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<h1><a name="top"></a>Catalogue: Alchemy</h1>
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<p>MS A 91.1 contains four anonymous alchemical treatises, one in Arabic, two in Persian, and one in Urdu. </p>
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[<em>alchemical tract</em>] <span class="ms"> (MS A 91.1, item 1)</span></dt>
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<p class="indent">No other copy of this lengthy, apparently untitled and anonymous, Urdu alchemical treatise has been identified. </p>
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<p class="indent">Urdu. 113 pages (pp. 2-114). <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 19.5 x 12.2 (text area 18 x 7.5) cm; 11-13 lines per page. </p>
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<p class="indent">This particular item is undated and unsigned. Other items in the volume were copied in 1304 (= 1886-7), and there is an owner's stamp dated 1886 embossed in the volume. It is likely that all the items in the volume were copied about this time, probably in India. </p>
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<p class="indent">The text is written in a large <a href="glossary.html#nas">nasta‘liq</a> script using black ink. The text area is <a href="glossary.html#frame">frame-ruled</a>. </p>
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<h2><span class="h2blue">Physical Description</span></h2>
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<p class="indent"> Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Dimensions 19.5 x 12.2 (text area variable) cm; lines per page variable. </p>
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<p class="indent"> One item in the volume (item 11) was copied in 1304 (= 1886-7), and there is an owner's stamp dated 1886 embossed in the volume. It is likely that all the items in the volume were copied about this time, probably in India. </p>
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<p class="indent"> Most of the texts are written in a small, personal, nasta‘liq script using black ink with headings black and black <a href="glossary.html#overlinings">overlinings</a>. The text area varies slightly. On some <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (e.g., 119-133) a vertical fold line can be seen marking the outside margin. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a>. </p>
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<p class="indent"> There are some <a href="glossary.html#marginalia">marginalia</a>. The pages numbers used in this description follow the recent pencilled <a href="glossary.html#pagination">pagination</a> of the volume, though for some items there are also <a href="glossary.html#arabic">Arabic numerals</a> at the center top. </p>
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<p class="indent"> A mix of papers makes up the volume. Pages 1-96 are a light-gray, stiff paper with vertical <a href="glossary.html#laid">laid lines</a>, single <a href="glossary.html#chain">chain lines</a>, and very large <a href="glossary.html#watermarks">watermarks</a> (crown at top of an oval within which there is a woman wearing a crown and holding a sceptre; the letters 'WKing'). Pages 97-116 are a light-brown paper with no laid or chain lines. Pages 119-134 and 149-166 are composed of very thin transparent paper having prominent horizontal laid lines, every eighth of which is a darker, more prominent line. Pages 117-8, 135-147, 167-246, 261-276 are a thin biscuit paper with no laid or chain lines. Pages 247-260 are a light-brown paper with vertical laid lines and single chain lines (no watermarks observed). The edges of the paper have been trimmed so that some labels and numbering at the top have been cut off. There are ink smudges, and the paper is yellowed and damp-stained near the edges. </p>
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<p class="indent"> The volume consists of 276 pages. Pages 1, 4, 115-117, 144-148, 255-260, 273-275 are blank. Pages 118 and 276 are blank except for later casual notes and recipes. Between 148 and 149 there is a small slip of paper with just the beginning phrases of an unidentified treatise. The first item is written in a larger script than the other items and on slightly different paper. The remaining items appear to have been copied by several different but closely related hands. </p>
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<p class="indent">Pages 2-114 (item 1) contain an untitled Urdu treatise on alchemy and astrology here catalogued; pp. 119-143 (item 2) <em>Kitāb al-U<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">ṣ</font>ūl</em> by <a href="bioJ.html#jabir">Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān</a> (<a href="alchemy31.html">MS A 91.1, item 2</a>); pp. 149-156 (item 3) <em>Kitāb al-Tadābīr</em> by Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy21.html">MS A 91.1, item 3</a>); pp. 157-158 (item 4) an untitled Persian alchemical essay, anonymous (<a href="alchemy59.html">MS A 91.1, item 4</a>); pp. 159-184 (item 5) <em>al-Jami‘ al-mas’ūl wa-al-bulūgh al-ma’mūl fī izhār mā khafiya min al-sirr al-majhūl</em>, attributed to Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy41.html">MS A 91.1, item 5</a>); pp. 184-185 (item 6) <em>Mas'alah min Kitāb al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ukamā'</em>, anonymous (<a href="alchemy57.html">MS A 91.1, item 6</a>); pp. 186-197 (item 7) <em>Fī bayān al-khamā’ir</em> attributed to Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy25.html">MS A 91.1, item 7</a>); pp. 197-215 (item 8) <em>Kitāb al-Malāghim al-a<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">ṣ</font>ghar</em> [al-thānī] by Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy14.html">MS A 91.1, item 8</a>); pp. 215-225 (item 9) <em>Kitāb al-Malāghim al-thālith</em> by Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy16.html">MS A 91.1, item 9</a>); pp. 226-238 (item 10) <em>Tafsīr al-malāghim</em> by Jābir ibn <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ayyān (<a href="alchemy18.html">MS A 91.1, item 10</a>); pp. 238-254 (item 11) <em>al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">Ḥ</font>ajar al-mubārak</em>, anonymous (<a href="natural_hist14.html#a91.1">MS A 91.1, item 11</a>); pp. 261-264 (item 12) an untitled Persian alchemical tract, anonymous (<a href="alchemy58.html">MS A 91.1, item 12</a>); and pp. 265-272 (item 13) an untitled essay on magical medicine and talismanic designs (<a href="magical6.html">MS A 91.1, item 13</a>). </p>
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<p class="indent"> Pages 118, 246, and 247 have been embossed with an oval stamp having a border of flowers and the date '1886' in the center. </p>
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<p class="indent"> No information is available on provenance or when it came into the collection of NLM. It was in the Armed Forces Medical Library by 1955. </p>
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<p class="indent"> Unpublished</p>
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