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Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر) Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ابن وحشية، أحمد بن علي [‎95r] (8/11)

The record is made up of ff. 91v-96v. It was created in c 930. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر) attributed to Ibn Waḥshīyah (ابن وحشية). The passages extracted relate the opinions on alchemical matters of three groups: those who resrict themselves to mineral ingredients in their work (أصحاب المعدنية), those who employ vegetable ingredients (أصحاب النبات), and those who employ animal ingredients (أصحاب الحيوانية).

The text is divided into two sections (أقسام):

  • Section One (ff. 91v-95r);
  • القسم الثاني في التدبير ('Section Two: The Operation'; ff. 91v-96v).

Begins (f. 91v, lines 4-8):

قال الحكيم أبو بكر بن وحشية رحمه الله في كتابه في معرفة الحجر

اعلم أنّ كتابي مرشد للناظر فيه إنْ وقف منه على علم وعرف منه شيئًا فلا يكون

أخذه له ووقوفه عليه بقلبه بل أنْ يأخذه بالبرهان وعلى صحته حتى لا يكون فيه شك

وآخر الكلام في باقي الكتاب على وجهين وجهٌ في معرفة الحجر على الحق ووجهٌ في معرفة

التدابير الحق على سبيل الحجر ونسأل الله تعالى التوفيق ...

Ends (f. 96v, lines 13-16):

... ثم يردّ في القرعة ويقطر فلا تزال تفعل به

ذلك حتى يثبت في القرعة كله منعقدًا إلا يقطر منه لا قليل ولا كثير

فتدام النار عليه حتى ينقطع بخاره الذي يرتفع إلى الأنبيق ثم ينقطع

عرقه الذي يظهر على وجهه وهو أصغر صعرةً يسيرة. والحمد لله وحده

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ff. 91v-96v
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Material: Paper

Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)

Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh )

Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.

Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)

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Extracts from Kitāb fī Maʿrifat al-ḥajar (كتاب في معرفة الحجر) Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ابن وحشية، أحمد بن علي [‎95r] (8/11), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, ff 91v-96v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515410.0x0000c5> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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