Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bruce 56 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Bruce Collection

Contents

5 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Biography, and Ayyubids

1. ff. 3-90

Fragments only containing passages corresponding to parts of Tornbergʼs edn. vol. 2, pp. 250-387

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 345
[K 400 (1)]
2. ff. 91-115

Fragments only, containing passages corresponding to parts of the Bulaq edn. of 1882, vol. 1, pp. 532-597

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 327
[K 400 (2)]
3. ff. 116-146

Fragments only, corresponding to parts of Barbier de Meynardʼs edn., vol. III, p. 422-vol. V, p. 71

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 145
[K 400 (3)]
4. ff. 147, 148
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Biography
5. ff. 150-268; 269-294

Fragments of two MSS., the first covering parts of A. H. 517-595, the second parts of A. H. 600 and 613-17

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 323
[K 400 (5)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
88 ff. 25 ff. 31 ff. 2 ff. 145 ff.

History

Origin: 13th cent.? CE 14th cent.? CE 14th cent.? CE 14th cent.? CE 14th cent.? CE

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.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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