C. 23 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: A similar oblong note-book of 34 ff. of 21'5 x 12 c., containing a variable number of lines in various hands. A short treatise on lucky and unlucky days occupies the beginning of the book (ff. 2b-18), the remainder of which is filled with various prayers, charms, etc. The volume has been rebound in an ornamental Persian cover better than it deserves.

1. ff. 2b-18a

Author: anonymous

Title: Treatise on lucky and unlucky days

Language(s): Arabic and Persian

2. ff. 18b-34

Author: anonymous

Title: Collection of prayers and charms

Language(s): Arabic, Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 34

Dimensions: 21.5 × 12 cm.

Layout

Variable number of lines

Hand(s)

Various hands

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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