MS. Digby Or. 4 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Mysticism, Islam, Qasidas, and Theology
1. ff. 1v-154v
Chapter 560 only, which is a collection of precepts with the title Jāmiʻ al-waṣāyā min al-Futūḥ al-Makkī
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 442
[NAM. 43 (1) with corrig. Nicoll p. 509]
2. ff. 155v-236v
Title: Anonymous commentary on Nasafī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1068?-1142 ʼs poem on the principles of religion
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 426
[NAM. 307 (2)]
4. f. 241
Title: Poem on the unity of God
Possibly al-Qaṣīdat al-ṣūfīyah *(Brock. 8)
*Other MSS in GandS. Cf. incipit e.g. with Berlin 76195
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 433
[NAM. 307 (4) with corrig. Nicoll p. 547]
Physical Description
Form: codex
154 ff. 82 ff. 4 ff. 1 f.
History
Origin: 1329 CE 1332 CE n.d. c. 1523 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665.
Presented to the Bodleian Library in 1640 along with the Laudian Collections.
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
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Funding of Cataloguing
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