MS. Arch. Seld. A. 19 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Universal history

1. ff. 1r-135v
Author: Ibn al-Shiḥnah, Zayn al-Dīn Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad d. 1412 ابن الشحنة، محمد بن محمد، 749-815 هـ
Title: Rawḍat al-manāẓir fī ʻilm al-awāʼil wa-al-awākhir
Title: روضة المناظر في علم الأوائل والأواخر
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 142
UAM 666(1)
2. ff. 136-188
Author: Masʻūdī, d. 956? المسعودي، علي بن الحسين، ت. 346 هـ
Title: Kitāb al-ʻAjāʼib
Title: كتاب العجائب

Perhaps to be identified with his Kitāb al-Awsaṭ, his ʻʻintermediateʼʼ compendium of his own Akhbār al-zamān

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 145
UAM 666(2)

Physical Description

Form: codex
134 ff. 53 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. 1481 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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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