Mellon MS 100 (Flamel)

[Paul Ferguson]

Fully digitized at the Beinecke:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2067976

[Carl Lavoie]

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A sumptuous manuscript.

IMAGE 21 of 70 : The illumination that was the source for their bookplate ('Mellon Collection of Alchemy & the Occult', cf. Image 2 of 70.)

IMAGE 45 of 70 : I really wonder what has been torn out here.
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[Paul Ferguson]

Here's a table of contents:

1) Nicolas Flamel, Alchemy, in French with some Latin.
2) Zodiaque des philosophes.
3) Madame de M--- (?), Observations en forme de lettre à Monsieur ...
4) Virtues of and remedies derived from the herb "Genepy."
5) Dhenin Rouze, A remedy in French, with other anonymous remedies.
6) Travel notes in French, partly dated 11th January 1779.
7) Reading notes in French on Philaletha, Flamel, and other writers, dated 16th May 1762.
8) Observations sur le Rossoli.
9) A fragment of an alchemical operation.

The Oraedes site I posted about the other day has a section on Flamel:
https://oraedes.fr/Kirjasto/Pages/Encycl...Flamel.php