Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab c. 90

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  • Bodleian Library MS. Arab c. 90
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  • 1190–1210
Language
  • Arabic
Title
  • Kitāb Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn (كتاب غرائب الفنون وملح العيون) ('The Book of Curiosities')
Description
  • Incomplete late 12th or early 13th century copy, probably made in Egypt, of an anonymous work compiled in Egypt between AD 1020 and 1050. Contains a number of unique illustrations and rare texts. Erroneously attributed to ʻArabānī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Husām al-Dīn, d. 1450.
    Contents: Divided into two books, one on celestial matters, one on the Earth.
    Extent: ff. 48. Size of page: 324 x 245 mm. Size of written area: 291 x 226 mm.
    Layout: 27 lines per page. Frame-ruled text area.
    Hand: Medium-large Naskh script in dense black ink, with headings in red.
    Decoration: 23 maps and diagrams.
    Binding: Disbound, binding retained. 18th or 19th century Ottoman binding in poor condition.
    Provenance: Bought from Sam Fogg, 2002.
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