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
Title: Kitāb al-ʻUnwān
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
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
Title: On compound medicaments
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 51 (3)]
4. ff. 312v-319v
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
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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