MS. Marsh 188 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Prophets, Moral exhortation, and Joseph

1. ff. 1r-160v
Author: Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 11th cent.
Title: Kitāb Badʼ al-dunyā wa-qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 350
[UAM. 127 (1)]
2. ff. 161v-213v
Author: Hamadānī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad, fl. bef. 1493
Title: al-Sabʻīyāt fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyāt
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 412
[UAM. 127 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 569]
3. ff. 214v-258r
Author: ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻĪsá ibn Raḥmūz al-Samarqandī
Title: Qiṣṣat Yūsuf
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales
[UAM. 127 (3) with corrig. Nicoll p. 569]

Physical Description

Form: codex
160 ff. 53 ff. 45 ff.

History

Origin: 1627 CE 1627 CE 1627 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in folio, no. 58].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

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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