Mappae Clavicula

Mappae Clavicula (trans. C.S. Smith, J.G. Hawthorne). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 64 (1974) 3-128. Translated by C.S. Smith and J.G. Hawthorne. 

Smith CS, Hawthorne J (1974) Mappae Clavicula A Little Key to Medieval Techniques, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 

The recipes in the Compositiones ad Tingenda are largely included in the Mappae Clavicula, while the twelfth century manuscript contains later additions including Arabic names. It is during the twelfth century that Christian Europe first seems to have assimilated the results of Arabian chemistry and it is probable that these manuscripts had their origin either in Italy or the south of France.7... 

In the twelfth century Mappae Clavicula occur three rec-... 

Various mixtures of sugar with other substances are described as medicines. The similar recipes in the Mappae Clavicula are as follows 17... 

The Mappae clavicula, communicated by T. Phillipps and presented by Albert Way, London, 1847. (In Archaeologia. Vol. 32.)... 

In Coahuila, Mexico, corpses are buried with beaded necklaces of dried peyote buttons, c. 1100 Updated version of Mappae clavicula contains the first description of a liquid, distilled from wine, that will catch fire. It is named alcohol in the sixteenth century. 

CS Smith, JG Hawthorne. Mappae Clavicula. Trans Am Philos Soc 64 (part 4) 1-128, 1974. 

Pfister (1940) Pfister, R. Textiles du Pahnyre, III Les Editions d Art et d Histoire Paris (1940) 64-72 Phillips (1847) Phillips, T. Mappae Clavicula - A Treatise on the Preparation of Pigments during the Middle Ages Archaeologia 32 (1847) 183-244... 

Smith CS, Hawthorne JG (1974) Mappae clavicula, a little key to the world of medieval techniques. Trans Am Phil Soc, New Series, 64 Part 4... 

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