Kitāb al-Kashf wa-al-bayān. Īḍāḥ al-rumūz fī al-burhān; كتاب الكشف والبيان. ايضاح الرموز في البرهان

Alternate Title:

Kashf wa-al-bayān

Contributor:

Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003 (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

Two brief alchemical works written by a father for his son. Encoded alphabets are used occasionally in the manuscript, and a key is included (f. 3r).; 1. p. 349-362: Kitāb al-Kashf wa-al-bayān -- 2. p. 362-365: Īḍāḥ al-rumūz fī al-burhān

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Ownership stamp (f. 9v).; Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.

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/ljs409.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000307

Subject:

Islamic magic; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Islamic magic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 17th century; Manuscripts, 18th century; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Codices (bound manuscripts); Drawings (visual works); Early works; Codices

Physical Description:

9 leaves : paper; 152 x 105 mm bound to 157 x 109 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p. 349).; Collation: Paper, i (later paper) + 9 + i (later paper); 1⁹; 348-365, pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 20-27 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh in black and red; pointed.; Decoration: Drawing in red and black ink of laboratory equipment, including mortar and pestle, furnace, and glass containers (f. 9v); rubrications in red.; Binding: Cracked brown leather folder.; Origin: The item is undated; possibly copied in the 16th or 17th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 409

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)