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produced which is not burnt by fire nor dissolved by water, and which possesses the 
power of imparting a colour. This is the desired Elixir.” 
The whole treatise much resembles Chapters VII to X of the mediaeval Latin 
treatise ‘ De Re Recta ’ ascribed to Ibn Sina. 1 
Ends : “ Throw i mithqal of it on 1,500 mitAqals (of silver) and it will tincture 
them by the Grace of God, the most High. Here ends the Chapter taken from the 
copy of Ash- Shaikh ‘Abdullah [sfc] Al-Bakawi — May his soul be sanctified, and may 
the peace and blessings of God be on Muhammad and on his family, and may God 
honour and glorify them ! Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds! ” 
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