Kitāb al-Isṭimākhīs كتاب الإسطماخيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
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Text on the making and use of talismans. The text is said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC) while he was planning his expedition to the east, during the fourth year of his reign (see f. ...
Kitāb istijlāb rūḥānīyat al-bahāʼim kullihā كتاب استجلاب روحانية البهائم كلها Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
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Treatise on attracting the spiritual beings (روحانيات) of animals taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). The introduction to the text gives it the alternative title al-Madhāṭīs (المذاطيس, see f. 21v, line 3, transcribed below), while the colophon suggests tha...
Extract from Kitāb al-Iṣṭimāṭīs من كتاب الإصطماطيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
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Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC). Begins (f. 32v, lines 2-8): من كتاب الإصطماطيس الذي وضعه هرمس في علل الروحانيات والمقسوم من الأقاليم...
Text in six chapters on the preparation and use of magical substances from the cycle of pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica. Contents: (1) Chapter of preserves (باب المربّيات, ff. 69r-72r); (2) Chapter of oils (باب الأدهان, ff. 72r-73v); (3) Chapter on herbs (باب في الحشائش, ff. 73v-77v); (4) Cha...
Faṣl min kitāb al-Ashnūṭās فصل من كتاب الأشنوطاس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
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Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). A marginal note (حاشية) by a hand other than that of the main scribe in the edge margin of f. 88r claims that the adjacent text and similar material is found in ...