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Anonymous instructions for producing perfumes [‎159v] (1/1)

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Ref: Or 13006, f 159v

The record is made up of f. 159v. It was created in c 1181. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Lines 1-9 give instructions for producing false ambergris (عنبر); lines 9-15 give instructions for a distillation process for oil of cloves and roses; and lines 16-17 give brief instructions for the washing of ṭaḥīnah .

Begins (f. 159v, lines 1-4):

خذ من الشب ٣٠ درهم ومن البارود ٣٠ درهم وقطرهم

بالقرعة والأنبيق وبعده خذ من اللادن ٣٠ درهم

وقطعه قطع صغار وبعد اطرحه في ذلك الماء القاطر على

النار اللينة ...

Ends (f. 159v, lines 14-18):

... وكذلك الرملة مناع الورد لاكن الورد

بزبادة النكرار وتقم الماء الورد على ٣ أقسام أو ٥ أقسام أو سبعة أقسام انتهى

صفة غسل الطحينة خذ دهنه بالماء وبعد عليه حتى تذهب

رائحة افعل به ما شئت انتهى لو كانت الكتب تنيكم بحالاتي كتبت من دموع

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f. 159v
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Material: Paper

Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)

Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh )

Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.

Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)

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Or 13006, f 159v
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Anonymous instructions for producing perfumes
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