MS. Huntington 208 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Horsemanship, Archery, and Didactic poetry
1. ff. 3v-20r
On horsemanship and archery
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Horsemanship
[UAM. 372 (1)]
2. ff. 20v-31v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Horsemanship
[UAM. 372 (2)]
3. ff. 32r-40v; 40v-108v
A poem on archery, followed by the authorʼs own commentary Bughyat al-marām wa-ghāyat al-gharām
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL II 136
[UAM. 372 (3, 4), with corrig. Nicoll p. 579]
Physical Description
Form: codex
18 ff. 12 ff. 9, 69ff.
History
Origin: 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
JISC
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