Walters Ms. W.589, Two works on precious stonesSirr al-asrār fī maʿrifat al-jawāhir wa-al-aḥjārسر الاسرار في معرفة الجواهر والاحجار<note type="title" xml:id="n7.088696">Title given in preface and titlepiece (fol. 1a); a later hand inscribed the title on front flyleaf iia: Kitāb al-asrār fī khawāṣṣ al-jawāhir wa-aḥjār</note>Kitāb al-aḥjārكتاب الاحجار<note type="title" xml:id="n7.088700">Title supplied by cataloger; not given in manuscript</note>Jamāl al-Dīn al-Tifāshīجمال الدين التفاشيAuthor may be the same as Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tifāshī (d. 651 AH / 1253 CE) (see Brockelmann, Geschichte, 1: 652)Principal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This codex contains two short works on precious stones ascribed to Jamāl al-Dīn al-Tifāshī and Aristotle. The piece attributed to Aristotle is likely to be a paraphrase or extract from that author's Liber mineralium (or Lapidarius). This anonymous Ottoman copy was written in 989 AH / 1581 CE, possibly in Syria.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.589The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1a - 32bSirr al-asrār fī maʿrifat al-jawāhir wa-al-aḥjārسر الاسرار في معرفة الجواهر والاحجار<note type="title" xml:id="n7.088750">Title given in preface and titlepiece (fol. 1a); a later hand inscribed the title on front flyleaf iia: Kitāb al-asrār fī khawāṣṣ al-jawāhir wa-aḥjār</note>الحمد لله العلي المجيد القوي الشديد وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد ...Occasional corrections in marginsfols. 33b - 47bKitāb al-aḥjārكتاب الاحجار<note type="title" xml:id="n7.088759">Title supplied by cataloger; not given in manuscript</note>قال الحكيم ارسطوطاليس اعلم الجوهر عام فكبيره الدر ...Occasional corrections in margins

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