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3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Astrolabes, Astronomical instruments, Arabic language, and Arabic poetry

MS. Marsh 263

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Astrolabes, Astronomical instruments, Arabic language, and Arabic poetry

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 263

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-23v Author: Anonymous Title: Risālah fī ʻilm al-asṭurlāb
2. ff. 25r-39r Author: Anonymous Title: Farhang-i Gulistān
3. ff. 76-101 Title: Muʻallaqāt

Form

codex

Physical extent

24 ff. 15 ff. 25 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Addenda. Libri M.S. Compacti in quarto, no. 20, and Addenda. Libri M.SS. Incompacti in quarto, no. 4].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Arabic language--Dictionaries--Persian

Astrolabes

Arabic poetry--To 622

Astronomical instruments

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  • Anonymous
  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

  • Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667

  • Baghdādī, Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Maḥfūẓ, fl. ca. 13th century

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