Rediscovering a Lost Alchemical Text: The Risālat Mītāwus al-‘uẓmā

Moureau, Sébastien
(2022) 30e congrès de l’Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants intitulé « Body, Identity and Society in Islam » — Location: Utrecht, Pays-Bas (7.July.2022)

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In 1971 and 1972, Fuat Sezgin and Manfred Ullmann drew attention to a peculiar alchemist mentioned in various texts, a certain Mītāwus, but whose works had not been preserved. Sezgin saw in the name of this character a corruption of the name of the alchemist Petasios, and Ullmann, more likely, a transcription of the name Matthaeus. In this paper, the author will present a text by this author that he found in an Iranian manuscript, and discuss its content and its attribution.
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Moureau, S. (2022). Rediscovering a Lost Alchemical Text: The Risālat Mītāwus al-’uẓmā. 30e congrès de l’Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants intitulé « Body, Identity and Society in Islam », Utrecht, Pays-Bas. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238987