MS. Digby Or. 4 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Mysticism, Islam, Qasidas, and Theology

1. ff. 1v-154v
Author: Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240
Title: al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah fī maʻrifat al-asrār al-malakīyah

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
Author: Anonymous
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)]
3. ff. 237v-240v
Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Title: Qaṣīdat al-Burdah
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 264
[NAM. 307 (3)]
4. f. 241
Author: Qushayrī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin, 986-1072
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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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