Ms. leaves. Title of manuscript supplied by cataloger. Collation: Paper, 147; 18 2-1410 1510−1 (10 probably canceled); [1-78, 78-104, 104-145], modern foliation in pencil on lower right recto or in ink on upper right recto of sleeves. Foliation used in this record as marked, including duplicate foliation. All leaves detached, hypothetical collation based on catchwords (f.8v, 18v, 28v, 48v, 97v (actually 98v), 106v (actually 108v)), with gatherings... Layout: Written in 2 columns of 38 lines; ruled in ink with vertical bounding lines. Script: Written in hybrid Gothic script (f. 1r-115r), with additions by contemporary hands (f. 117r-142r). Decoration: 22 illustrations of alchemical equipment (f. 89-98) in the Summa perfectionis magisterii (f. 78r-115r); rubricated in red; manicules and nota marks by multiple readers (f. 6v, 7v, 13v, 20v, 25r, 27r, 42v, 45r, 47r, 48r, 64r, 68r-70r, 95v-96r, 99v, 104v, 107v-108v, 117v-118v, 119v-120r, 121v, 133v). Watermark: Similar to Briquet Oiseau 12172 (Kleve, 1489) and 12173 (Metz, 1490) (f. 50, 97). Origin: Probably written in western central Germany or adjacent parts of the Netherlands, circa 1489 (based on watermark). Leaves surface cleaned; mended at edges where fractures were vulnerable; encapsulated; and post bound in a binder (Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, 2023) Formerly owned by Gustavo Camillo Galletti, Florence (ex libris stamp, f. 1r). Held in an unidentified German collection (Bloomsbury). Sold at auction at Bloomsbury Auctions (London), 7 December 2020, lot 44.
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