CALA IV. The Book of the Rank of the Sage.

Rutbat al-Hakim. By Maslama b. Qasim al-Qurtubi. Arabic Text edited with an Introduction by Wilferd Madelung.
Collation of several arabic manuscripts. With an English introduction by W. Madelung and a foreword by the series editor Theodor Abt.
ISBN: 978-3-9523880-0-6
Verlag: Living Human Heritage Publications

Buch, Arabisch, Englisch, Band IV, 208 Seiten, HALBLN, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: CORPUS ALCHEMICUM ARABICUM (CALA)

From the Introduction of the Editor:
This «first imperfect edition» of Rutbat al-hakim is based mainly on three manuscripts [Ms. Paris Arabe 2612, Ms. Istanbul, Süleymaniye, Hajji Mahmud 6224, and Ms. Teheran, Kitabkhaneh Milla Malek 5346], «in order to provide a reasonably reliable text as originally composed by the author without any of the corrections and alterations introduced by later scholars of alchemy who used the book as their teaching manual.»
«The correct identification of the author as Maslama b. Qasim al-Qurtubi (d. 353/964) was first proposed by Maribel Fierro in an article in 1996. [...] For CALA the early dating of the Rutbat al-hakim is significant, since Maslama al-Qurtubi is the first author to mention the Arabic translation of the Mushaf as-suwar attributed to Zosimos of Panopolis (Arabic Akhmim) of which a manuscript dated in 668/1211 has been published by Theodor Abt in CALA II. Maslama al-Qurtubi states that he considered Zosimos as his master and teacher among pre-Islamic alchemists. [...] It should be noted, that the version of the Mushaf as-suwar Maslama had, differed significantly from the published version which represents a translation produced much later in Egypt. The two Arabic versions evidently are based on different Greek originals. […]»

Zielgruppe

persons interested in manuscripts of Arabic Alchemy, scholars, Arabists, Islamists, Historians of Chemistry

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madelung, Wilferd

Über Autor(innen)

Madelung, Wilferd
W. Madelung is a Scholar of Islam. He is Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1978 to 1998. He has written extensively on the early history of Islam, as well as on Islamic sects such as the Shi'a and the Ismailis. He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals including the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. He is currently a senior research fellow at the Institute for Ismaili Studies in London