) Fili Palagius (?) generat ... per artem
Practica sermocinalis
603-662
Practica sermocinalis, quae dicitur ars brevis seu practica operis minoris
603-662
(603) Diximus de modo et doctrina
Ramón Lull (attrib.), Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia (Dialogus cum monacho. Liber III)
663-702
Tractatus arboris philosophicalis
663-702
Ramón Lull (attrib.)
author
(663) Deus cum tua magnitudine
pp. 685-686 on vellum with two diagrams
Ends
(699) artista maximus in opere alkimico
(699) Explicit liber
pp. 701, 702 smaller: in English: a leaf of an alchemical book written in cent. xvi
Parker Manuscripts
https://purl.stanford.edu/dx969tv9730
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