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adammclean Member 
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I would be interested in gathering some information on, and sources for, those amazing alchemical illustrations that appear in a few arabic and Persian manuscripts usually from the 17th and 18th centuries. Are there any modern books with good quality images? Here are examples of two illustrations from a 17th century arabic manuscript. Somewhere I have some images of Persian manuscript illuminatiion, which I will post later. Attached Image (viewed 8000 times): Last edited on Wed Feb 20th, 2008 02:36 pm by adammclean |
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Paul Ferguson Member 
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Looking at this illustration called to mind this interesting lecture: http://muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=712 discussing the use of hieroglyphs in Arabic manuscripts. |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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You might find some useful suggestions in the booklists here: http://archnet.org/courses/artofbook.html Last edited on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 11:19 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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adammclean Member
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I just found, in a German book on the history of chemistry, two images apparently from a 14th century arabic manuscript in the University library in Pavia, Italy. These two illustrated folios seems to show people making a herbal preparation from the flowers of myrrh. Although not alchemical as such, the graphic style of this image may have influenced the later manuscripts I have seen with more alchemical imagery. Attached Image (viewed 3563 times): |
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adammclean Member
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The second image with the myrrh flowers. Attached Image (viewed 3781 times): |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Myrrh is traditionally used in the Middle East by diabetics - it is believed to improve glucose tolerance. Paul |
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Samten de Wet Member 
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There is a good collection of images at: http://del.icio.us/BibliOdyssey/alchemy Samten de Wet |
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