MS. Marsh 73 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Arabic poetry

1. ff. 1-91v
Author: ʻAlā al-Dīn al-Ṣāliḥī al-Ḥarīrī
Title: al-Durr al-maṣūn fī niẓām al-sabʻ funūn

Incomplete; several lacunae and lacking end

f. (i) notes and verses in a later hand

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[UAM. 1294, with corrig. Nicoll p. 618, plus 43 fols. (ff. 49-91) formerly MS. Arab. f. 8 and MS. Arab. f. 10 combined [= K 290] and now restored]
2. ff. 92r-95v
Author: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī, 973-1057
Title: Saqṭ al-zand

2 fragments

f. 96 notes and verses in a later hand

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 255
[UAM. 1294 (this item not mentioned); formerly MS. Arab. f. 11 [= K 292] and now restored]

Physical Description

Form: codex
91 ff. 4 ff.

History

Origin: ?16th cent. CE ?13th cent. 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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