Alchemy beneath Poetry: Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs’s Rhyme in khāʾ
We present a critical edition, translation, and commentary of the Rhyme in khāʾ found in Shudhūr al-dhahab (Shards of gold) by the Andalusī Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs (fl. twelfth century). The extraordinary number of preserved manuscripts of Shudhūr al-dhahab (over a hundred) is probably due to the value of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Oriens
Year: 2025, Volume: 53, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 171-201 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs
B Western Arabic alchemy B Poetry B Rhyme in khāʾ B Shudhūr al-dhahab |
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| Summary: | We present a critical edition, translation, and commentary of the Rhyme in khāʾ found in Shudhūr al-dhahab (Shards of gold) by the Andalusī Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs (fl. twelfth century). The extraordinary number of preserved manuscripts of Shudhūr al-dhahab (over a hundred) is probably due to the value of this work in two fields, alchemy and poetry, as alluded to in the name given to Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs: ‘the poet of scientists, and the scientist of poets’/shāʿir al-ḥukamāʾ wa-ḥakīm al-shuʿarāʾ. Our study investigates the aesthetic poetic creation and the alchemical subjects proposed in the Rhyme in khāʾ. |
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| ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-12340046 |
