Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Laud Or. 205 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

Contents

A composite manuscript containing treatises on Sufism, Prophetic Traditions, Letters, Medicine, and Prayer.

ff. 1-38, 82-94
Language(s): Persian

References

ff. 39v-46v

Forty Arabic Traditions, each with a metrical Persian paraphrase

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

GAL II 207
[Uri Pers. 26 (3), superseded by Ethé 1989]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 99 ff.

Hand(s)

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

History

Origin: 1629 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, between 1635-41.

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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