MS. Bodl. Or. 456 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 6 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Christian writings, Astronomy, Arabic poetry, Medicine, Qasidas, Complaint poetry, and Astrology
1. ff. 1v-37v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Kitāb al-Malḥamah

In verse

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 216
[NAM. 332 (1), with corr. Nic. p. 550]
2. ff. 38r-90v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Astronomical and chronological extracts in the form of a miscellany
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[NAM. 296 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 546]
3. ff. 90v-94r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A small selection of poems by various authors
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry
[NAM. 332 (3)]
4. ff. 94r-101v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A treatise on the elements (ʻanāṣir) and natures (ṭabāʼiʻ) of which man is composed, and the means for maintaining them in health
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[NAM. 296 (4)]
5. ff. 101v-102r
Author: Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, 1061 or 2-1121?
Title: Lāmīyat al-ʻajam

Part only

Correctly identified? Nicoll lists under al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Rāzī. Beginning Mā kāna ẓannī bi-an yamtadd bī zamanī

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 246, 247
[NAM. 332 (5)]
6. ff. 102v, 103
Author: Anonymous
Title: Astrological notes
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astrology
[NAM. 296 (6)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
37 ff. 53 ff. 5 ff. 8 ff. 2 ff. 2 ff.

History

Origin: 1513 CE 1513 CE 1513 CE 1513 CE 1513 CE 1513 CE

Record Sources

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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JISC

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