MS. Bodl. Or. 183 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Ethics, Aphorisms and apothegms, and Arabic poetry
1. ff. 2r-16v
Author: Anonymous
Title: An assortment of astronomical notes
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[Nicoll Arab. Mob. 377 (1-4)]
2. ff. 17r-117r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A miscellany of ethical and proverbial extracts

*of which two items (Nicollʼs no. 12) are here individually listed (G1, p. 88)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Ethics
[NAM. 377 (5-15)*]
3. ff. 37r-51v
Author: Luqmān, the Sage
Title: Amthāl Luqmān al-ḥakīm
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 62
[NAM. 111]
4. ff. 75v-86
Author and Bibliographic antecedent: Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 915 or 16-965
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
Author: Anonymous
Title: The story of Secundus and his vow of silence

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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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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