Or. 2108 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Sufism and Arabic prose literature

1. ff. 1b-4b
Author: anonymous
Title: Unidentified fragments

Language(s): Arabic
2.
Author: Jurjānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, al-Sayyid al-Sharīf, 1340-1413 الجرجاني، علي بن محمد
Title: Taʻrīfāt al-ʻulūm wa-taḥqīqāt al-rusūm
Title: تعريفات العلوم وتحقيقات الرسوم

Language(s): Arabic
3.
Author:
Title: Epistolary examples attributed to the secretaries of al-Maʾmūn, an epistle by al-Hamadhānī, and two qasidas

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: other
Extent: 4 folios + 132 +11
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13,8 × 7,9 cm.
Foliation:

Throughout the second work, letter of the chapter (alif, ba, ta, etc.) written in the superior corner of versos

Layout

Hand(s)

Binding

Restored original binding; brown leather decorated with three lobes

Condition

Bad condition

History

Origin: 1024 AH; 1615 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

R.B. Serjeant, 1915-1993.

Presented by the managers of the Browne Fund E.G. Browne,1862-1926.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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