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Subject Alchemy--Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v
Title:
Kashf al-asrār fī hatk al-astār كشف الأسرار في هتك الأستار Iznīqī, ʻAlī Bak إزنيقي، علي بك
Scope & Content:
A work on alchemy, in an introduction (مقدمة), five sections (أقسام), and a conclusion (خاتمة) attributed to the semi-legendary figure ʻAlī Bak al-Iznīqī (علي بك الإزنيقي, d. 1609), also known as ʻAlī Çelebī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Ṣarūkhānī (علي جلبي علاء الدين الصروخاني). The copy was completed on 19...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19 Ramaḍān 1215
Extent:

Ff. 2v-89v

2. Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v
Title:
Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr كتاب الخواص الكبير Jābir ibn Ḥayyān جابر بن حيان
Scope & Content:
Complete copy of a treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيان), concerning the occult properties (خواصّ) of animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. The copy was completed on 1 Shaʻbān 1215/18 December 1800 by an un-named scribe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Shaʻbān 1215
Extent:
Ff. 90v-233v

3. Add MS 27261, ff 398r-403r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27261, ff 398r-403r
Title:
A treatise on alchemy by Ghiyās̲ Kirmānī
Scope & Content:
Compiled by order of Sulṭan Jalāl al-Dīn Iskandar
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

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