Alchemy T-S 24.69
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Alchemy T-S 24.69
- Date:
- c.11th-16th Century C.E.
- Description:
- Collection of alchemical recipes divided in chapters (bāb), including recipes for the preparation of good silver, of salt of calx, on the preparation of lead, on the calcification of salt (recto), on the cleansing of tin, on the pulverisation of sulphur. Recipes on verso end with a benediction with the tetragrammaton written as ייי.Layout: 48 lines (recto); 32 lines (verso)
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Fusṭāṭ
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- Leaf: (height: 51 cm, width: 32 cm)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S 24.69
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection