MS. Laud Or. 319 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection

2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Koran and Astronomy

1. ff. 1v-30v

Transcribed by Wm. Bedwell, comprising (i) ff. 1-15 sūrahs lxxviii.l - lxxxiii (ii) ff. 17-22 sūrahs lxxx.ll - lxxxii. (iii) ff. 25-30 sūrahs lxxx. l - lxxxii. 16.

*date of ownership note on f. 41v ff. 16, 23, 24, 31-33 are blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 33-36

[NAM. 406 (1), plus 22 fols. (ff. 9-30) formerly MS. Arab. e. 27, ff. 12-33 [= K 161 (5)] and now restored]

2. ff. 34r-41v

Title: Arabic names of several constellations

With notes in Latin, and Latin and Greek equivalents; transcribed by Wm. Bedwell

*date of ownership note by Laud on f. 41v ff. 34v-37, 42-44 are blank

Language(s): Arabic, Latin, Greek

References

Appendix Astronomy

[NAM. 406 (2)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

30 ff. 8 ff.

History

Origin: before 1633* CE before 1633* CE

Provenance and Acquisition

[Any information about a single identifiable episode in the life of the manuscript between origin and acquisition]

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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Laud Or. 319 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Contents

2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Koran and Astronomy

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References

Physical Description

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

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