MS. Pococke 152 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 6 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Arabic poetry, Prosody, Arabic language, and Didactic poetry
1. ff. 2v-76r
A commentary* on the Kitāb al-ʻArūḍ al-Andalusī of Abū al-Jaysh, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, d. 1228 or 9
*Which should therefore have been placed by Brock. at I. 310 (G1. p. 378, para. 8)
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 368
[UAM. 1236 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 614]
2. ff. 77r-114v
Title: Commentary on Kitāb al-ʻArūḍ al-Andalusī of Abū al-Jaysh, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, d. 1228 or 9
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 310
[UAM. 1236 (2)]
3. ff. 115r-124v
On prosody
*See I. 299 (G1, p. 361) and N.C.Sʼ note
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Poetry
[UAM. 1236 (3)]
4. ff. 125r-144v
Title: Commentary on al-Rāmizah al-shāfiyah fī ʻilm al-ʻarūḍ wa-al-qāfiyah of Khazrajī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUthmān, 12th/13th cent.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 312
[UAM. 1236 (4)]
5. ff. 145r-195r
Title: Commentary on al-Rāmizah al-shāfiyah fī ʻilm al-ʻarūḍ wa-al-qāfiyah of Khazrajī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUthmān, 12th/13th cent.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 312
[UAM. 1236 (5)]
6. ff. 196r-226v
A correction of the errors of ʻAynī, Badr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad, 1361-1451 in his Farāʼid al-qalāʼid
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 299
[UAM. 1236 (6) with corrig. Nicoll p. 615]
Physical Description
Form: codex
75 ff. 38 ff. 10 ff. 20 ff. 51 ff. 47 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. 1557 CE n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.
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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