10 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Miscellanea, Arabic poetry, Mecca, and Arabic prose literature — 1492 | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

10 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Miscellanea, Arabic poetry, Mecca, and Arabic prose literature — 1492

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 64

Date

1492

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 1r-5r Author: Anonymous Title: Jottings, including verses, by the owner of the MS.

2. ff. 6-12 Author: Anonymous Title: A small collection of poems

3. ff. 13r-16v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of an adab work, containing tales and verses

4. ff. 17-24v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of a poetical anthology

5. ff. 25r-107v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of a historical work, containing the portion on events connected with the Ḥajj

6. ff. 108-117 Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of an anthology, mostly of verse, selected to illustrate the various kinds of composition

7. f. 123 Author: Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122 Title: al-Risālah al-shīnīyah

8. ff. 124v-136v Author: Anonymous Title: A collection of short mystical poems [lacking end]

9. ff. 137r-144v Author: Anonymous Title: A collection of poems.*

10. ff. 137v-138r Author: Bahāʼ al-Dīn Zuhayr ibn Muḥammad, 1185-1258 Title: Firāqī

Form

codex

Physical extent

5 ff. 7 ff. 4 ff. 8 ff. 83 ff. 10 ff. 1 f. 13 ff. 8 ff. 2 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Arabic prose literature--750-1258

Mecca, Pilgrimage to

Miscellanea

Arabic poetry

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