MS. Bodl. Rolls 1
Summary Catalogue no.: 2974
Contents
'Ripley Scroll'
Emblematical scroll with alchemical images and texts (including DIMEV 2278, DIMEV 2623), attributed to George Ripley in the early modern period, but not by modern scholarship.
Ian R. McCallum, 'Alchemical Scrolls Associated with George Ripley', in Mystical Metal of Gold: Essays on Alchemy and Renaissance Culture, ed. Stanton J. Linden (Brooklyn, AMS Press, 2007), 161-188, cat. 1
Language(s): Middle English and Latin
Physical Description
Form: roll
Support: parchment
Extent: 9 membranes
Dimensions (roll): 104.5 × 23.5 in.
Decoration
Fine miniatures (coloured drawings). Retouched in 16th century. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1018, pl. XCV)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by William Dun, M.D., in 1605.
Record Sources
Description adapted (Feb. 2023) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, III (1973), no. 1018
Summary Catalogue (1922)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (10 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-02: Revised to incorporated fuller information from SC and published sources.