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Or 13006, ff 91v-96v
- Record Id:
- 040-002409257
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002404979
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000004804.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023512370.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13006, ff 91v-96v
- Title:
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Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر)
Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn أحمد بن الحسين، ابن وحشية
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Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر) attributed to Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Qays al-Kasdānī (أبو بكر أحمد بن علي بن قيس الكسداني), known as Ibn Waḥshiyah (ابن وحشية; fl. first half of the 10th century). The passages extracted relate the opinions on alchemical matters of three groups: those who resrict themselves to mineral ingredients in their work (أصحاب المعدنية), those who employ vegetable ingredients (أصحاب النبات), and those who employ animal ingredients (أصحاب الحيوانية).
The text is divided into two sections (أقسام):
- Section One (ff. 91v-95r);
- القسم الثاني في التدبير ('Section Two: The Operation'; ff. 91v-96v).
Begins (f. 91v, lines 4-8):
قال الحكيم أبو بكر بن وحشية رحمه الله في كتابه في معرفة الحجر
اعلم أنّ كتابي مرشد للناظر فيه إنْ وقف منه على علم وعرف منه شيئًا فلا يكون
أخذه له ووقوفه عليه بقلبه بل أنْ يأخذه بالبرهان وعلى صحته حتى لا يكون فيه شك
وآخر الكلام في باقي الكتاب على وجهين وجهٌ في معرفة الحجر على الحق ووجهٌ في معرفة
التدابير الحق على سبيل الحجر ونسأل الله تعالى التوفيق ...
Ends (f. 96v, lines 13-16):
... ثم يردّ في القرعة ويقطر فلا تزال تفعل به
ذلك حتى يثبت في القرعة كله منعقدًا إلا يقطر منه لا قليل ولا كثير
فتدام النار عليه حتى ينقطع بخاره الذي يرتفع إلى الأنبيق ثم ينقطع
عرقه الذي يظهر على وجهه وهو أصغر صعرةً يسيرة. والحمد لله وحده
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002404979
040-002409257 - Is part of:
- Or 13006 : Compendium of alchemical treatises in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman
Or 13006, ff 91v-96v : Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر)Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002404979[0009]/040-002409257
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 13006
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- ff. 91v-96v
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000003591.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1519
- End Date:
- 1529
- Date Range:
- c 930
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century
Ruling: Misṭarah; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)
Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh)
Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.
Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)
- Administrative Context:
- Damascus?
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, fl 0903-0930
