MS. Marsh 632 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 10 works by 8 authors on the subjects of Sufism, Islamic eschatology, Aphorisms and apothegms, Prayer, Theology, Qasidas, Forgiveness of sin, and Arabic poetry
1. ff. 5-112
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 423
[UAM. 155 (1)]
2. ff. 113-142
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 421
[UAM. 155 (2)]
3. ff. 143r-166v
Title: al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 118
[UAM. 155 (3)]
4. ff. 169v-198v
On the efficacy of prayer
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Theology
[UAM. 155 (4[i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 570]
5. ff. 199v-201r
Title: Qaṣīdah fī naẓm asmá Allāh
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 248
[UAM. 155 (4) end; no. 1 of the poems enumerated by Nicoll p. 570]
6. f. 201v-203r
Title: An unidentified poem
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[UAM. 155 (4) end, no. 2 of the poems enumerated by Nicoll p. 570
7. f. 203v
Title: al-Istighfārah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 438
[UAM. 155 (4) end, no. 3 of the poems enumerated by Nicoll p. 570]
8. ff. 204r-206r
Title: Bānat Suʻād
Title: Qaṣīdat al-Burdah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 39
[UAM. 155 (4, end, poem no. 4 as enumerated by Nicoll p. 570)]
9. ff. 206v-215r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 266
[UAM. 155 (4) end, no. 5 of the poems enumerated by Nicoll p. 570]
10. ff. 215v, 216r
Title: Qaṣīdah munfarijah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 426
[UAM. 155 (4) end, poem no. 6]
Physical Description
Form: codex
108 ff. 30 ff. 24 ff. 30 ff. 3 ff. 3 ff. 1 f. 3 ff. 8 ff. 2 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Provenance and Acquisition
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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