MS. Marsh 457 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Dictionaries, Kings and rulers, and Arabic language
1. ff. 16v-62v
Once owned by, and perhaps written for, Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667
Language(s): Arabic, Turkish
References
Appendix Lexicography
[NAM. 207]
2. ff. 65r-131v
Arabic version of the Persian Naṣīḥat al-mulūk of Ghazzālī, 1058-1111
f. 63r contains title in Latin
f. 64 is blank
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 423
[NAM. 102]
3. ff. 133r-180v
Title: Kitāb al-Mufaṣṣal
Transcribed for Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667
f. 132 is blank
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 291
[NAM. 211]
Physical Description
Form: codex
47 ff. 67 ff. 48 ff.[defective at end].
History
Origin: 18th cent.? CE 18th cent.? CE 17th cent.? CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in folio, no. 5,9, and Addenda. Libri M.S. Incompacti in folio, no. 2, 8].
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
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