MS. Huntington 192 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 13 works by 11 authors on the subjects of Astrology, Arabic alphabet, Mysticism, Nile River, Didactic poetry, Koran, Arithmetic, Astronomical instruments, Mathematics, Astronomy, and Calendars
1. ff. 1v-77r
Title: Commentary on the Manẓūmah fī ʻilm al-nujūm of Ibn Abī al-Rijāl, ʻAlī, 1015 or 16-1062 or 3
*In footnote 'e' to Nicollʼs entry following, Marsh 192 is a mistake for Hunt.
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 224
[UAM. 971 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604]
2. ff. 81v-101v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Astrology
[UAM. 971 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604.]
3. ff. 102v-107r
On the mystical properties of the Arabic alphabet*
*So Uri; Brock. "ūber den Stein der Weisen"
Language(s): Arabic
References
Supp. II. Anhang, p. 1034
[UAM. 971 (3)]
4. ff. 108v-110r
Copied from the autograph
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 129
[UAM. 971 (4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604]
5. ff. 112v-121v
A poem on the ten schools of Qurʼān recitation
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Qurʼān; Recitation
[UAM. 971 (5), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604]
6. ff. 122v-131r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 125
[UAM. 971 (6)]
7. fols. 132r-141v
An abridgment of his Iẓhār al-sirr al-mawḍūʻ fī al-ʻamal bil-rubʻ al-maqṭūʻ
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 168
[UAM. 971 (7)
8. ff. 142v-145v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 129
[UAM. 971 (8), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604]
9. ff. 150v-163r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 474
[UAM. 971 (9)]
10. ff. 168v-185r
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 129
[UAM. 971 (10), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604.]
11. ff. 188r-197v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 358
[UAM. 971 (11)]
12. ff. 198r-205v
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 358
[UAM. 971 (12)]
13. ff. 206v-211r
On calculating Christian festivals
*Said by Pusey to be in H. Khaf. "alicubi"
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Calendar
[UAM. 971 (13), with corrig. Nicoll p. 604]
Physical Description
Form: codex
77 ff. 21 ff. 6 ff. 3 ff. 10 ff. 10 ff. 10 fols. 4 ff. 14 ff. 18 ff. 10 ff. 8 ff. 6 ff.
History
Origin: 1642 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.
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
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