MS. Huntington 245 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 15 works by 9 authors on the subjects of Christian writings, Monasticism and religious orders, Christian Theology, and Tales
1. ff. 1r-8v
Title: Letter [also attributed to Nilus of Ancyra d.c. 430 ] to Eulogius concerning monastic life, followed by a commentary on the Lordʼs Prayer
Incomplete
ff. i and 203 Coptic leaves forming wrapper to MS.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, p. 397
[UAC. 64 [1]]
2. ff. 9r-17v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, p. 394
[UAC. 64 [2]]
3. ff. 17v-19v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 457-58
[UAC. 64 [3]]
4. ff. 19v-28v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 459-61
[UAC. 64 [4]]
5. ff. 29r-30v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 64 [5]]
6. ff. 31r-36r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, p. 396
[UAC. 64 [6]]
7. ff. 36v-44r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 64 [7]]
8. ff. 44v-87r
Title: Directives to the monks
f. 70r (subsequently crossed through) repeats f. 64r, and both bear the same Coptic numeration; there is no folio bearing the number 249 in Coptic numeration
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 402-3
[UAC. 64 [8]]
9. ff. 87r-90r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Tales
[UAC. 64 [9]]
10. ff. 90r-91v
f. 91 contains debate demonstrating the virtues of silence, including the story of John [-? the Baptist]ʼs silence; a note on 91v identifies the MS. as the property of the monastery at Baramūs
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 330-32
[UAC. 64 [10]]
11. f. 92r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 127-31
[UAC. 64 [11]]
12. ff. 92v-120v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 64 [12]]
13. ff. 121r-122r
Title: Risālah
Language(s): Arabic
References
Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 64 [13]]
14. ff. 122r-186r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Graf I, pp. 456-59
[UAC. 64 [14]]
15. ff. 186r-202v
ff. 197-202 in a different hand, from another MS.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 64 [15]]
Physical Description
Form: codex
8 ff. 9 ff. 3 ff. 10 ff. 2 ff. 6 ff. 9 ff. 44 ff. 4 ff. 2 ff. 1 f. 29 ff. 2 ff. 65 ff. 17 ff.
History
Origin: n.d. n.d. n.d. 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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