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Catalogue: Alchemy


Blue arrow pointing to the right A Note on Alchemy

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Āthar al-‘ulwīyah    (MS A 70, item 8)
كتاب الاثار العلوية
by Aristotle (d. 322 B.C.)
ارسطاطاليس الحكيم

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah al-Fahm al-thāqib ilá al-fahm al-murāqib    (MS A 70, item 9)
(From the Intuitive Understanding to the Observational Understanding)
رسالة فهم الثاقب الى الفهم المراقب
attributed to Plato (d. 347 B.C.)
افلاطون

Blue arrow pointing to the right [Untitled treatise]     (MS A 70, item 5)
attributed to Hirmīs (Hermes Trismegistus)
الهرميس

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb Aghāthādhimūn    (MS A 70, item 12)
(The Book of Agathodaimon)
كتاب اغاثاذيمون
attributed to Agathodaimon
اغاثاذيمون

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah min Kitāb Aghāthādhimūn    (MS A 70, item 27)
(Essay from the Book of Agathodaimon)
رسالة من كتاب اغاثاذيمون
attributed to Agathodaimon
اغاثاذيمون

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah fī bayān tafrīq al-adyān wa-tafarru‘ al-‘ibādāt wa-al-diyānāt wa-al-i‘tiqādāt    (MS A 70, item 14)
(The Explanation of Differences of Religions and the Variation of Religious Observances, Professions of Faith, and Beliefs)
رسالة فى بيان تفريق الاديان وتفرع العبادات والديانات والاعتقادات
by Zosimos (3rd cent. A.D.)
زوسيموس

Blue arrow pointing to the right Masā’il / Risālat Mariyānus al-Rāhib al-akīm lil-amīr Khālid ibn Yazīd   (MS A 70, item 19)
(Questions / Correspondence of Marianos the Monk with the prince Khālid ibn Yazīd)
رسالة مريانس الراهب الحكيم لامير خالد ابن يزيد
attributed to Khālid ibn Yazīd (7th cent. A.D.)
خالد ابن يزيد ابن معاوي

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah   (MS A 70, item 17)
(Essay)
رسالة
attributed to Khālid ibn Yazīd (7th cent. A.D.)
خالد ابن يزيد ابن معاوي

Blue arrow pointing to the right A Note on Jābir ibn ayyān

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Ramah al-kabīr   (MS A 70, item 3)
(The Large Book of Mercy)
كتاب الرحمة الكبير
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Rāhib     (MS A 70, item 7)
(The Book of Rāhib [the monk])
كتاب الراهب
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thānī     (MS A 33, item 2)
(The Second Book of Amalgams)
كتاب الملاغم الثانى
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Malāghim al-aghar     (MS A 91.1, item 8)
(The Smaller Book of Amalgams)
كتاب الملاغم الاصغر
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thālith     (MS A 33, item 3)
(The Third Book of Amalgams)
كتاب الملاغم الثالث
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thālith     (MS A 91.1, item 9)
(The Third Book of Amalgams)
كتاب الملاغم الثالث
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Tafsīr al-Malāghim     (MS A 33, item 4)
(Explication of Amalgams)
تفسير الملاغم
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Tafsīr al-malāghim     (MS A 91.1, item 10)
(Explication of Amalgams)
تفسير الملاغم
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Malāghim al-awwal     (MS A 33, item 1)
(The First Book of Amalgams)
كتاب الملاغم الاول
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Tadābīr    (MS A 33, item 5)
(The Book of Procedures)
كتاب التدابير
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Tadābīr    (MS A 91.1, item 3)
(The Book of Procedures)
كتاب التدابير
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Khamā'ir al-thālith    (MS A 33, item 16)
(The Third Book of Fermentation)
كتاب الخماير الثالث
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Khamā'ir al-thālith    (MS A 33, item 13)
(The Third Book of Fermentation)
كتاب الخماير الثالث
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb Tafsīr al-khamā'ir al-thālith    (MS A 33, item 14)
(The Explication of the Third Fermentation)
كتاب تفسير الخماير الثالث
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah Fī bayān al-khamā’ir    (MS A 91.1, item 7)
(The Essay on the Explanation of Fermentation)
فى بيان الخماير رسالة
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Wāid al-awwal wa-al-thānī wa-al-thālith    (MS A 33, item 11)
(The First, Second, and Third Book of the Unique)
كتاب الواحد الاول والثانى والثالث
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Bāhir    (MS A 33, item 12)
(The Book of the Resplendent)
كتاب الباهر
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sha‘ar    (MS A 33, item 15)
(The Book of Hair)
كتاب الشعر
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Khalis al-mubarak    (MS A 33, item 17)
(Book of the Blessed Pure)
كتاب الخالص المبارك
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Uūl    (MS A 33, item 6)
(The Book of Principles)
كتاب الاصول
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Uūl    (MS A 91.1, item 2)
(The Book of Principles)
كتاب الاصول
by Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-Maknūn [extracts from]    (MS A 33, item 10)
(The Book of the Hidden Secret)
كتاب السر المكنون
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-Maknūn [extracts from]    (MS A 70, item 20)
(The Book of the Hidden Secret)
كتاب السر المكنون
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-Maknūn [extracts from]    (MS A 70, item 25)
(The Book of the Hidden Secret)
كتاب السر المكنون
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Ajār ‘alá ra’y Balīnās    (MS A 70, item 26)
(The Book of Stones According to the Opinion of Balīnās)
كتاب الاحجار على راى بليناس
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Mawāzīn [extract from]    (MS A 70, item 24)
(The Book of the Balances)
كتاب الموازين
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-sārr wa-sirr al-asrār     (MS A 70, item 1)
(The Book of the Secret of Joy and the Secret of Secrets)
كتاب سر السار و سر الاسرار
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-sārr wa-sirr al-asrār    (MS A 33, item 7)
(The Book of the Secret of Joy and the Secret of Secrets)
كتاب سر السار و سر الاسرار
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitā Jannāt al-khuld     (MS A 70, item 2)
(The Garden of Delights)
كتاب جنات الخلد
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Mujarradāt    (MS A 70, item 18)
(The Book of Abstractions)
كتاب المجردات
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Muntakhab min Kitāb al-Itti    (MS A 33, item 8)
(The Book of Amalgamation)
كتاب الاتحاد المنتخب من
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah al-Jami‘ al-mas’ūl wa-al-bulūgh al-ma’mūl fī izhār mā khafiya min al-sirr al-majhūl    (MS A 91.1, item 5)
(The Collection of What has Asked for and the Attainment of What was Hoped for Regarding the Revealing of What is Hidden Among the Unknown Secret)
رساله الجمع المسئول والبلوغ المأمول فى اظهار ما خفى من السر المجهول
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-‘Ilm al-makhzūn fī mufāriah    (MS P 27, item 5)
(The Book of Accumulated Knowledge on Suppositions)
كتاب العلم المخزون فى مفارضة
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Fī sabk al-adīd    (MS P 27, item 2)
(On the Smelting of Iron)
فى سبك الحديد
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah Mufākharat al-ajār    (MS A 70, item 10)
(Essay on the Pride of Stones)
رسالة كتاب مفاخرة الاحجار
attributed to Jābir ibn ayyān (8th-9th century)
جابر ابن حيان

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Sirr al-asrār    (MS A 33, item 9)
(The Secret of Secrets)
كتاب السر الاسرار
by Abū Bakr Muammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313)
ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Iqāq min sab‘īn    (MS A 70, item 4)
(The Book of Seventy Truths)
كتاب الاحقاق من السبين
by Abū Bakr Muammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313)
ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Tadābīr    (MS A 70, item 6)
(The Book of Procedures)
كتاب التدابير
by Abū Bakr Muammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313)
ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Miftā al-ikmah     (MS A 65, item 2)
(The Key of Wisdom)
مفتاح الحكمه
by Mu‘ayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismā‘īl al-usayn ibn ‘Alī al-ughrā’ī (d. 1121/515)
مؤيد الدين ابو اسماعيل الحسين ابن على الطغرائى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Min kalām al-usayn ibn ‘Alī al-ughrā’ī    (MS A 70, item 11)
(From the Teaching of al-ughrā’ī)
من كلام الطغرائى
by Mu‘ayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismā‘īl al-usayn ibn ‘Alī al-ughrā’ī (d. 1121/515)
مؤيد الدين ابو اسماعيل الحسين ابن على الطغرائى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Nubdhah min qawl al-usayn ibn ‘Alī al-ughrā’ī   (MS A 70, item 16)
(Extract from the Discourse of al-ughrā’ī)
نبذة من قول الطغرائى
by Mu‘ayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismā‘īl al-usayn ibn ‘Alī al-ughrā’ī (d. 1121/515)
مؤيد الدين ابو اسماعيل الحسين ابن على الطغرائى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Tadbīr al-afāl min Kitāb al-Bayān   (MS A 70, item 21)
(Extract from the Discourse of al-ughrā’ī)
تدبير الاطفال من كتاب البيان
anonymous, probably from Abū ‘Alī Yayá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah (d. 1100/493)
ابو على يحيى ابن عيسى ابن جزله

Blue arrow pointing to the right Shar Shudhūr al-dhahab    (MS A 65, item 1)
(Commentary on 'Nuggets of Gold')
شرح شذور الذهب
by Abū al-Qāsim Muammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Anārī (2nd half of 12th century)
ابو القاسم محمد ابن عبد الله الانصارى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Ghāyat al-surur fi sharh dīwān Shudhūr al-dhahab     (MS A 14)
(The Acme of Pleasure in the Commentary on the Poems 'Nuggets of Gold')
غياة فى شرح ديوان شذور الذهب
by ‘Izz al-Dīn Aydamir ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Jaldakī (d. 1342/743)
عز الدين ايدمر ابن عبد الله الجلدكى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Burhān fī asrār ‘ilm al-mīzān     (MS A 7)
(The Book of the Proof Regarding the Secrets of the Science of the Balance)
كتاب البرهان فى اسرار علم الميزان
by ‘Izz al-Dīn Aydamir ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Jaldakī (d. 1342/743)
عز الدين ايدمر ابن عبد الله الجلدكى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb Nihāyat al-alab fī shar Kitāb [al-‘ilm] al-Muktasab dar zirā‘at-i dhahab     (MS P 27, item 1)
(The Book of the End of the Search regarding the commentary on 'The Book of Acquired Knowledge concerning the Cultivation of Gold')
كتاب نهاية الطلب فى شرح كتاب [العلم] المكتسب در زراعت ذهب
by ‘Izz al-Dīn Aydamir ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Jaldakī (d. 1342/743)
عز الدين ايدمر ابن عبد الله الجلدكى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah fī inā‘at al-iksīr    (MS A 70, item 13)
(Essay on the Art of the Elixir)
رسالة فى صناعة الاكسير
by Amad ibn ‘Imād al-Dīn
احمد بن عمادين

Blue arrow pointing to the right Aqwāl al-mutaffariqāt     (MS A 70, item 22)
(Miscellaneous Accounts)
اقوال المتفرقات
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical tract]     (MS A 70, item 23)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Mas’alah min Kitāb al-ukamā’     (MS A 91.1, item 6)
(A Problem from 'The Book of Sages')
مسئلة من كتاب الحكماء
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical tract]     (MS A 91.1, item 12)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical tract]     (MS A 91.1, item 4)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical tract]     (MS A 91.1, item 1)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical and astrological notes]     (MS A 87, item 1)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right [alchemical fragment]     (MS A 89, item [b])
Anonymous

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