Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Marsh 161 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: One copy of the Kitāb al-musīqī (a section of Avicenna's Kitāb al-najāt) and one copy of Bayḍāwī's Niẓām al-tavārīkh
Author: Avicenna
Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 210 folios

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard,1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953

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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