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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Collation: Paper, 96; 1¹⁰, 2¹⁴, 3¹⁰, 4¹⁶, 5¹⁰, 6¹⁴, 7¹⁰, 8¹⁰(+2); [i], 1-10, [11-95]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper
right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper and lower right recto. Catchwords in lower right, each recto, of texts 4 and
6.
Script: Written in a cursive script, erroneously identified as the hand of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (see note
on f. [i]), more likely the hand of the first owner, H. Bayle (see R. Newhauser's article, p. 123).
Watermarks: See The New Briquet, v. 1, p. 72, no. 8081 (Nicholas le Bé of Tryes, ca. 1582).
Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with monogram HB on upper cover and title Alchemy on spine; binding loose; vellum cover
split and cracked at spine; cover completely detached from front hinge and spine, coming loose from back hinge. Several quires
loose; f. 48-49 completely detached..
Origin: Written in England, after 1582 (f. 43r) and before 1630 (Newhauser, p. 122-123).
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
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