拍品專文
This is a translation of a Greek work on alchemy by al-Dhabi, who is possibly the same man who wrote on other alchemical subjects and who died in AH 456/1064 AD.
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Al-Dhabi: Zakhireh al-Malik al-Iskandar
Patna, AH 1030/1620-21 AD
Treatise on alchemy and talismans, Arabic manuscript on paper, 49ff. each with 14ll. of black naskh, occasional words and titles in red, small pen and wash drawings within the text of animals and humans, many of the titles incorporating magical scripts (some staining, worm holes and restoration), final folio with colophon signed Ibrahim al-Shirazi and dated 1030, in later brown morocco binding with flap (lightly worn)
folio 7 x 5in. (18 x 12.5cm.)
Patna, AH 1030/1620-21 AD
Treatise on alchemy and talismans, Arabic manuscript on paper, 49ff. each with 14ll. of black naskh, occasional words and titles in red, small pen and wash drawings within the text of animals and humans, many of the titles incorporating magical scripts (some staining, worm holes and restoration), final folio with colophon signed Ibrahim al-Shirazi and dated 1030, in later brown morocco binding with flap (lightly worn)
folio 7 x 5in. (18 x 12.5cm.)