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Celestinus, Terentius


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.185-186

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Celestinus, Terentius

Date(s): 1648

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Celestinus | Terentius x Coelestinus | Terentius

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The compiler's name is given in MS.185 under the anagram 'Tessun Celi Terenzi', which appears to be equivalent to 'Terenzi Celestinus'. In MS. 186, by the same hand, the anagram is spelt 'Tessun Coeli' which would become 'Coelestinus'.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Alchemical works of Terentius Celestinus, 1648.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased 1908.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Alchemy | Chemistry

Personal names
Celestinus | Terentius x Coelestinus | Terentius

Corporate names

Places