Abstract
THE third volume of Mrs. Singer's monumental catalogue of alchemical manuscripts in the British Isles mainly consists of indexes, with corrections and addenda to earlier descriptions. The indexes comprise a list of first lines of every tract described in the catalogue—a feature of the greatest use to students in every country; a list of every person, whether author, scribe, or owner, mentioned in them; and a list of the manuscripts classified under the libraries where they are to be seen, and containing much incidental information concerning them. In brief, nothing has been neglected which could make the work more valuable to those likely to use it, and Mrs. Singer is to be congratulated heartily on so complete a piece of work.
Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Century.
By Dorothea Waley Singer Annie Anderson Robina Addis. Vol. 3. Pp. iii + 757-1179. (Brussels: Union Académique Internationale, 1931.) 15 Belgas.
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S., R. Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Centuryuml;Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Century. Nature 129, 419 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129419a0
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