Oxford, Bodleian Library, Marsh 206
early 11th/17th c. (? Fihrist).
Or.:unknown, probably the Maghreb; copied by Shaykh Aḥmad Maṣūba (?) and his disciple (201r).
Prov.:a partially erased statement of ownership by … b. Manṣūr b. Yāl.t.n (?) al-W.zka (?) (1r). A crossed-out statement of ownership by … b. ʿAlī … with signature (1r). Old shelfmark: ‘Math. No. 9’ (Ir), catalogue number ‘Urii Moh. Arab. CMXCII’ (Ir).
Cod.: laid paper, I+201+Ia ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals; catchwords). Two maghribī hands in black. First hand (1v–88v): readable and elegant. Fully dotted ductus; occasional vowels and hamzas and frequent shaddas. Centered book headings in red; the words qāla Baṭlamiyūs introducing text by Ptolemy in red and the words qāla l-mufassir introducing text by ʿAlī b. Riḍwān in blue. Second hand (89v–201v): faster and unpolished. Partially dotted ductus; hardly any vowels, hamzas or shaddas. Book headings in bold black; the words qāla Baṭlamyūs introducing text by Ptolemy and qāla l-mufassir introducing text by ʿAlī b. Riḍwān in bold black. Minor tables and horoscopes. Dimensions: not provided; 30 lines (1v–88v) and 27 lines (89v–201v) per page. Substantial moisture stains; mold stains; ink smudges. Some restorations of the first folios not affecting the body text. Covers in reddish leather over paper pasteboards decorated with fillets. Type III binding.
Cont.: astrology. —
Bibl.: Johannes Uri, Bibliothecae Bodleianae Codicum Manuscriptorum Orientalium, videlicet Hebraicorum, Chaldaicorum, Syriacorum, Aethiopicorum, Arabicorum, Persicorum, Turcicorum, Copticorumque Catalogus. Pars prima, Codices Manuscripti Arabici, Oxford: Clarendon, 1787, p. 216 (no. CMXCII); Alexander Nicoll and Edward B. Pusey, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum orientalium Bibliothecae Bodleianae. Pars secunda. Arabicos complectens, Oxford: Clarendon, 1835, p. 605; Fihrist – Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_11553.
1v–201v
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\1v\ ⟨…⟩ = ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān, Tafsīr al-Maqālāt al-arbaʿ (C.2.3)
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