Graphical version

Wellcome Library

Parisiensis, Christophorus


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.192-193

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Parisiensis, Christophorus

Date(s): late 16th century - early 17th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Parisiensis | Christophorus

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

For Christophorus Parisiensis, see Thorndike's History of Magic and Experimental Science, Vol. IV, pp. 348-351.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two volumes of texts ascribed to Christophorus Parisiensis, late 16th or early 17th century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

In two volumes.

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.

Physical characteristics:

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased 1909 and at Sotheby's (Hauser Sale) 10/4/1934.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry 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
Parisiensis | Christophorus

Corporate names

Places