Item Summary

Contains two works on alchemy.

Descriptive Information

Title
مجموعة المجربات من الكاف.
Transliterated Title
Mecmuat ül-mücerrebat min ül-kâf.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 585
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/c534fr68f
Publisher
[185-?]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1850-1860
Format
Manuscript
Extent
72 leaves, bound : paper ; 235 x 145 (163 x 87) mm.
Provenance
Ownership entry and stamp on fol. 1a by Jalāl al-Dīn, dated 1292 A.H. (1875-6).
Source Acquisition
Purchase; Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium, 2005/06/29 (2005-143).
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1a-60b: Mecmuat ül-mücerrebat min ül-kâf. Comprises 8 chapters, each including several alchemic recipes.
2. fol. 61b-70a: A treatise inspired by alchemic passages found in the works of Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, al-Ghazālī, Sulṭān al-Ẓāhir Baybars, and the Mamlūk Sulṭān Barqūq. First 6 fol. are in Arabic, the remainder in Ottoman Turkish.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Physical description: 16-17 lines per page; written in naskhī and taʻlīq scripts in black on white glazed paper. Captions in red.
Binding Note
Half-leather binding with flap, rubbed.

Discovery Information

Subject
Alchemy—Islamic Empire—15th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
152

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f5d98289-824b-4bcd-99f3-95945dff4aad/manifest