MS. Greaves 40 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 5 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Universal history, Astronomy, Christian writings, Divination, and Geomancy
1. ff. 4r-39v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A compendium of history from Adam to the caliphs

ff. 1-2 fragment of a horoscope, followed by a charm f. 3r bears the words Kitab al-taʼrīkh , otherwise the leaf is blank

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix History
[UAM. 863 (1)]
2. ff. 40r-59v
Author: Māridīnī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl, d. 1406
Title: Risālah mukhtaṣarah fī al-ʻamal bi-rubʻ al-dāʼirah
Language(s): Arabic

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GAL II 169
[UAM. 863 (2)]
3. ff. 60r-113v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A work on the lengthening and shortening of the days, the mansions of the moon, and the planets
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Astronomy
[UAM. 863 (3)]
4. ff. 114r-154v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A fragment about the debate of Saint Anbabula [sic] with the devil
Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAM. 863 (4)]
5. ff. 135r-221v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Excerpts relating to geomancy, divination and the prediction of storms
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[UAM. 863 (5)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
36 ff. 20 ff. 54 ff. 21 ff. 87 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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