MS. Bruce 31 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Geography, Tales, and Islamic sermons

1. fols. 1-89r
Author: Zuhrī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 12th cent.
Title: al-Jaghrāfiyah

Copied from a MS. dated 1293

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 476
[K 381 (1)]
2. ff. 89r-155r and 189r-199v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Ḥikāyāt wa-qiṣaṣ wa-gharāʼib wa-ʻajāʼib
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales
[K 381 (2)]
3. ff. 156r-182r
Author: Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, d. 1465
Title: A kind of sermon on asceticism ( al-zuhd )
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 252-253
[K 381 (3)]
4. ff. 183r-188v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣah Tamīm al-Dārī wa-mā raʼá min al-ʻajāʼib
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales
[K 381 (4)]
5. ff. 200v-251v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣat al-Hayfāʼ wa-Yūsuf
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Tales
[K 381 (5)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
89 fols. 67 d. 11 ff. 27 ff. 6 ff. 52 ff.

History

Origin: 1533* CE 1533 CE n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of James Bruce of Kinnaird, d. 1794.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

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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