Publication Date
1903]
Subject
Alchemy—Islamic countries[Browse]Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
245
Physical Dimensions
245 leaves : paper, ill. ; 196 x 126 mm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
793397602
Record ID
9970741403506421
Date
1903]
Notes
Ms. codex.Physical description: 12-14 lines per page, in 1-2 columns; written in shikastah in black on machine-made paper. Catchwords. Fol. 2b, 5b-10b, 198b, 199b-241a blank. Light staining; disbound.Origin: Text 6 dated 11 Rabīʻ I 1321 H [7 June 1903] (fol. 168a).Incipit (text 2): چون شدى در علم و جذاب سخن * گوش دل را رهن کن حال به من - Loose in red-brown leather binding; notes on inner covers. On front cover: label reading "260" in Arabic script. - Collection of texts on alchemy and alchemical formulas.
Sample Text
Yazdī, Shams-i Tabrīz.Dar ʻilm-i ḥajar bi-ṭarīq-i ramz farmūdah.[Browse]ىزدى، شمس تبرىز.در علم حجر بطرىق رمز فرموده.[Browse] - 1. fol. 1a-5a, 11a-12a: [Notes and formulas].2. fol. 12b-134b: Dar bayān-i mawz̤ūʻ va ʻilm-i kīmiyā ʻumūman va iksīr khuṣūṣan. Poem on alchemy and elixirs.3. fol. 134b-135a: [Formula from Muẓaffar ʻAlī Shāh]. With charts.4. fol. 135b-137b: [Formula from Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn]. In Arabic, with Persian interlinear translation, charts, and explanation.5. fol. 137b-147a: Dar ʻilm-i ḥajar bi-ṭarīq-i ramz farmūdah / Mawlānā Shams-i Tabrīz Yazdī.6. fol. 147b-168a: ʻAmal-i Nūr ʻAlī Shāh.7. fol. 168a-198a: [Formulas]. In prose and metrical forms; with charts on fol. 196b-197a.8. fol. 199a: [Note].9. fol. 241b-245b: [Notes and formulas].Show 6 more Contents items
Dil Notu
Persian.
