The Emerald Tablet presented here appears in my book Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter. There I present a more complete analysis, commentary, and practical experimentation. The translations also appear in my Emerald Tablet, an accordion book in limited editions of leather and silk.
The text is from Kitab Sirr al-Khaliqah by pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana, edited by Ursula Wasserman. Emerald Tablet translated by Brian Cotnoir.
Design Typesetting Arabic Lettering & Peacock Lara Captan | Emblem Design Daud Sutton | Alchemical Glyph from Kleopatra’s Art of Gold-Making | Printing Roni Gross | The Latin text is set in Seria & Seria Sans by Martin Majoor with a small appearance of kltf Tiptoe by Karsten Luecke;
The Arabic text is set in DecoType Naskh by Thomas Milo & Mirjam Somers.
NOTE: This is a unique example of Arabic typography. It was set with DecoType’s Arabic Calligraphic Engine which is able to replicate Arabic calligraphy in a print form allowing for a more fluid typesetting to bring out the character of the text.
The paper is 300 gr Magnani. Printed at The Center for Book Arts New York City. -Publisher
Text in English and Arabic
Watermark in photo does not appear on actual print.
