MS. Marsh 70 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān on the subject of Alchemy

1. ff. 2v-61v
Author: Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
Title: Kitāb al-Riyāḍ
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 241
[UAM. 522 [i]]
2. ff. 62r-123v
Author: Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
Title: Kitāb Muṣaḥḥaḥāt Aflāṭūn

Imperfect, taṣḥīḥ 18-68, followed by lacuna and 2 stray leaves

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 241
[UAM. 522 [ii]]

Physical Description

Form: codex
60 ff. 62 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. [before 1635] CE n.d. [before 1635] CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Medici M.S. in quarto &c., no. 13].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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