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Ibn Umayl, Muḥammad, fl 900-960 (alchemist)

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Dates

  • Existence: fl 900-960 - 0960

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Epistola Solis ad Lunam Crescentem by Muhammad ibn Umail al-Sadiq al-Tamimi, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 51r-53v
Contents The Epistola Solis ad Lunam Crescentem (Risālat ash-Shams ilā al-Hilâl in Arabic, 'The Letter of the Sun to the Crescent Moon') is an alchemical poem written by Muhammad ibn Umail al-Sadiq al-Tamimi (c. 900-960). Little is known about the author, a part from the fact that he wrote several alchemic books in Arabic. In the manuscripts containing the translations of his works in Latin, his name appears in different adaptations, often as...
Dates: 1478
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including twenty-seven texts