MS. Marsh 716 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic prose literature, Maqamah, Arabic letters, Arabic literature, and Universal history
1. ff. 1v-135r
Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122
Title: Maqāmāt

With variant readings and glosses

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 276
[NAM. 103 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 518]
2. ff. 135v-137v
Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122
Title: al-Risālah al-sīnīyah wa-al-Risālah al-shīnīyah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 277
[NAM. 103 (2)]
3. ff. 138-148r
Author: Ibn ʻAbd Rabbih, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 860-940
Title: al-ʻIqd al-farīd

Extract only, with specimens of metres

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 154
[NAM. 103 (3)]
4. ff. 148v-167
Author: Masʻūdī, d. 956?
Title: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawāhir

Excerpts only

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 144
[NAM. 103 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
135 ff. 3 ff. 11 ff. 20 ff.

History

Origin: 1371 CE 1371 CE 1371 CE 1371 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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