• [Ripley alchemical scroll].

Extent:

• 1 roll (14 membranes) : parchment, illustrations ; 5370 x 525 mm

Date:

• 1590

Language:

• English, Middle (1100-1500)
• Latin

Abstract:

• Illustrated alchemical roll incorporating Middle English verses attributed to Sir George Ripley.

Description:

• 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:

• 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:

• Gift; Robert H. Taylor, Princeton Class of 1930, 1958.

References:

• Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, p. 309.

Alternative:

• Ripley scroll

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99108636133506421

Attributed name:

• Ripley, George, -1490?

Available online:

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