MS. Selden superius 97 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Selden superius Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments
1. ff. 1r-33v
Title: 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, Turkish
References
Appendix Miscellaneous
[UAM. 1041 (1), revised by Beeston]
2. ff. 64v-65v
Title: Risālah al-Qawāʻid
On astronomy
Language(s): Arabic
References
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): Arabic
References
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-95r
Wrongly 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): Arabic
References
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-104v
Title: Kifāyat al-qunūʻ
A compendium* of his own Iẓhār al-sirr al-mauḍūʻ [on the maqṭūʻ quadrant]
*Not, as Brock., the Iẓhār itself.
Language(s): Arabic
References
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-111v
Language(s): Arabic
References
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: codex
33 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?] CE
Provenance 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.
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