MS. Sale 86 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Christian saints and Sermons

1. ff. 1r-151v
Author: Makarius ibn al-Zaʻīm [or al-Zaʼīmī], archbp. of Aleppo d. 1672
Title: Sīrat abīnā ... Yūḥannā Fam al-dhahab

An epitome of a life of John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407 by one George of Alexandria

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf III, p. 107
[EA 138 (1)]
2. ff. 152r-164r*
Author: John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407
Title: Sermon on Eutropius, translated from Greek by Ignatius patriarch of Antioch, and a sermon on the benefit of reading the Holy Scriptures

*ff. 164v-182v contain an index of Chrysostomʼs writings publ. in the greek edn. of 1612

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 350
[EA 138 (2)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
151 ff. 13 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of George Sale, d. 1736.

Acquired by Thomas Hunt in 1760.

The Radcliffe Library.

Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1872.

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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