5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Ethics, Aphorisms and apothegms, and Arabic poetry — 1607 | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Astronomy, Ethics, Aphorisms and apothegms, and Arabic poetry — 1607

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. Or. 183

Date

1607

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 2r-16v Author: Anonymous Title: An assortment of astronomical notes

2. ff. 17r-117r Author: Anonymous Title: A miscellany of ethical and proverbial extracts

3. ff. 37r-51v Author: Luqmān, the Sage Title: Amthāl Luqmān al-ḥakīm

4. ff. 75v-86 Author and Bibliographic antecedent: Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 915 or 16-965 Title: Verses selected and edited by Abū ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ḥātimī d. 998 to show the connection of thought between Mutanabbī and Aristotle

5. ff. 118v-198v; f. 1r, v Author: Anonymous Title: The story of Secundus and his vow of silence

Form

codex

Physical extent

15 ff. 101 ff. 15 ff. 12 ff. 82 ff.

Subject

Astronomy

Aphorisms and apothegms

Arabic poetry--750-1258

Ethics

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