• [Ripley alchemical scroll].

Artist:

• Smethley, Leonard

Language:

• English, Middle (1100-1500)

Extent:

• 1 roll (7 membranes) : parchment, illustrations ; 3720 x 275 mm

Abstract:

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

Description:

• Ms. roll.
• Colophon: Leonard Smethley fecit 1624.
• Illustrations: Four panels containing emblematic diagrams serving as instructions on the process of transmuting base metals into precious metals. A fifth panel depicts a master alchemist (Ripley?). Script and illustrations by Leonard Smethley.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99108636323506421

Call number:

• South 72, RTC01 (no. 237)

Attributed name:

• Ripley, George, -1490?

Collections:

• Robert H. Taylor
• Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
• Digitized Manuscripts
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature RTC01
• Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts

Available online:

• arks.princeton.edu