MS. Huntington 334 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by anonymous authors on the subject of Christian writings

1. ff. 2r-83v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Tract in 12 bābs in each of which two opposite qualities are compared

Lacking beginning

several folios are in a later hand

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 54 (1 [i]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 566; [recatalogued in error by Uri, Arab. Moh. 343 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 578]]
2. ff. 84r-127r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Tract in 8 bābs on the advantage to be gained by displaying certain qualities

Lacking beginning

ff. 127v-128v contain diverse matter, including short poems

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 54 (1 [ii]), with corrig. Nicoll p. 566; [recatalogued in error by Uri, Arab. Moh. 343 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 578]]
3. ff. 129r-158v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A fragment on the Cross, the priesthood, almsgiving, fasting and prayer etc.

Lacking beginning and end

f. 159 contains scribblings of sayings, proverbs etc., including aphorisms ascribed to Plato

Language(s): Arabic

References

Christian Appendix Sermons and Theological Treatises
[UAC. 54 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 566; [recatalogued in error by Uri, Arab. Moh. 343 (2), with corrig. Nicoll p. 578]]

Physical Description

Form: codex
82 ff. 44 ff. 30 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. 1307 CE 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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