MS. Bruce 52 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Bruce Collection
Contents
1 copy of Alf laylah wa-laylah
Title: Alf laylah wa-laylah.
[Two stories from the collection:-] (i) Khabar al-malik Jalʻād min mulūk al-Hind maʻa wazīrihi Shimās al-ḥakīm [ff. 1r-92r]; (ii) Madīnat al-nuḥās [ff. 92v-128r].
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 59, 60
[K 397]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 128 ff.
History
Origin: c. 1769 [in Abyssinia ]. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of James Bruce of Kinnaird, d. 1794.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
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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