MS. Bodl. Or. 538 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Alchemy and Arabic poetry

1. ff. 1v-76r
Author: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī
Title: al-Shawāhid fī al-ḥajar al-wāḥid

On alchemy and the philosophers stone

[If Nicollʼs conjectures as to date and autograph are right this is diff. from the work of this title ascribed to Ibn Waḥshīyah (3rd cent. A. H.) Brock. I. 243 (G1, p. 281, para. 3. no. 10, but not in Suppl.) of which the only MS. noted is Rāghib 963 (1)]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[NAM. 250 (1)]
2. ff. 76v-79v
Author: Dhū al-Nūn al-Miṣrī, Thawbān ibn Ibrāhīm, d. ca. 861
Title: Poem on the philosopherʼs stone
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 198
[NAM. 250 (2)]
3. ff. 79v-96r
Author: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī
Title: A poem on alchemy, followed by notes on alchemical experiments

[* Nicoll by his conjectures as to date and autograph, seems to imply an ascription to this author of another part of the same MS.]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[NAM. 250 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
76 ff. [autograph?] 4 ff. 18 ff. [autograph?]

History

Origin: 17th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE

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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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