Zadith Senior

May be Zadith ben Hamuel (13th century), or Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Umayl al-Tamimi, e.g. Ruska Senior Zadith = Ibn Umail. (1928)... 

Arab alchemist who was active in Moorish Spain. His Book of Silvery Water and Starry Earth became highly influential when it was translated into Latin as Tabula Chemica. Its authorship was ascribed to one Senior Zadith, who became, along with Geber, an important name in mediaeval Western alchemy. 

Plate 10. De chemia senioiis antiquissimi philosophi, libellus, ut brevis, ita artem discentibus, et exeicentibus, utilissimus et vere aureus, nunc primum in lucem aeditus. Ab artis fideli filio, dixit Senior Zadith Filins Hamuel. No place, no date circa 1560. See also Plates 5 and 11. 

Senior s text is found in Eberhard Zetzner (ed.), Theatrum chemicum Praecipuos Selectorum Auctorum (Strassburg Heredium Eberhard Zetzner, 1622) 5, 193-239 Senioris Zadith, filii Hamuefis Tabula Chemica. This deals with the making of the stone on the model of the human body. It is gestated in nine months. On page... 

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