Jabirian corpus

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The Jabirian corpus is a vast collection of medieval alchemical and scientific texts in Arabic traditionally attributed to the polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, which profoundly influenced the development of Islamic and later European alchemy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic text corpus ⓘ
corpus of alchemical texts ⓘ
medieval scientific corpus ⓘ
approximateSize hundreds of works ⓘ
over 500 treatises (traditional estimate) ⓘ
associatedWith Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
authenticityStatus partly disputed ⓘ
authorshipDebate collective authorship hypothesis ⓘ
pseudepigraphic attribution to Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
contains alchemical recipes ⓘ
cosmological speculations ⓘ
descriptions of apparatus ⓘ
esoteric and symbolic writings ⓘ
laboratory procedures ⓘ
theoretical discussions of matter ⓘ
culturalContext Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field alchemy ⓘ
astrology ⓘ
chemistry (proto-chemistry) ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
magic (occult sciences) ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
geographicalContext Baghdad ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
includesConcept balance (mizan) theory ⓘ
elixir (al-iksir) ⓘ
philosopher's stone (symbolic and practical aspects) ⓘ
purification of substances ⓘ
sulfur-mercury theory of metals ⓘ
transmutation of metals ⓘ
influenced European medieval alchemy ⓘ
Islamic alchemy ⓘ
Latin alchemy ⓘ
history of chemistry ⓘ
philosophy of nature in the Middle Ages ⓘ
mainLanguage Arabic ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic intellectual tradition ⓘ
studiedBy Fuat Sezgin ⓘ
Paul Kraus ⓘ
Pierre Lory ⓘ
Syed Nomanul Haq ⓘ
temporalContext 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
Abbasid period ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
traditionallyAttributedTo Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
transmission Arabic manuscript tradition ⓘ
Latin translations in the Middle Ages ⓘ

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Jabir ibn Hayyan → writingsAttributed → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Kitab al-Kimya → associatedWith → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Kitab al-Kimya → relatedWork → Corpus of Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
linked to: Jabirian corpus
Kitab al-Sab'in → associatedWith → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Kitab al-Sab'in → partOf → Jabirian alchemical tradition ⓘ
linked to: Jabirian corpus
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir → tradition → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir → partOf → Jabirian alchemical tradition ⓘ
linked to: Jabirian corpus
Book of the Balances → partOf → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Book of the Balances → associatedWith → Jabirian theory of balance ⓘ
linked to: Jabirian corpus
Book of the Kingdom → movement → Jabirian corpus ⓘ
Book of the Kingdom → partOf → Jabirian alchemical writings ⓘ
linked to: Jabirian corpus