MS. Marsh 676 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
1 copy of al-Bidāyah wa-al-nihāyah by 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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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