MS. Marsh 676 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 copy of al-Bidāyah wa-al-nihāyah by Ibn Kathīr, Ismāʻīl ibn ʻUmar, ca. 1301-1373

Author: Ibn Kathīr, Ismāʻīl ibn ʻUmar, ca. 1301-1373
Title: al-Bidāyah wa-al-nihāyah

last vol. only (666-*738 A. H.), with many additions by Bawwāb al-Kāmilīyah, Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr, d. 1431 or 2

*[Brock.ʼs “600” is presumably a misprint.]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 49
[NAM. 121, with corrig. Nicoll p. 519]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 228 ff.

History

Origin: 1428 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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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