Alchemical compendium.

Title:

Alchemical compendium.

Creator:

Ḥusaynī, Ibrāhīm, active 15th century

Date:

A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499)

Description:

Working notes of an alchemist, who signs himself as the compiler and composer of the manuscript (f. 127v). Lacking at least one leaf at the beginning, if not more (early pagination begins at 2, f. 1r), with repairs on extant first and last leaves. Includes a commentary on an unknown text and references to the concept of balance found in the work of 8th-century alchemist Jābir ibn Ḥayyān and to Pythagoras. Many marginal notes.

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Codices (bound manuscripts)
Anthologies
Commentaries
Stamps (Provenance)
Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Alchemy--Early works to 1800

Geographic region:

Herat, Afghanistan

Provenance:

Formerly owned by ʻAbd al-Razzāq al-Mūsawī (stamp, f. 6v).Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 2001.Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Extent:

Written in 15-24 long lines.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania

Rights:

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Identifier:

LJS 403

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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