Fawāʼid al-ḥabīb. Zinjār al-ḥukamāʼ.

Abstract:

Two treatises on alchemy.

Creator:

Ibn al-Bahāʼ, Abu ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad.

Date:

1400

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9951482483503681; (OCoLC)ocn756864181; (OCoLC)756864181; (PU)5148248-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Christie's, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 25, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Ownership seals and inscriptions (f. 1r): Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak al-Fayz̤ī (1584); Muḥammad Sharīf Khān (1594-1595); Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan (1598); ʻInāyat Allāh Shīrāzī (1607-1608); and ʻAbd al-Haqq al-Shīrāzī, Amanat Khan (1632-1633).

Publisher:

[Egypt?], [1400?]

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs455.html; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Alchemy.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Codices.; Treatises.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

234 leaves : paper; 247 x 150 (180 x 115) mm bound to 249 x 169 mm

Personal Name:

Shīrāzī, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.; Hāshimī, Aḥmad ibn Saʻd Allāh. Zinjār al-ḥukamāʼ.; Khān, Sharīf, 1725?-1805 or 1806, former owner.; Anṣārī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh, scribe.; Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605, former owner.; Fayz̤ī, Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak, 1547 or 1548-1595, former owner.; Shīrāzī, ʻInāyat Allāh, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Binding: 19th-century morocco with flap and stamped medallion on covers.; Origin: Probably written in Egypt, ca. 1400, based on the paper.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern) + 234 + i (modern); 2 generations of later ink foliation, 1-235, with each skipping one number in the last 10 leaves, upper left and upper center recto, some foliation trimmed.; Decoration: Illuminated medallion and headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1r); 2 simple diagrams in red ink (f. 51r); rubrications, including marginal finding aids, in red and brown; later overlining and marginal notes in blue pencil.; Title of each work from the introduction to that work (f. 1v, 196r).; Script: Written in naskh by ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī (medallion inscription, f. 1r).; Layout: Written in 25 long lines.; Ms. codex.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

LJS 455

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)