Details

Subject(s)

• Alchemy—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

An alchemical treatise on the composition of the seven metals: (Damascene) steel, mercury, gold, silver, copper, tin, and lead. A chapter is devoted to each. Text is followed by two pages of poetry.

Notes

• Colophon from f. 26b.
• Leaf 28b blank.
• On f. 5a (p.8) there is a dedication to: Sulṭān Bāyazīd Khān ibn Muḥammad Khān (r. 886/1481-918/1512).
• Ms. in nastaliq on glazed paper. 18.2 x 12.2 cm. Invocation and several other words and phrases on p. 1, 2, 4 and 8 in gold; other headings and key words in red ink. Catchwords; some vocalization: No marginalia. Indications of elements of an edge title suggest this treatise is part of a larger work. Pages numbered in pencil at top.
• Paper is glazed laid stock. Some water stains, mainly in lower margins. Minor worm damage at hinge. Paper repair to some hinges in last gathering.
• Binding is recent quarter leather. Spine is black leather; covers are marbeled paper over pasteboard.
• Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب تم بالخير بدات من جميع المحامد مر خدايرا كه منوه است از همه بسطيات واز قدرت خويش قادر مستعنى است ... اما بعد از تشريف چون تراكيب مذكور ...
• Explicit:... وبعد از شش ماه دو درم ازين تركيب باصد درم شير كاوتان استعمال نمانيد واحترار نمانيد از ادويۀ بارده غليظه وازترشيها ...
• Colophon:تمت الكتاب فى اربع (؟) محرم الكرام ثلث وتسعمائه.

Provenance

AM 1993-168. Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian, Special List 273.

OCLC

122987999

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...