MS. Marsh 82 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 6 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Arabs, Calendars, Church festivals, Divination, and Christian saints1. ff. 1v-58vTitle: Ravnaḳ-ı BūstānTitle: رونق بوستانIncipit: حمد فراوان و شکر بی پایان اول خالق كه خاك پاك الخ زمین و آسمان حضرتنهAuthor: anonymousNOTE: This record has been automatically generated with minimal modification from the corresponding entry in a printed catalogue. It may contain errors. Please, consult the References section below for more information.
The splendour of the garden, a work on horticulture, by an anonymous author, in four faṣls, an epilogue (), and a conclusion (), viz.: فصل اول اصل خان بیاننده در on fol. 2; فصل, ثانی اشجار تكلمه سی (= دکلمه سی) بیاننده در on fol. 4b; فصل ثالث قطعی و وصلی بلدورر و معالجه لرین بلدورر on fol 37b; فصل رابع امراض تتمه بوستان و شكوفه ورياحين on fol. 40a (وریاحین according to the preface); خاتمة يمش حفظ اولنمسی بیانندهدر on folio 46b (میوه درمهسی according to the preface). Beginning: حمد فراوان و شکر بی پایان اول خالق كه خاك پاك الخ زمین و آسمان حضرتنه. The proper order of the leaves is: ff. 1-39, 48-55, 40-47, 56-58. Numerous interlinear paraphrases of Turkish words in Latin by Jacob Golius throughout the сору, which was written in May, 1643. Golius adds: Incipi legere hunc libellum xiv Jul. absolvi triduo post 1643. Other copies of this work are described in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 305; Fleischer, Cat. Lips., p. 338, and J. C. Tornberg, p. 240. It has been printed in Constantinople, A. H. 1260 and 1282.
Language(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
2. ff. 59r-79 (i)rTitle: Maʻrifat al-anghāmf. 79 (ii) is blank
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 48[Uri Turc. 42 (2); Farmer 13]3. ff. 80v-97 (i)rTitle: Replies to questions from one Saʻādah al-Qāʼiqah on various calendars in use in the East, including Chinese, Coptic, and PersianIntroductions, differing slightly, in Arabic, Persian and Syriac
ff. 97 (ii), 97 (iii) are blank
Language(s): Arabic, Persian, SyriacReferences
Christian Appendix Calendars[Uri Turc. 42 (3[i])]4. ff. 98v-107 (i)vAuthor: Anonymousff. 107 (ii), 107 (iii) are blank
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Christian Appendix Calendars[Uri Turc. 42 (3[ii])]5. ff. 108v-116vAuthor: AnonymousLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Christian Appendix Calendars[Uri Turc. 42 (3[iii])]6. ff. 133-166rAuthor: Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, 702?-765 or 6Title: Fāl-nāmahDivination by verses of the Qurʼān, here given with their magic interpretation in Turkish
Language(s): Arabic, TurkishReferences
GAL I 67[Uri Turk. 42 (6) superseded by Ethé 2202 [in both cases not quite all]]7. ff. 177v-183vAuthor: Anonymousf. 184 is ruled but contains no writing
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Christian Appendix Calendars[Uri Turc. 42 (7[ii])]Physical Description
Form: codex21 ff. 18 ff. 10 ff. 9 ff. 34 ff. 7 ff.History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. c. 1578? CE n.d.Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri Miscellanei M.S. in quarto &c, no. 36].
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
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