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Collection Daiber I
Ms_no 45
MS Description 273 folios; 20×14,5 cm; 19-21 lines; naskhi (different hands); nasta'liq fol.229v-272v. Original leather binding with vignettes. Copied in 1057/ 1647 (73v; 75v; 79v); 1061/1650 (16v; 41r; 53r; 107v; 116r; 125r); 1148/ 1735 (224r); 965/1558 by Khalil Ibn Hamza Ibn Khalil (272v) and 984/1577 by Abd Allah Ibn Sa'id al-Yamani (127r-184r).
Item_no 1209
Item Description Four fragments from a work about alchemy. At the end of the first section (1r below) Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadani عبد الجبار الهمداني is mentioned as author. On his treatise about alchemy (Risala/Tadhkira fi al-kimiya' رسالة / تذكرة في الكيمياء ) cf. F. SEZGIN, GAS I 625 nr. 5. The authenticity is doubtful: cf. M. ULLMANN, Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam, Leiden 1972, p.222. - For a complete ms. in Los Angeles see A. Z. ISKANDAR, A Descriptive List of Arabic Mss., Leiden 1984, p.48: al-Nasir al-Hakim Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadani الناصر الحكيم عبد الجبار الهمداني , al-Hikma al-ilahiya الحكمة الإلهية .
Folios fol. 1r - 1v
Genre Magic, alchemy
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