Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or. 413 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Summary of Contents: A leather case, fastened by a strap, containing two sheets of paper inscribed with Arabic prayers, verses of the Koran, and two talismanic figures, one containing the "Most Comely Names of God", written in a Maghribī hand, and apparently from West Africa.

Language(s): Arabic

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Physical Description

Form: codex
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History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from W.D. Webster in 1903.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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