الزرنيخ الاصفر
Middleeast
17th Century
Source: Jabir ibn Hayyan, Kitāb al-Khawāṣṣ al-Kabīr, Manuscript Copy (Naskh Script).
Recipe Details
Ingredients
الزرنيخ الاصفر, الكبريت الاصفر, الخل
Preparation Steps
Take two parts of yellow arsenic (orpiment) and one part yellow sulfur. Grind them into a fine powder (p. 14). The powder is then washed with vinegar (Khall) as a purification step to prepare it for use in alchemical applications or as a pigment (p. 14).
Original Recipe Text
Take two parts of yellow arsenic (orpiment) and one part yellow sulfur. Grind them into a fine powder (p. 14). The powder is then washed with vinegar (Khall) as a purification step to prepare it for use in alchemical applications or as a pigment (p. 14).
Evidence
"يؤخذ من الكبريت الاصفر ووزن درهمين من الزرنيخ الاصفر... يسحق ناعما ويغسل بالخل"
Remarks
Yellow arsenic is categorized here as one of the 'spirits' or primary alchemical agents. The text discusses its ability to 'tint' or color metals, a property utilized in both metallurgy and the production of yellow inks/paints (p. 3, p. 14).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAs2S3
Analytical Techniques
السحق
الغسل بالخل
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Binderالخل
Colorالاصفر
RegionMiddleeast
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorJabir ibn Hayyan, Kitāb al-Khawāṣṣ al-Kabīr, Manuscript Copy
CollectionAlchemy treatise recipes
Language
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