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1 copy of Part of a treatise on alchemy

Author: Anonymous

Title: Part of a treatise on alchemy

The MS begins at the 5th 'bāb' and is unfinished.

Incipit: وصلى الله على سيدنا ... الباب الخامس الاقرباذ ينا و يقال القربذ ينات و يقال الكيميا

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1943

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 39 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 25.5 × 17.8 cm.

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Written in Naskhī of probably the Gregorian 19th century

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History

Origin: Undated, probably 19th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library

Subjects

Alchemy

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