[Alchemical compendium].

Abstract:

Working notes of an alchemist, who signs himself as the compiler and composer of the manuscript (f. 127v). Lacking at least one leaf at the beginning, if not more (early pagination begins at 2, f. 1r), with repairs on extant first and last leaves. Includes a commentary on an unknown text and references to the concept of balance found in the work of 8th-century alchemist Jābir ibn Ḥayyān and to Pythagoras. Many marginal notes.

Creator:

Ḥusaynī, Ibrāhīm, active 15th century.

Date:

1496

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9950814943503681; (OCoLC)ocn122490957; (OCoLC)122490957; (PU)5081494-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by ʻAbd al-Razzāq al-Mūsawī (stamp, f. 6v).; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 2001.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Publisher:

[Herat, Afghanistan], A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499)

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs403.html

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Alchemy.; Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Anthologies.; Commentaries.; Stamps (Provenance); Manuscripts, Arabic.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

173 leaves : paper; 153 x 98 (115-130 x 65-80) mm bound to 158 x 115 mm

Personal Name:

Mūsawī, ʻAbd al-Razzāq, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Script: Written in nastaʻlīq script in black ink; pointed.; Origin: Written in Herat, now in Afghanistan in A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499) by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥusaynī (colophons, f. 7r, 23r, 37r, 38r, 47r, 127v, 173r).; Binding: Rebound in reddish-brown leather without boards and a flap that covers the fore-edge, but does not extend over the textblock.; Decoration: Rubrications and overlining in red ink.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, i + 173; [1-173], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto; earlier pagination in ink, 2-347 (f. 1v-173v). References in this record are to modern foliation.; Layout: Written in 15-24 long lines.; Ms. codex.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

LJS 403

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)