Majmū' al-ṣanā'i'.

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Description

Main Author

Maghribī, Muḥammad

Related Names

Maḥmūd Khān Ṣāḥib, former owner
Dhūlfiqār 'Alī, transcriber
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology.

Language(s)

Persian

Published

Rab.II 1096 [1862]

Subjects

Precious stones.
Alchemy.
Manuscripts, Persian.
alchemy.
Manuscrits persans > Manuscrits persans / Québec (Province) > Manuscrits persans / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Alchimie.
Alchemy
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Precious stones > Precious stones / Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Early works.

Summary

Text on magic, alchemy, making precious stones.

Note

Is catalogued under the title Javāhir al-ṣanā'ya' in Curzon collection, page 429.
Dedicated to Maḥmūd Khān Ṣāḥib.
Includes a table of contents (ff.2b-6a).
Consists of 41 chapters (bāb) each divided into several faṣls.
Catch words, marginal glosses.
European paper, rubricated, ruler-border.
15 lines per page; Indian nasta'alīq.
Title (f.2b), copy date and copyist's name (f.74a), dedication statement from colophon, author's name (f.6a).
Manuscript.
Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow, 1927.

Physical Description

150 unnumbered pages ; 24 x 15 cm

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