MS. Fraser 169 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Fraser Collection
Contents
2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Gematria, Arabic poetry, Arabic alphabet, and Mysticism
1. ff. 7r-33v*
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*
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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