MS. Bodl. Or. 288 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Aphorisms and apothegms, Caliphs, and Hadith

1. ff. 1v-8r
Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661
Title: A collection of 20 sayings, with Persian translation and poetical paraphrase

A transcript by J. Gagnier from MS. Pococke 35, with an unfinished Latin translation by him

Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Latin

References

GAL I 43
[NAM. 100 (1)]
2. ff. 10r-25r
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492
Title: Chihil ḥadīth-i nabī

Forty Arabic Traditions, each with a metrical Persian paraphrase, in a transcript by J. Gagnier from MS. Laud Or. 170 and 205, with Latin version by Gagnier

Language(s): Arabic, Persian, Latin

References

GAL II 207
[NAM. 100 (2)]
3. ff. 27-66
Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661
Title: Nathr al-laʼāliʼ

With a Persian verse trans, and commentary entitled Tuḥfah li-Majālis al-aʼāzim [an earlier and unfinished transcript by J. Gagnier from MS. Laud Or. 136]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 43
[NAM. 100 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
8 ff. 16 ff. 40 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d.

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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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