Middle English Bibliography Entry

Mystery of Alchemists

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 4017
NIMEV 4017
DIMEV 6411
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 759 . (Pref. MS)
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum,ed. Elias Ashmole, 1652 (Wing 3987) .
London, British Library, Sloane 2036 .
London, British Library, Sloane 1098 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Film of MS Ashm 759 in possession of University of Michigan Library (BMP reel 224(3)).
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, ed. E. Ashmole (1652).
Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).
MED title stencils and sources:
Ashm 759
  • a1500(?a1490) *Ripley Mystery (Ashm 759) Film of MS Ashm 759 in possession of University of Michigan Library (BMP reel 224(3)).
AshmTC
  • 1652 Ripley Mystery in Ashmole TC (AshmTC) Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, ed. E. Ashmole (1652).380-88.
Sln 2036
  • ?c1650 Ripley Mystery (Sln 2036) Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).245-247, except the leading stanza ('stanza 6').
Sln 1098
  • ?c1550 Ripley Mystery (Sln 1098) Verse and Transmutation : a Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies), ed. A. Timmermann, History of Science and Medicine Library, Volume 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013).p. 245-247, leading stanza only ('stanza 6').

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