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Anonymous fragment of a treatise on practical chemistry [‎159r] (1/1)

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The record is made up of f. 159r. It was created in c 1181. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Instructions for the production of a distilled ‘hot water’ (ماء حار ; f. 159r, line 23, transcribed below) that can split and dissolve stone. The text begins abruptly and appears to have been copied by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (محمد بن سليمان الموصلي) (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 158v, line 21).

Begins (f. 159r, lines 1-3):

وذكر لي أنه من أخذ ملح الطعام الحيدراني مع وزنه جير غير مطفئ وبيته في

الفرن ليلة وجره وعقد هكذا ٧ مرات فإنه يكونوا دهنًا وقيل إنه من أخذ من

هذه الدهن والعقرب ذائب في بوط وزن ٥ درهم ورماه على العقرب

Ends (f. 159r, lines 19-23):

... قال الحكيم إذا زوج النطرون

بالنشادر يتولد منها مفتاح صفة مياه الصناعة خذ

ملح الطعام وملح مر وملح طبرزد وملح حيدراني وملح هندي وملح قلي

وملح بول أجزاء سواء ومثل الجميع عقابًا فحلهما بالرطوبة وقطرهما فإنه

يقطر منهما ماء حار يفلق الصخور والحجر يحلها بإذن الله تعالى

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f. 159r
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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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Anonymous fragment of a treatise on practical chemistry [‎159r] (1/1), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, f 159r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515411.0x00007d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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