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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hādhā Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmīyāʼī /

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Title

  • Hādhā Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmīyāʼī

Other Title

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Summary

  • The text is based on the medical and alchemical system of Paracelsus.
  • This important text presents a detailed exposition of the harmony-based non-Galenic medicinal system of Paracelsus, i.e., Phillip von Hohenheim (1493-1541), the famous Renaissance author who advocated a new approach to the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. The treatise, comprising more than 100 folio sheets, is divided into an introduction and several chapters. In the introduction, the author derives the word kīmīyā from the Greek. He attributes the foundation of the discipline to Hermes, but credits Paracelsus with shifting the discipline toward the art of medicine and healing. Sections of the treatise connect natural elements with zodiacal signs and discuss various diseases, chemical methods, and the making of potions, elixirs, poisons, and so forth. The date of composition does not appear anywhere in the manuscript, but the year 1210 AH (1795-96) is mentioned on the title page and may refer to the date it was acquired by one of its early owners. World Digital Library.

Names

  • alabī, Ṣāliḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Sallūm
  • Dhuhnī, Muḥammad, former owner
  • Paracelsus, 1493-1541, attributed name

Created / Published

  • [18--?]

Headings

  • -  Paracelsus,--1493-1541
  • -  Alchemy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Medicine, Arab
  • -  Pharmacology--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Binding: modern cardboard, marbled paper with spine and corners in cloth.
  • -  Fol. 1a-104b; 105 blank.
  • -  Library of Congress. Arabic Manuscripts, SM-63.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhī script; 19 lines in written area, 14 x 7 cm.
  • -  Owned by Muḥammad Dhuhnī in 1310 H [1892].
  • -  Paper: white or yellowed cream paper of varying thickness, with watermarks, in good condition, though outer edges of first 31 leaves stained, and termite damage on last three pages. Red and black ink on title page and in text. Occasional diacritical marks; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, 48.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبعد فهذا كتاب الطب الجديد الكيمائي تأليف براكيلسوس يشتمل على مقدمة ومقالات، المقدمة في تعريف الكيما وبيان الحاجة إليها والغرض منها فنقول الكيميا لفظ يوناني أصله خيميا ومعناه التحليل والتفريق وبعض الناس تطلقه على الصناعة الهرمسية ....

Medium

  • 105 leaves (19 lines), bound : paper ; 20 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RA128.3 .H35 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008401705

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Alabī, Ṣāliḥ Naṣr Allāh Ibn Sallūm, Muḥammad Dhuhnī, and Paracelsus. Hādhā Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmīyāʼī. [18--?, 1800] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401705/.

APA citation style:

Alabī, Ṣ. N. A. I. S., Dhuhnī, M. & Paracelsus. (1800) Hādhā Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmīyāʼī. [18--?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401705/.

MLA citation style:

Alabī, Ṣāliḥ Naṣr Allāh Ibn Sallūm, Muḥammad Dhuhnī, and Paracelsus. Hādhā Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmīyāʼī. [18--?, 1800] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008401705/>.