MS. Fraser 169 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Oriental Manuscripts Fraser Collection

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Gematria, Arabic poetry, Arabic alphabet, and Mysticism

1. ff. 7r-33v*
Author: Plato
Title: Khāfīyah

On the magical properties of the letters of the alphabet as numbers

SAUG §13 (37), para. 9, p. 28 (66), who cites MS. Leiden 1208 *ff. 1-6, 34r-35r blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
2. ff. 35v-39v*
Author: Anonymous
Title: A poem in 23 [unnumbered] sections rhyming in -lā on the mystical properties of the Arabic letters

Section 1, after the introduction, is entitled Taksīr al-ḥurūf

*ff. 40-50 blank or negligible

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Poetry

Physical Description

Form: codex
27 ff. 5 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of James Fraser, d. 1754.

Purchased for the Radcliffe Library, Oxford from Fraser's widow.

The Radcliffe Library, Oxford.

Transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Radcliffe Library in May 1872.

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

JISC

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