MS. Marsh 268 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 4 works by Guy de Brès 1522-1567 on the subjects of Catechisms, Liturgies, and Canon Law

1. ff. 1r-27r

Title: Qawāʻid taʻlīm al-dīn al-masīḥī ʻalá mā huwa qāʼim fī al-kanāʼis al-baljīkīyah ay al-flaminkīyah

Catechism of the Belgian Church

f. ir bears false title “ Quatuor evangelia Arabice ” ff. ii-iv; 27v-28 are blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises

[UAC. 35 (1)]

2. ff. 29r-47r

Author: Guy de Brès 1522-1567

Title: The Belgic Confession

In Arabic translation

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises

[UAC. 35 (2)]

3. ff. 47r-75r

Title: Liturjiyā al-kanāʼis al-baljīkīyah ay tartīb aʻmālihā

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Liturgy

[UAC. 35 (3)]

4. ff. 75r-87v

Title: Arabic translation of the canons drawn up at Dordrecht in 1614 under the presidency of John Bogerman *

* not the famous Canons of the synod of Dort (1619) ff. 88-90 (ult.) are blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises

[UAC. 35 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

27 ff. 19 ff. 29 ff. 13 ff.

History

Origin: 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE 17th cent. CE

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 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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