MS. Marsh 640 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Arithmetic, and Inheritance and succession1. f. 3rAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Duʻāʼ mubārakA prayer
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Prayers[NAM. 287 (1)]2. ff. 3v-28rLacking end
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 125[NAM. 287 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545]3. ff. 28v-102rTitle: Tuḥfat al-ṭullābCommentary* on the Nuzhat al-ḥussāb fī ʻilm al-hisāb of Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1412 , an abridgment of his own Murshidat al-ṭālib ilá asná al-maṭālib
*[Acc. to Brock. the commentary is on the unabridged Murshidat; the authorship is also Brock.ʼs ascription (from Rumpur 412116?).]
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 125[NAM. 287 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545]4. f. 102vAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Fāʼidah fī kayfīyat ikhrāj al-qīrāṭ min al-ʻadad alladhī ṣaḥḥat minhu al-masʼalah min ayy ʻadad kānaA method of apportioning inheritances
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Mathematics[NAM. 287 (4)]Physical Description
Form: codex1 f. 26 ff. 75 ff. 1 f.History
Origin: 1559 CE 1559 CE 1559 CE 1559 CEProvenance and Acquisition
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
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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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