Fawāʼid al-ḥabīb. Zinjār al-ḥukamāʼ; فوائد الحبيب. زنجار الحكماء

Contributor:

Anṣārī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh (scribe)

Name:

Ibn al-Bahāʼ, Abu ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Two treatises on alchemy.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

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

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs455.html

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title of each work from the introduction to that work (f. 1v, 196r).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-196v: Fawāʼid al-ḥabīb / ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, known as Ibn al-Bahāʼ; Table of contents: 2. f.196r-235v: Zinjār al-ḥukamāʼ / Aḥmad ibn Saʻd Allāh al-Hāshimī; 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.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh by ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī (medallion inscription, f. 1r).; 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.; Binding: 19th-century morocco with flap and stamped medallion on covers.; Origin: Probably written in Egypt, ca. 1400, based on the paper.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.; Related Work: Hāshimī, Aḥmad ibn Saʻd Allāh. Zinjār al-ḥukamāʼ.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 455

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)