Facsimile of LJS 403, Alchemical compendium
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Alchemy--Early works to 1800 Codices
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Manuscripts Arabic--15th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
Anthologies
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Manuscripts Arabic--15th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
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2015-01-07
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Working notes of an alchemist, who signs himself as the compiler and composer of the manuscript (f. 127v). Lacking at least one leaf at the beginning, if not more (early pagination begins at 2, f. 1r), with repairs on extant first and last leaves. Includes a commentary on an unknown text and references to the concept of balance found in the work of 8th-century alchemist Jābir ibn HÌ£ayyān and to Pythagoras. Many marginal notes.