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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astrology, Muḥammad, and Christianity and other religions — 17th cent.

MS. Marsh 264

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

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Title

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Astrology, Muḥammad, and Christianity and other religions — 17th cent.

Shelfmark

MS. Marsh 264

Date

17th cent.

Language

Persian

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-50r Author: Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Title: al-Thamarah Title: Centiloquium
2. ff. 59v-53r Author: Anonymous Title: al-ʻAhd wa-al-shurūt allatī sharaṭahā Muḥammad rasūl Allāh li-ahl al-millah al-naṣrānīyah

Form

codex

Physical extent

50 ff. 7 ff.

Acquisition

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Provenance

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri M.S. Incompacti in quarto &c, no. 24, and Addenda. Libri M.S. Incompacti in quarto, no. 3].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

Subject

Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632--Biography

Christianity and other religions--Islam

Astrology

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  • Anonymous
  • Golius, Jacobus, 1596-1667

  • Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713

  • Ptolemy, active 2nd century

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