MS. Huntington 473 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Moral exhortation, Arabic literature, and Arabic proverbs
1. ff. 2v-55r
Author: Idrīs ibn Ṣāliḥ
Title: al-Muʼnis fī al-waʻẓ wa-al-anīs al-jalīs

A theologico-moral work in ten chapters

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Ethics
[UAM. 303 (1)]
2. ff. 58r-117v
Author: Ibn ʻAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 860-940
Title: al-ʻIqd al-farīd

Excerpts only

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 154
[UAM. 303 (2)]
3. ff. 118r-226v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A commentary on a collection of proverbs
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Proverbs
[UAM. 303 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
54 ff. 60 ff. 109 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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