Author
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Maṣmūdī
Publication Date
27 Ramaḍān 1177 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place
Algiers -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
215 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 13006, ff 113r-158r
Record ID
vdc_100023512370.0x00000e
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
27 Ramaḍān 1177 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
A general treatise on practical chemistry, composed in Tilimsān in 897 AH/AD 1492 (see Ullmann, 1972, p. 245) by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Maṣmūdī (Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Masmudi). The text was copied on 27 Ramaḍān 1177 AH (30 March AD 1764) at Algiers by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Mawṣilī (Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Musli) (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 158v, line 21, transcribed below). Folio 146r is blank.
There are illustrations and a table on ff. 153v and 154r:
f. 153v:
Right: Illustration of a sealed vessel used for the sublimation. The top of the vessel, into which the gasses released by the substance being sublimed rise, is labeled سماءهم (‘their [i.e. the sages’/philosophers’] sky’); the middle is labeled إناءهم (‘their vessel’); and the bottom of the vessel, in which the substance to be sublimed rests, is labeled أرضهم الذي فيه السواد (‘their earth, which contains blackness’).
Left: Table indicating the varying degrees of heat, cold, dryness and moisture in a given substance.
for. 154r: Illustrations of three vessels for heating substances. The vessel depicted in line 17 is ‘an earthenware pot to be used buried in [hot] ashes’. The two vessels at line 25 are two versions of a ‘crucible for ceration [i.e. softening by heat of solid substances that cannot be melted]’ (قدح التشميع).
Begins (f. 113r, lines 1-2 and 16-19):
Praise be to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the signs and the light, then those who disbelieve
Barbahm Ya'd Lon Praise be to Allah, the One, the One, the One, the One Who neither gives birth nor gives birth
... But after the creation of Allah, the souls of the believers visit
I know that the view of practice and thought in the books of the scholars and wisdom before us
الأجلاء الفضلاء المؤلفة في الصنعة الإلهية العظمى وتصايف المتصفين Freet
She is the mother of the factories and their people and many of them.
Ends (f. 158v, lines 15-18):
... And (?) I finished this book with a prayer regarding the answer to Abi al-Hassan
Al-Shazli (may Allah be pleased with him) revealed the secrets of the last revelation of Abdul Salam
Ibn Mashbash (may Allaah have mercy on him) is from the Book and this is what his Lord says: There is no god but He
Rely on him, the Book, peace be upon Muhammad, your son, the Messenger of the Prophet, and his family and companions
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 158v, lines 19-27):
This book was published on Thursday in the week
And twenty of the month of Ramadan, blessed on the weak hand
Worshipers of Allah Mohammed bin Sulaiman al-Mosul in Algeria
المحروسة حرسها من جمع المكادة
Amen, O Lord of the Worlds
Sana'a 1177
تم الكتاب بعون
King Al-Wahab
The book is completed Praise be to Allah Al-Wahab
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