4 works by 4 authors on the subject of Precious stones — Multiple dates | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

4 works by 4 authors on the subject of Precious stones — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 452

Date

18th cent.?

17th cent.

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 1-24v Author: Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, d. 1253 or 4 Title: Azhār al-afkār fī khawāṣṣ jawāhir al-aḥjar

2. ff. 24v-44v Author: Kutubī, Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad Title: Sirr al-asrār fī al-jawāhir wa-al-aḥjār

3. ff. 44v-59v Author: Hermes, Trismegistus Title: A [non-scientific] work on precious stones

4. pp. 119-123 Author: Majrīṭī, Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, d. 1004? Title: Kitāb al-Aḥjār

Form

codex

Physical extent

24 ff. 21 ff. 16 ff. 5 pp.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri M.S. Incompacti in folio, no. 14].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Precious stones

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