MS. Greaves 13 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of The description of Arabia from the Taqwīm al-buldān by Abū al-Fidāʼ Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAlī, 1273-1331
Author: Abū al-Fidāʼ Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAlī, 1273-1331
Title: The description of Arabia from the Taqwīm al-buldān

with a Latin version by J. Greaves and parallel passages from Ptolemy, 2nd cent. in Greek and Latin

Language(s): Arabic, Greek, Latin

References

GAL II 46
[UAM. 1003]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 66 ff.

History

Origin: 17th cent. CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Greaves, d. 1652 and Thomas Greaves, d. 1676.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1678.

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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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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