The volume contains 133 leaves. Folios 128b, 129ab, and 130b are blank. Folio 128a has a later note classifying twenty-five worldly activities (اعمال الدنيا). Folio 130a contains a fragment of the books of wisdom in the Septuagint, quoting Solomon the Wise (سليمان الكلي الحكمة) and the book of Ḥunayn [= Yashūʿ] ibn Shīrāḥ [the book Sirach]; see Graf, GCAL, i. 128. Folio 131ab is another fragment from the wisdom literature, while folios 132a−133b contain the moral narrative of an unnamed ruler who seeks the counsel of his wazir regarding the state of his soul following his necessary departure from this world, possibly composed by a monk (al-rāhib, folio 133b). — 1299?*

Title

The volume contains 133 leaves. Folios 128b, 129ab, and 130b are blank. Folio 128a has a later note classifying twenty-five worldly activities (اعمال الدنيا). Folio 130a contains a fragment of the books of wisdom in the Septuagint, quoting Solomon the Wise (سليمان الكلي الحكمة) and the book of Ḥunayn [= Yashūʿ] ibn Shīrāḥ [the book Sirach]; see Graf, GCAL, i. 128. Folio 131ab is another fragment from the wisdom literature, while folios 132a−133b contain the moral narrative of an unnamed ruler who seeks the counsel of his wazir regarding the state of his soul following his necessary departure from this world, possibly composed by a monk (al-rāhib, folio 133b). — 1299?*

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. Or. 231

Date

1299?*

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

127 ff. 1 f. 1 f. 1 f. 2 ff.

Acquisition

The volume was apparently given by Paul Pindar in 1611. Former shelfmarks: Arch.B.8 and MS. Arch.A.149

Subject

Ethics

Medicine

Arabic proverbs