Shudhur Al-dhahab, Islamic Alchemy
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Shudhur Al-dhahab, Islamic Alchemy
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Elaborate distillation equipment illustrated in the margins of in a copy of Sharh Shudhur al-dhahab, a commentary by Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari on an alchemical-allegorical set of poems by his teacher Ibn Arfa' Ra's (died 1197). The copy was completed in Jumada I 1123 (March-April 1712) by the copyist Muhammad Sadiq ibn Mustafa al-Antaki al-Istanbuli al-Hanafi.
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