MS. Selden superius 97 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: 6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments1. ff. 1r-33vAuthor: AnonymousTitle: A hotch-potch of prayers, cabbalistic and Qurʼānic materials, talismans and the like, partly in Arabic and partly in Turkish, including an extract on the mystical properties of the Arabic letters attributed to Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 (f. 8v)Language(s): Arabic, TurkishReferences
Appendix Miscellaneous[UAM. 1041 (1), revised by Beeston]2. ff. 64v-65vAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Risālah al-QawāʻidOn astronomy
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Appendix Astronomy[UAM. 1041 (3 [ii]) [(4) as revd. by Beeston]]3. fols. 68v-87v*Same incipit as both Ahlw. 5853 and 5854, but with 25 bābs (as against their 15 and 20 respectively).
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 168[UAM. 1041 (4, i), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545 ad p. 285 c. 40 [read 4]; (6) as revd. by Beeston]4. fols. 88v-95rWrongly listed by Brock. as Jamāl al-Dīn Māridīnī no. 3; it is really Sibṭ al-Māridīnī no. 7 (II. 168; 62, p. 216-17 above)
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 169[UAM. 1041 (4, ii), with corrig. Nicoll p. 545 ad p. 285 c. 4; (7) as rev. by Beeston]5. fols. 95r-104vTitle: Kifāyat al-qunūʻA compendium* of his own Iẓhār al-sirr al-mauḍūʻ [on the maqṭūʻ quadrant]
*Not, as Brock., the Iẓhār itself.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 168[UAM. 1041 (4 [iii]), with corr. Nic. p. 545 ad p. 285 c. 40 [sic: read 4], (8) as rev. by Beeston]6. fols. 104v-111vLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
GAL II 167, 168[UAM. 1041 (4 [iv]) [(9) as revd. by Beeston], with corr. Nic. p. 545 ad p. 285 c. 40 [read 4]Physical Description
Form: codex33 ff. 2 ff. 20 fols. 8 fols. 10 fols. 8 fols.History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. 1574 CE 1574 CE n.d. [1574?] CEProvenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Selden.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.
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
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