Arabic MS 204 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Collection of stories
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
History
Origin: circa 1650 AH
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Arabic MS 204A
Contents
Anonymous collection of verses
Folios 1-50
Incipit: هذا مجموع لطيف يشتمل على موشحات وقصايد مخفّفات ويمانى وانشادات وانشاد يماني ومخمسات ولطايف من نجديات وغير ذلك الخ
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic MS 204B
Contents
The story of al-Ward fi l'Akmam and Ins al- Wujud
Folios 51-67
Title: قصة الورد فى الاكمام وما جرى لها مع انس الوجود
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic MS 204C
Contents
Story of Ḥasīna bint Mūsá
Folios 68-85
Title: قصة الحسينة بنت موسى التاجر
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic MS 204D
Contents
Collection of Juḥā stories
Folios 86-100
Title: حكايات عن جحا هزلية مضحكة من الغرايب والعجايب
Language(s): Arabic
Additional Information
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.
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