MS. Huntington 542 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt by Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283

Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283

Title: ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt

latter part only, containing the concluding "considerations" follg. on pt. 2, i.e. from f. 105v-end of MS. Huntington 140

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 481

[UAM. 460 with corrig. Nicoll p. 583]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 223 ff.

History

Origin: 1337 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

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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Natural history

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