University of Pennsylvania, LJS 403

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DS ID:

DS651

Shelfmark:

LJS 403

Title:

Alchemical compendium.

Author:

Ḥusaynī, Ibrāhīm, active 15th century / حسيني، ابراهيم، active 15th century

Ibrāhīm al-Ḥusaynī WIKIDATA

Place:

Herat, Afghanistan

Herat TGN

Date:

A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499)

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 173 leaves : paper ; 153 x 98 (115-130 x 65-80) mm bound to 158 x 115 mm

Former Owner(s):

Mūsawī, ʻAbd al-Razzāq / موسوي، عبد الرزاق

ʻAbd al-Razzāq Mūsawī WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Written in nastaʻlīq script in black ink; pointed.
Origin: Written in Herat, now in Afghanistan in A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499) by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥusaynī (colophons, f. 7r, 23r, 37r, 38r, 47r, 127v, 173r).
Binding: Rebound in reddish-brown leather without boards and a flap that covers the fore-edge, but does not extend over the textblock.
Decoration: Rubrications and overlining in red ink.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i + 173; [1-173], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto; earlier pagination in ink, 2-347 (f. 1v-173v). References in this record are to modern foliation.
Layout: Written in 15-24 long lines.
Ms. codex.
Formerly owned by ʻAbd al-Razzāq al-Mūsawī (stamp, f. 6v).
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 2001.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

anthologies

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Arabic

Stamps

Early works

Alchemy

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9950814943503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3pv6b75s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania