MS. Greaves 29 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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5 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Christian writings, Christian saints, and Prophets

1. ff. 1r-13r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Life and miracles of Barṣawmah al-ʻUryān, called Ibn al-Tabbān d. 1317
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf II, p. 475
[UAC. 103 (1)]
2. ff. 66r-81r
Title: Romance of the pious king Armenius of Tarsus and his wife and children, as related by Zosimas, bishop of Tarsus
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 552
[UAC. 103 (2)]
3. ff. 81v-93r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Story of John, the Apostle, Saint
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 263
[UAC. 103(3 [i])D]
4. ff. 93v-144v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Story of Joseph (son of Jacob) *

*[Which of the two recensions is unspecified]

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 205
[UAC. 103(3 [ii])]
5. ff. 145r-179v*
Author: Anonymous
Title: Story of Job [the Patient]

* ff. 180r-191v contain the story [incomplete] of Aaronʼs loss of his priestley garments by the hand of Moses

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 206
[UAC. 103 (3 [iii])]

Physical Description

Form: codex
13 ff. 16 ff. 13 ff. 52 ff. 35 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Greaves, d. 1652 and Thomas Greaves, d. 1676.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1678.

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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