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A pseudo-Platonic work on alchemy with commentary attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1934
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- Arabic
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Item Summary
A pseudo-Platonic work on alchemy with commentary attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- مصححات افلاطون.
- Transliterated Title
- Muṣaḥḥaḥāt Aflāṭūn.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1934
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/gh93h346g
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1730
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 93 leaves : paper ; 210 x 148 (160 x 88) mm bound to 216 x 154 mm.
- References
- Brockelmann, GAL, I, 278 (no. 12)
- Sezgin, GAS, 246
- Malik, 686
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 1b).
- Marginal notes. Persian inscription about ms. (fol. 1a). MS has been trimmed with some edges folded to preserve notes. Bookseller's inscriptions include numbers: "1385", "34", "38" (upper pastedown). Modern stamp (fol. 1a). Labels on upper cover and spine.
- Collation: Wove or machine-made paper ; fol. 93 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 12 lines per page.
- Description: Unrubricated, but spaces left for headings ; some paper tinted light brownish red and other paper sprinkled ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Monday 23 Rabīʻ al-Awwal [1]143 (fol. 93a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال المراكشى لا اله الا الله عدة للقايه والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدي ومولاى محمد المصطفى صلى الله عليه واله هدا كتاب مصححات افلاطون تفسير حابر بن حيان رحمه الله قال اما بعد هداك الله للتقوى ينبغى ان تفهم ما نقول تاخذ من بعد ذلك فى العمل ...
- Colophon: ووقع الفراغ من تعليقها يوم الاثنين ثالث وعشرون من ربيع الاول ثلث واربعين ومائة
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red and tan leather and marbled paper.
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- File Count
- 102
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7d110539-70a3-4656-a36d-407c14ffff22/manifest