- [Ripley alchemical scroll].
- Extent:
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- 1 roll (14 membranes) : parchment, illustrations ; 5370 x 525 mm
- Date:
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- 1590
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- Abstract:
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- Illustrated alchemical roll incorporating Middle English verses attributed to Sir George Ripley.
- Description:
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- Ms. roll.
- Illustrations: Four panels containing emblematic diagrams serving as instructions on the process of transmuting base metals into precious metals. A fifth panel by a different artist appears to depict Ripley.
- Provenance:
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- Early and intermediate provenance unknown. Bought in London by H.P. Kraus, 1957, and sold to Lawrence Witten, who sold it to Robert H. Taylor.
- Source acquisition:
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- Gift; Robert H. Taylor, Princeton Class of 1930, 1958.
- References:
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- Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, p. 309.
- Alternative:
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- Ripley scroll
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- Attributed name:
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- Ripley, George, -1490?
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