Item Summary

A commentary on the alchemical text Shudhūr al-dhahab by Ibn Arfaʻ Raʼs. Likely a unique manuscript.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب طوالع البدور في شرح ابيات صدر ديوان الشذور / علي حلبي.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Ṭawāliʻ al-budūr fī sharḥ abyāt ṣadr Dīwān al-shudhūr / ʻAlī Ḥalabī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 663
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6108vg116
Publisher
[between 1800 and 1850]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1850
Format
Manuscript
Extent
156 leaves, bound : paper ; 235 x 192 mm.
Source Acquisition
Purchase; Worldwide Antiquarian, 2008/3/10 (2008-84).
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Physical description: 16 lines per page. Written in maghribī script in black on beige paper. Headings, keywords and markings in red, green, blue or brown. Numerous tables. A few leaves are loose.
Binding Note
Beautifully bound in green morocco, richly gilt cover, edges slightly rubbed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Alchemy—Arab countries—Early works to 1800
Ibn Arfaʻ Raʼs, ʻAli ibn Mūsa d.1197—Shudhūr al-dhahab

Physical Characteristics

File Count
336

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/88544aa6-277c-489a-8ec4-00742dd93b8d/manifest