Publication Date
[1800-1899]
Subject
Alchemy—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800[Browse]Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
81
Physical Dimensions
81 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 196 x 135 (147-172 x 93-115) mm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
1398227914
Record ID
99116511343506421
Library Location
Special Collections - Manuscripts
Date
[1800-1899]
Notes
Ms. composite codex.List of contents on folio 1a, inscriptions on folio 2a. Inscriptions and excerpts are included between the texts. Contains diagrams and tables.Layout: 28-33 lines per page.Origin: [Miftāḥ al-ḥikam] Copied 1293.Incipit: [مفتاح الحكم] الحمد لله الذى فضلنا على کثىر من عباده -- [لوح الذهب] Followed by various excerpts on alchemy (fol. 38a-44a). -- [كتاب في الحشائش] وبعد فهذا کتاب فى الحشائش ... قال من نقل هذا الکتاب انه نقله من رجل حکىم اسمه على ابن حسىن الرازى -- [كتاب فيه الابواب] ...هذا کتاب فىه الابواب العشرة لبعض الحکماء الواصلىن الباب الاول فى اىضاح ماهىة الحجر المشار الىه الباب الثانى فى استنباط عناصره -- [رسالة في التدبير] اعلم ان فى اصطلاح الحکماء الذهب الابىض هو الزىبق - Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather and purple paper.
Sample Text
ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd, Shaykh.Lawḥ al-dhahab.[Browse]عبد الحميد، شيخ.لوح الذهب.[Browse] - 1. fol. 3a-27a: Miftāḥ al-ḥikam. Perhaps the work of ʻAlī al-Iznīqī mentioned in Brockelmann, GAL, SII, 668 (2: no. 6). Divided into three maqālahs.2. fol. 28b-38b: Lawḥ al-dhahab. Same as Leiden 1275, divided into three maqālahs: 1) Fī al-maʻdin, 2) fī al-ḥayawān, 3) fī al-nabāt. Followed by various excerpts on alchemy (fol. 39a-45a).3. fol. 48b-74b: Kitāb fī al-ḥashāʼish wa-al-ashjār fī ʻilm al-ṣanʻah al-ilāhīyah. The preface tells about the discovery of the Syriac original of this book in the grave of a pharaoh.4. fol. 75a-78a: Kitāb fīhi al-abwāb al-ʻasharah. According to marg. note on fol. 74a, this is a copy of ms. Nuru Osmaniye no. 3635.5. fol. 81a-82a: Risālah fī al-tadbīr. Incomplete at the end.Show 2 more Contents items
Bağışçı
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961[Browse]
Getty Türü
diagrams[Browse]tables (documents)[Browse]
Diğer Biçimler
Also available in an electronic version.
Kaynak
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Referanslar
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 5111, 5119, 5122, 5123, 5124.
Edinme Kaynağı
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
