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The Alchemy web site on Levity.com
Database of Alchemical Manuscripts
The following lists of about 4000 manuscripts from over 100 libraries includes most of the major collections of such manuscripts. I am placing this on the Web site in the hope that other scholars may be willing to exchange information on alchemical manuscripts. No one has yet sytematically surveyed alchemical manuscripts, and scholars in this area usually have to rely on information from friends and colleagues about interesting manuscript material.
I have been gathering these listings from published and unpublished catalogues for a number of years. I estimate that this represents about 75% of all alchemical manuscripts in existence. The descriptions are taken from catalogues that vary in the quality of their entries. While some are excellent, others are somewhat lacking. Only by examining each manuscript and making an exact description would it be possible to develop an accurate catalogue, however, in the absence of any other comprehensive source this catalogue will be a start to the investigation of the manuscript tradition in alchemy. Many of these manuscripts have multiple components. I would be very pleased to receive any corrections, amendments, or additional information about manuscript holdings. - Adam McLean.
- UK Libraries
- British Library - Sloane
- British Library - Additional
- British Library - Harley
- British Library - Others
- Bodleian - Ashmole
- Bodleian - Rawlinson
- Bodleian - Others
- Wellcome Institute
- Ferguson Collection
- Cambridge
- Alnwick Castle
- Other Scottish Libraries
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
- Edinburgh, Royal Coll. of Physicians
- Edinburgh, University Library
- Glasgow, Strathclyde University, Andersonian Library
- St. Andrews University Library
- Other English Libraries
- Canterbury, Christ Church
- Eton College
- Lichfield Cathedral Library
- Liverpool, University Library
- Manchester, John Rylands Library
- Nat. Lib. of Wales
- Irish Libraries
- US Libraries
- Manly Palmer Hall Collection
- Mellon Collection
- Other US Libraries
- French Libraries
- Bibliotheque Nationale
- Bibliotheque l'Arsenal
- Other French Libraries
- Bibliotheque Mazarine
- Sainte Genevieve
- l'Institut de France
- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
- University of Paris
- Bayeaux
- Bordeaux
- Bourges
- Brest
- Caen
- Cambrai
- Chartres
- De Vire
- Grenoble
- Lyon
- Marseilles
- Montbeliard
- Montpellier
- Nantes
- Narbonne
- Orleans
- Rennes
- Rouen
- Sens
- Strasbourg
- Troyes
- Italian Libraries
- Arezzo
- Bassano de Grappa
- Benedello
- Bologna
- Fano
- Florence
- Foligno
- Macerata
- Milan
- Modena
- Naples
- Novara
- Parma
- Pessaro
- Poppi
- Ravenna
- Rome
- Rovigo
- St. Severino Marche
- Turin
- Trieste
- Urbania
- Venice
- Verginelli-Rota
- Vatican
- Austrian Libraries
- Innichen
- Innsbruck
- Klagenfurt
- Salzburg
- Vienna
- Austrian National Library
- German Libraries
- Bamberg
- Berlin
- Darmstadt
- Donaueschingen
- Dresden
- Frankfurt
- Gotha
- Hamburg
- Kassel
- Köln
- Lübeck
- Marburg
- Merseburg
- Munich
- Nürnberg
- Schloss Breitenburg
- Überlingen
- Weimar
- Wolfenbüttel
- Swiss Libraries
- Bern
- Jung Collection, Küsnacht
- St Gallen
- Zurich
- Belgian Libraries
- Brouges
- Bruxelles
- Namur
- Tournai
- Dutch Libraries
- Leiden
- Czech Republic Libraries
- Ceske Krumlov
- Prague
- Romanian Libraries
- Budapest
- Spanish Libraries
- Israeli Libraries
- Danish Libraries
- Copenhagen - King's Library
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