MS. Marsh 42 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 11 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Arabic language, Philosophy, Deserts, Tales, Medicine, and Prosody, including one anonymous collection of stories about Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century in Ottoman Turkish.1. folios 1b-26aAuthor: AnonymousA vocabulary of Arabic words used in conversation and letter writing, arranged alphabetically and explained in Persian*
* appears to be a version of the work in MS. Arch. Seld. A. 60
Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Ottoman TurkishReferences
Appendix LexicographyEthé 16752. folios 28b-36aAuthor: AnonymousWith pencilled marginal and interlinear notes (by Marsh?)
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Philosophy[Uri Pers. 92 (2)]4. folios 47b-76aAuthor: anonymousTitle: Ḥikāyāt-i Naṣreddīn ḪvāceTitle: حکایات نصر الدین خواجهTitle: Leṭā'if-i Ḫvāce NaṣreddīnTitle: لطاٸف خواجه نصر الدینIncipit: (folio 47b, line 1) بر کون نصر الدین خواجه منبره چقوب وعد و نصیحت ایدرکن [...]Filiation: The Asian and Middle Eastern Special Collections at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries holds at least seven manuscripts of Nasreddin Hoca stories in Ottoman Turkish: MS. Bodl. Or. 627, MS. Bodl. Or. 185, MS. Laud. Or. 178, MS. Selden Superius 8, MS. Marsh 42 (this manuscript), MS. Bodl. Or. 192, and MS. Bodl. Or. 85.Language(s): Colloquial Ottoman Turkish.References
5. folios 77a-82b*This section of the MS. is Arabic, nevertheless
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL I 234[Uri Pers. 92 (5)*]6. folios 83a-89a*This section of the MS. is Arabic, nevertheless
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL I 235[Uri Pers. 92 (6)*]7. folios 94b-112aA dictionary of Arabic (and a few Persian) words, mostly with interlinear Turkish paraphrase
Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Latin, TurkishReferences
Appendix Lexicography[Ethé 2227]8. folios 116a-120b**f. 114r has the Latin title; folios 114v-115v blank; f. 121 blank.
**This section of the MS. is Arabic, nevertheless.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL I 240[Uri Pers. 92 (8)**]9. folios 122b-138aAuthor: AnonymousWith interlinear definitions and explanations in Arabic
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Grammar[Uri Pers. 92 (9), with note Nicoll p. 433, note b]10. folios 140b-145aAuthor: AnonymousTitle: A paradigm of the triliteral stem naṣara, with interlinear explanations in Turkish and ItalianLanguage(s): Arabic, Turkish, ItalianReferences
Appendix Grammar[Uri Pers. 92 (10)]11. folios 166b-161b [European order]Author: Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Prosody[Uri Pers. 92 (12)]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 161 ff.History
Origin: n.d.Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri M.S. Incompacti in quarto &c, nos. 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 22, 29, and Addenda. Libri M.S. Compacti in quarto, no. 23, and Addenda. Libri M.SS. Incompacti in quarto, no. 15].
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
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