Transmission of Alchemy: The Epistle of Morienus to Kh?lid bin Yaz?d - Hardcover Color Edition 978-0990619864 Laport J. Erik

Transmission of Alchemy is a new literal Arabic to English translation from two versions of an ancient source-work known as The Epistle of Morienus, the Wise Monk, to Prince Khālid bin Yazīd.The expression of alchemy preserved in these wonderful manuscripts was foundational to both Islamic and European alchemical traditions. From there, it would evolve into its dynamic new, experimental and medicinal form as Islamic al-Kīmyāʼ.Not only is it a record of alchemy's transmission to the rich Islamic culture of the Umayyad Caliphate during the 7th century, but also Islamic alchemy's transmission into Europe. The Epistle of Morienus is considered a primary historical eyewitness account of the momentous occasion when the torch of Byzantine alchemy was transmitted to the Islamic Empire.

The original Arabic form