MS. Pococke 35 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection

Summary of Contents: 3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Aphorisms and apothegms, Caliphs, and Arabic language

1. ff. 1-8

Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661

Title: Sayings of ʻAlī (55 in all), with Persian translation and poetical paraphrase

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

GAL I 43

[NAM. 113 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 518]

2. ff. 9v-14v

Author: Anonymous

Title: Fragment containing vocabulary in groups of related words and phrases for the use of children, with a Persian translation

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

Appendix Lexicography

[NAM. 113 (2)]

3. ff. 28-32

Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661

Title: A collection of 143 sayings, with Persian translation and poetical paraphrase

Lacks beginning and end

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

References

GAL I 43

[NAM. 113 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

8 ff. 6 ff. 5 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

[Any information about a single identifiable episode in the life of the manuscript between origin and acquisition]

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Caliphs
Arabic language--Lexicography
Aphorisms and apothegms

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