MS. Marsh 263 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Astrolabes, Astronomical instruments, Arabic language, and Arabic poetry

1. ff. 1v-23v

Author: Anonymous

Title: Risālah fī ʻilm al-asṭurlāb

*Puseyʼs conjecture that the author might be Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ibn Maḥfūẓ al-Baghdādī (Brock. G1, p. 252 para. 6 (7)) is based merely on the approximation of no. of chaps. (66:64). However, cf. B. M. 10024, Or. 5734.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy

[UAM. 936 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 602*]

2. ff. 25r-39r

Author: Anonymous

Title: Farhang-i Gulistān

An Arabic-Persian vocabulary

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Lexicography

[UAM. 936 (2)]

3. ff. 76-101

Title: Muʻallaqāt

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 18

[UAM. 936 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

24 ff. 15 ff. 25 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Addenda. Libri M.S. Compacti in quarto, no. 20, and Addenda. Libri M.SS. Incompacti in quarto, no. 4].

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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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