The book of pictures
Subtitle: Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar
By: by Zosimos of Panopolis ; edited with an introduction by Theodor Abt ; translation by Salwa Fuad and Theodor Abt
Contributors: Abt, Theodor
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Corpus alchemicum Arabicum -- v. II, 1; Corpus alchemicum Arabicum -- v. 2, 1
Publisher: Living Human Heritage Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Zurich
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9783952260852
Subjects: Alchemy; Early works to 1800; History and criticism; History; Arabic Manuscripts; Facsimiles
Other titles: Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar
Notes: "The Arabic transcription follows the German standard which is more precise than the English one"--Title page verso.

Arabic; introductory matter in English.
Table of contents: title: Part I. -- Introduction; title: The earliest alchemical texts --; title: Arabic texts as a witness to Greek alchemy, especially to Zosimos --; title: The origin of the Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar --; title: New insight into the roots of Zosimos' teaching --; title: A testimony in the basic attitude of Zosimos --; title: First reflections on the Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar --; title: The Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar and its relationship to the Kitāb al-mafātīḥ fī aṣ-ṣanʻa --; title: Texts of Zosimos as the main source of the Kitāb al-ḥabīb and the Kitāb Qirāṭis --; title: The Greek origin of the Turba philosophorum? --; title: The Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar and the Rosarium philosophorum --; title: The Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar and one of the Mutus liber -- Summary -- -- Part II. -- Facsimile edition of the Muṣḥaf aṣ-ṣuwar; title: The 1st Book of the truth --; title: The 2nd Book of names --; title: The 3rd Book about the weights --; title: The 4th Book about the first composition --; title: The 5th Book about the magnesia --; title: The 6th Book about the nature which is known as the Book of Imuth --; title: The 7th Book about the Mercuries --; title: The 8th Book about the operation --; title: The 9th Book about the measures of the fire --; title: The 10th Book about the other work --; title: The 11th Book about the other compositions and its bodies and what ameliorates it; title: The 12th Book about the last operation only and its weight; title: The 13th Book about questions concerning the last composition.