A copy of al-Fārābī's 'Grand Book on Music', collated and annotated by Rauf Yekta Bey. — Multiple dates; Istanbul
MS. Arab. d. 257
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World
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Title
A copy of al-Fārābī's 'Grand Book on Music', collated and annotated by Rauf Yekta Bey. — Multiple dates; Istanbul
Shelfmark
MS. Arab. d. 257
Place of origin
Istanbul
Date
8th March 1902.
Language
Arabic
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. iii + 256 + iv.
Hands
Script: Professional Naskh/taʻlīq, in black ink. Scribe: ʻAbd al-Raʼūf al-Qazānī
Script: Common ruqʻah style script. Scribe: Rauf Yekta, 1871-1935
Acquisition
Bought from N. G. McBurney ABA, [early printing and manuscripts of the Islamic world, list II] , 11th December 2019. Purchased with the support of Friends of the Bodleian , and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund , and a private donor.
Provenance
Rauf Yekta Bey.
Subject
Music
Musicology
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