MS. Marsh 53 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Ramadan, Ethics, Theology, Miscellanea, and Koran

1. ff. 1-36r
Author: Zāhidī al-Ghazmīnī, Mukhtār ibn Maḥmūd, d. 1259 or 60
Title: Faḍāʼil Ramaḍān
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 382
[UAM. 111 (1)]
2. ff. 36v-52v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Moral sentiments drawn from the story-writers and poets
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Ethics
[UAM. 111 (2)]
3. ff. 53v-62r
Author: Yaḥyá Efendi
Title: A tract on the unity and attributes of God
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Theology
[UAM. 111 (3)]
4. ff. 62v-64v
Author: Anonymous
Title: "Formula testamentorum duplex"
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Miscellaneous
[UAM. 111 (4[i])]
5. ff. 69v-76r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Comments on the sūrat al-Qāf
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Qurʼān; Commentary
[UAM. 111 (4[ii])

Physical Description

Form: codex
36 ff. 17 ff. 10 ff. 3 ff. 8 ff.

History

Origin: 1559 CE 1559 CE 1559 CE n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in quarto &c, no. 20].

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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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