Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Huntington 478 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection

Contents

4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Bible, Medicine, and Heresy

1. ff. 1v-186v, 302r

A universal history to at least 941], part 1 only i. e. to Christʼs ascension

ff. 1-4 more recent hand

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf II, p. 40
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 506]
2. ff. 187v-301v
Author: Anonymous*.

Composed apparently in the 4th cent.

*Possibly the second part of Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (1) [= II p. 40]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (2)]
3. ff. 302v-312v
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (3)]
4. ff. 312v-319v
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
187 ff. 115 ff. 11 ff. 8 ff.

History

Origin: 1320 CE ?1320 CE ?1320 CE ?1320 CE

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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