| Description Of Item | These poems were originally between pages 286 and 287 of the first volume of alchemical manuscripts (ERG/1/1). They are inscribed on the reverse 'These are copies of verse I found in the manuscript of the Turba philosophorum: ibi in teni ibi reliqui Cromartie'. A translation of them can be found amongst the papers of Professor McCallum (ref: MCI). |