Record Number: 27471
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Included in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710): Reading notes from the English translation of A New Light of Alchymy (1674) by Michał Sędziwój (Sendivogius).
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1710 and 31 Dec 1710
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Fellow of King's College. Cambridge
Religion:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A New Light of Alchymy; Taken out of ye Fountain of Nature & Manual Experi-ence. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur.
Genre:Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn English translation by John French (1674)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27471
Source:Manuscript
Author:Edward Pordage
Title:Reading Notes
Location:King's College, Cambridge
Call No:MS 840.5
Page/Folio:104-170
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Edward Pordage, Reading Notes, King's College, Cambridge, MS 840.5, 104-170, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27471, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Page images from MS accessed at Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, where they appear by permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. Scriptorium eds. note: 'This translation [of text read] also contains an English version of Paracelsus's De natura rerum (1537). The translator, identified here as 'J. F. M. D.', was the physician John French.'
