Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or. 839 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islamic Empire, Speech errors, Medicine, Mysticism, Sufism, and Wine
1. ff. 1-76

Language(s): Arabic

References

An abridgement of the Mirʼāt al-janān wa-ʻibrat al-yaqẓān fī maʻrifat ḥawādith al-zamān مرآة الجنان و عبرة اليقظان في معرفة حوادث الزمان of Yāfiʻī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad, d. 1367 اليافعي
4. ff. 102-117

Language(s): Arabic

References

Physical Description

Form: codex
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Layout

Hand(s)

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from J.J. Naaman in 1911.

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.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Other copies: Or. 908

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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