MS. Marsh 67 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Arabic prose literature and Arabic proverbs

1. ff. 1-49
Author: Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 978 or 9-1071
Title: Bahjat al-majālis wa uns al-mujālis
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 368
[NAM. 106 (1), with corrig Nicoll p. 518]
2. ff. 50v-66v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Majmaʻ al-amthāl

A short collection of proverbs drawn from Maidānī and others, with brief marginal notes

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Proverbs
[NAM. 106 (2)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
49 ff. 17 ff.

History

Origin: 14th or 15th cent.? CE 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

JISC

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