MS. Bodl. Or. 183 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Ethics, Aphorisms and apothegms, and Arabic poetry
1. ff. 2r-16v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Astronomy
[Nicoll Arab. Mob. 377 (1-4)]
2. ff. 17r-117r
*of which two items (Nicollʼs no. 12) are here individually listed (G1, p. 88)
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Ethics
[NAM. 377 (5-15)*]
4. ff. 75v-86
Title: Verses selected and edited by Abū ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ḥātimī d. 998 to show the connection of thought between Mutanabbī and Aristotle
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 88
[NAM. 377 (12)]
5. ff. 118v-198v; f. 1r, v
SAUG §60 (84), p. 108 (146), which speaks of "Greek apothegms (in translation) of Secundus, a philosopher of Hadrian"
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, p. 388
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 55, with corrig. Nicoll p. 507; listed also as item (16) of NAM. 377]
Physical Description
Form: codex
15 ff. 101 ff. 15 ff. 12 ff. 82 ff.
History
Origin: 1607 CE 1607 CE 1607 CE 1607 CE 1607 CE
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