MS. Marsh 481 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
8 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Qasidas, Arabic poetry, Sufism, and Arabic language
1. ff. 2v-3r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 250
[NAM. 315 (1), with corrig Nicoll p. 549]
2. f. 4v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 447
[NAM. 315 (3)]
3. f. 4r
Title: A poem in 22 verses
Perhaps lacking beginning
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 315 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 549]
4. ff. 5v-25v
Title: Tasbīʻ on the Qaṣīdat al-Burdah of Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
When S1, p. 470 says that Manch. 473 = B. Mus. 622 iv, Bodl. 11, 415 it means presumably only that they are equally anon., not that they are identical.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 266
[NAM. 315 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 549]
5. ff. 27-104
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 451
[NAM. 315 (5)]
6. f. 105r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 315 (6)]
7. f. 105v*
Title: A poem
*ff. 106, 107r are blank.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 315 (7)]
8. ff. 107v-114
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 315 (8), with corrig. Nic. p. 549]
Physical Description
Form: codex
2 ff. 1 f. 1 f. 21 ff. 78 ff. 1 f. 1 f. 8 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. 16th cent.? CE 1599 CE n.d. n.d. 1595 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in quarto &c, no. 53].
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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