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Catalogue: Alchemy

A Note on Alchemy

Kitāb al-Āthar al-‘ulwīyah (MS A 70, item 8): كتاب الاثار العلوية; by Aristotle (d. 322 B.C.); ارسطاطاليس الحكيم

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

[Untitled treatise] (MS A 70, item 5): attributed to Hirmīs (Hermes Trismegistus); الهرميس

Kitāb Aghāthādhimūn (MS A 70, item 12): (The Book of Agathodaimon); كتاب اغاثاذيمون; attributed to Agathodaimon; اغاثاذيمون

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

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 (3^rd cent. A.D.); زوسيموس

Masā’il / Risālat Mariyānus al-Rāhib al-ḥakīm 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 (7^th cent. A.D.); خالد ابن يزيد ابن معاوي

Risālah (MS A 70, item 17): (Essay); رسالة; attributed to Khālid ibn Yazīd (7^th cent. A.D.); خالد ابن يزيد ابن معاوي

A Note on Jābir ibn Ḥayyān

Kitāb al-Raḥmah al-kabīr (MS A 70, item 3): (The Large Book of Mercy); كتاب الرحمة الكبير; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Rāhib (MS A 70, item 7): (The Book of Rāhib [the monk]); كتاب الراهب; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thānī (MS A 33, item 2): (The Second Book of Amalgams); كتاب الملاغم الثانى; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Malāghim al-aṣghar (MS A 91.1, item 8): (The Smaller Book of Amalgams); كتاب الملاغم الاصغر; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thālith (MS A 33, item 3): (The Third Book of Amalgams); كتاب الملاغم الثالث; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thālith (MS A 91.1, item 9): (The Third Book of Amalgams); كتاب الملاغم الثالث; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Tafsīr al-Malāghim (MS A 33, item 4): (Explication of Amalgams); تفسير الملاغم; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Tafsīr al-malāghim (MS A 91.1, item 10): (Explication of Amalgams); تفسير الملاغم; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Malāghim al-awwal (MS A 33, item 1): (The First Book of Amalgams); كتاب الملاغم الاول; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Tadābīr (MS A 33, item 5): (The Book of Procedures); كتاب التدابير; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Tadābīr (MS A 91.1, item 3): (The Book of Procedures); كتاب التدابير; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Khamā'ir al-thālith (MS A 33, item 16): (The Third Book of Fermentation); كتاب الخماير الثالث; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Khamā'ir al-thālith (MS A 33, item 13): (The Third Book of Fermentation); كتاب الخماير الثالث; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Wāḥid 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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Bāhir (MS A 33, item 12): (The Book of the Resplendent); كتاب الباهر; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Sha‘ar (MS A 33, item 15): (The Book of Hair); كتاب الشعر; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Khalis al-mubarak (MS A 33, item 17): (Book of the Blessed Pure); كتاب الخالص المبارك; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Uṣūl (MS A 33, item 6): (The Book of Principles); كتاب الاصول; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Uṣūl (MS A 91.1, item 2): (The Book of Principles); كتاب الاصول; by Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Aḥjār ‘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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Mawāzīn [extract from] (MS A 70, item 24): (The Book of the Balances); كتاب الموازين; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitā Jannāt al-khuld (MS A 70, item 2): (The Garden of Delights); كتاب جنات الخلد; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Mujarradāt (MS A 70, item 18): (The Book of Abstractions); كتاب المجردات; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

al-Muntakhab min Kitāb al-Itti (MS A 33, item 8): (The Book of Amalgamation); كتاب الاتحاد المنتخب من; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

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 Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-‘Ilm al-makhzūn fī mufāriḍah (MS P 27, item 5): (The Book of Accumulated Knowledge on Suppositions); كتاب العلم المخزون فى مفارضة; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Fī sabk al-ḥadīd (MS P 27, item 2): (On the Smelting of Iron); فى سبك الحديد; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Risālah Mufākharat al-aḥjār (MS A 70, item 10): (Essay on the Pride of Stones); رسالة كتاب مفاخرة الاحجار; attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (8^th-9^th century); جابر ابن حيان

Kitāb al-Sirr al-asrār (MS A 33, item 9): (The Secret of Secrets); كتاب السر الاسرار; by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313); ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Kitāb al-Iḥqāq min sab‘īn (MS A 70, item 4): (The Book of Seventy Truths); كتاب الاحقاق من السبين; by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313); ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Kitāb al-Tadābīr (MS A 70, item 6): (The Book of Procedures); كتاب التدابير; by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (d. ca. 925/313); ابو بكر محمد ابن زكرياء الرازى

Miftāḥ al-ḥikmah (MS A 65, item 2): (The Key of Wisdom); مفتاح الحكمه; by Mu‘ayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismā‘īl al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Ṭughrā’ī (d. 1121/515); مؤيد الدين ابو اسماعيل الحسين ابن على الطغرائى

Min kalām al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Ṭughrā’ī (MS A 70, item 11): (From the Teaching of al-Ṭughrā’ī); من كلام الطغرائى; by Mu‘ayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismā‘īl al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Ṭughrā’ī (d. 1121/515); مؤيد الدين ابو اسماعيل الحسين ابن على الطغرائى

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

Tadbīr al-aṭfāl min Kitāb al-Bayān (MS A 70, item 21): (Extract from the Discourse of al-Ṭughrā’ī); تدبير الاطفال من كتاب البيان; anonymous, probably from Abū ‘Alī Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah (d. 1100/493); ابو على يحيى ابن عيسى ابن جزله

Sharḥ Shudhūr al-dhahab (MS A 65, item 1): (Commentary on 'Nuggets of Gold'); شرح شذور الذهب; by Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Anṣārī (2nd half of 12th century); ابو القاسم محمد ابن عبد الله الانصارى

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

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

Kitāb Nihāyat al-ṭalab fī sharḥ 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

Risālah fī ṣinā‘at al-iksīr (MS A 70, item 13): (Essay on the Art of the Elixir); رسالة فى صناعة الاكسير; by Aḥmad ibn ‘Imād al-Dīn; احمد بن عمادين

Aqwāl al-mutaffariqāt (MS A 70, item 22): (Miscellaneous Accounts); اقوال المتفرقات; Anonymous

[alchemical tract] (MS A 70, item 23): Anonymous

Mas’alah min Kitāb al-Ḥukamā’ (MS A 91.1, item 6): (A Problem from 'The Book of Sages'); مسئلة من كتاب الحكماء; Anonymous

[alchemical tract] (MS A 91.1, item 12): Anonymous

[alchemical tract] (MS A 91.1, item 4): Anonymous

[alchemical tract] (MS A 91.1, item 1): Anonymous

[alchemical and astrological notes] (MS A 87, item 1): Anonymous

[alchemical fragment] (MS A 89, item [b]): Anonymous

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