MS. Marsh 401 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Fākihat al-majālis wa-fakāhat al-mujālis by Maqdisī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Dāʼim, 1179-1270
An anthology of anecdotes drawn from the Taʼrīkh Dimashq of Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176 . 2 vols. [Folios of vol. 2 in disorder.]
*vol. 2, as MS. Arab. d. 8
**numbered i, 1-224 (with the following nos. used twice: 15, 45, 163, 170) ff. 45 (i) and 163(i) extraneous
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 331
[UAM. 387; K 19*]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 230; 229 ff.**
History
Origin: 13th cent.? CE
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
JISC
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