Alchemy; letter T-S 16.270

عنوان:

Alchemy; letter T-S 16.270

تاريخ المصدر:

6th-19th century

الوصف:

Recto: two alchemical recipes. The first recipe (ll. 1-8) is aimed at producing ‘the work’ (אלצנעה), a word commonly used for indicating the production of gold, silver or the elixir that would turn base metals into precious ones. Ingredients mentioned are: sublimated arsenic, vinegar, sulphur, dissolved salt, sublimated mercury. The second recipe is composed of two parts. The first part (ll. 8-14) describes a preparation requiring silver, salt, water, mercury, and sal ammoniac that is aimed at obtaining a clear plate of metal. The second part (ll. 14-end) requires the use of quicksilver, horse manure, sal ammoniac, the Khurasani (?) and young boys’ urine. The end of the recipe is lost. Verso: part of a widely-spaced letter sent to a nagid in Fusṭāṭ.Condition: Torn, fadedLayout: 36 lines (recto); 16 lines (verso)

اللغة:

العبرية
اليهودية العربية
العربية

النوع (Raw):

المخطوطات

(EDM) النوع:

نص

المنشأ:

Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

مادة الأثر:

Paper

المدى الزمني:

Leaf: (height: 36.2 cm, width: 18.5 cm)

الناشر:

Cambridge University Library

حقوق معيار دبلن كور:

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المُعرِّف:

T-S 16.270

جزء من:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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