MS. Laud Or. 41 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Astronomy and Arabic language

1. ff. 36r-114r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Kitāb al-Adhkār fī aḥkām al-sanah

A work on astronomy

ff. 35r, 112v, 113r, 114, 115r contain magical formulae

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[Uri Turc. 27 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 618]
2. ff. 116r-135v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Unidentified* commentary on al-Muqaddimah al-Ājurrūmīyah of Ibn Ājurrūm, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1273 or 4-1323

Lacking beginning. *not that of Ibn Yaʻlá

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 237
[Uri Turc. 27 (3[i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 618]
3. ff. 136r-147v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Unidentified fragment of a grammatical work

In Maghribi script

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Grammar
[Uri Turc. 27 (3[ii]), with corrig, Nicoll p. 618]

Physical Description

Form: codex
79 ff. 20 ff. 12 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. 1595 CE n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, between 1635-41.

Record Sources

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

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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