Entry: 1
Date: 1680-2
Hand: C
Entry: 2
Date: 1680-2
Note: A list of code words, the date apparently being that at which Boyle changed from the first to the second. See
'Alchemical Secrecy' p. 65
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 3
Date: 1680-2
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 4
Date: 1680-2
Note: Line drawn across page after entry
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 5
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Lines drawn across the page both preceding and following this entry
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 6
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 7
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 8
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 9
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 10
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 11
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Line drawn across page after entry
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 12
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Line drawn across page preceding entry
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 13
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 14
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: A simple monalphabetic cipher, with two words exemplifying its use. See
'Alchemical Secrecy' p. 66.
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 15
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Line drawn across page after entry
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 16
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Line drawn across page before entry
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 17
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Warr
Entry: 18
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Warr
Entry: 19
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Warr
Entry: 20
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Warr
Entry: 21
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: Entry crossed through
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 22
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 23
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 24
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 25
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 26
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 27
Date: 24 May 1680
Note: A simple monalphabetic cipher, with two words exemplifying its use. See
'Alchemical Secrecy', p. 66, and above, entry 14
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 28
Date: 24 May 1680
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 29
Date: early 1684
Note: Fols. 22-22v are written from front, thus the text carries over from fol. 22 to fol. 22v, against the sense of the remainder of the entries in this section. In addition they are written so that the top of their pages is what would be the bottom of the remainder of the pages in this section
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 30
Date: early 1684
Note: Entry crossed out in ink
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 31
Date: early 1684
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 32
Date: early 1684
Note: Entry crossed through in red pencil
Hand: Greg
Entry: 33
Date: early 1684
Note: This is an alphabet square or 'Polybius square', used as a key for ciphering and deciphering, though no example of its use has been found.
Note: Orientation is upside down in relation to text at the top of the page
Hand: uncertain
Entry: 34
Date: early 1684
Note: Entry crossed through in red pencil/ crayon
Hand: BaconBacon
Entry: 35
Date: early 1684
Note: Entry crossed through in red pencil
Hand: B
Entry: 36
Date: early 1684
Note: Entry crossed through in red pencil/ crayon
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 37
Date: early 1684
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 38
Date: September 1684
Hand: Boyle
Entry: 39
Date: September 1684
Note: The entry is crossed through in ink
Hand: uncertain
Entry: 40
Date: September 1684
Note: The significance of this item is unclear. It may be a further code.
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 41
Date: September 1684
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 42
Date: September 1684
Hand: Bacon
Entry: 43
Date: November 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 44
Date: November 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 45
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 46
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 47
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 48
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 49
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C
Entry: 50
Date: 22 December 1684
Hand: C