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151. Add MS 18576

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Title:
KISAS UL-ANBIYÁ, a History of the Prophets, by Ibráhím al-Naishápúri. Persian. Paper; XVIth cent. Folio. [Add. 18,576.]
Scope & Content:
Kisas al-Ambiyá: : Arab. and Pers.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

152. Add MS 18633

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Title:
Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French [imperfect] (ff. 1r-50v); with a paraphrase in Middle English prose (ff. 10v-39r).
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French. ff. 1r-50v: Latin text: 'Apocalipsis Ihesu Christi quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis'. Ending: 'Gratia Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi cum omnibus vobis. Amen'. ff. 1r-50v: French text: 'Ceste livre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 50 folios.

153. Add MS 18866

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Title:
نهاية السؤل والامنية في تعلم أعمال الفروسية Nihāyat al-su’l wa-al-umnīyah fī ta‘allum a‘māl al-furūsīyah أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī
Scope & Content:
A Mamluk manual on horsemanship, military arts and technology by Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Aqsarā’ī (محمد بن عيسى بن إسماعيل الأقسرائي ; d. 1348, Damascus). The manuscript was completed on 10 Muḥarram 773 (25 July 1371) by the scribe Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn Aḥmad al-Miṣrī (see colophon on f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
10 Muḥarram 773
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+292+ii

154. Add MS 18920

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Title:
John Harington, translation of ‘Orlando Furioso’
Scope & Content:
English translation of Cantos 14-46 of ‘Orlando Furioso’, by Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Translated by Sir John Harington, courtier and author (bap. 1560, d. 1612). This copy, in Harington’s handwriting, was used for the original print edition of the work by Richard Field in 1591. With corre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

155. Add MS 18993

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PORTIONS of Scripture to be read on some of the principal Feasts, Saints' Days, etc.; miracles of the Virgin Mary; salam to S. John the Evangelist; Æthiopic. Vellum; XVIth cent. Small Quarto. [Add. 18,993.]
Scope & Content:
Æthiopic MSS:.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

156. Add MS 19343

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Title:
ETHIOPIC, Amharic and Arabic Letters, written to Henry Salt by Ras Waldá Selasé and others; with English translations and specimens of Coptic writing, A.D. 1810-1827. Paper. Folio. [Add 19,343.]
Scope & Content:
Calligraphy: Specimens of Coptic writing: 1810-1827. Walda Selase, Ras: Letters to H. Salt: 1810-1827. Henry Salt, Secretary to Lord Valentia: Letters from Ras Waldá Selasé and others to: 1810-1827. Æthiopic MSS:.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1827
Extent:
1 item

157. Add MS 19413

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Title:
Arabic texts with Javanese glosses
Scope & Content:
Eight Arabic texts with Javanese glosses. The Arabic texts are fully described in Catalogus, 1838-71. vol. ii, no. DCCCLXXI. They are Islamic religious works and commentaries, some anonymous, others by ‘Abd al-Karĩm ibn Ibrāhīm, Abu al-Layth Muhammad ibn Abī Naṣr ibn Ibrahim as-Samarkandī, Aḥr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item; 383 folios

158. Add MS 19547

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Title:
al-Ṣulḥ bayna al-ikhwān fī ḥukm ibāḥat al-dukhān الصلح بين الإخوان في حكم إباحة الدخان Nābulusī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl نابلسي، عبد الغني بن إسماعيل
Scope & Content:
Treatise in defence of tobacco smoking (شَرَب التُتُن) on medical and legal grounds, written in 1092/1682 (see Author's Colophon, f. 127v, lines 11-13, transcribed below) by ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl al-Nābulusī (عبد الغني بن إسماعيل النابلسي, b. 1641, d. 1731). The copy was completed at t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Muḥarram 1161
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+127+vi

159. Add MS 19553

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Title:
Isocrates Ad Nicolem de regno; Lucian, De calumnia
Scope & Content:
Contents: Works by Isocrates and Lucian translated by Johannes Boerius or Giovanni Battista Boerio (b., c. 1450, d. before 1530), astrologist and physician to Henry VII, for Prince Henry, the future Henry VIII: his dedication on f. 1r, 'Illustrissimo Principi Henrico Serenissimi Regis Anglorun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1505
Extent:

Parchment codex

160. Add MS 19660

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Title:
THE PSALMS, with the Canticles, etc., as in the last manuscript. Ethiopic. Vellum; XVIth cent. Duodecimo. [Add. 19,660.]
Scope & Content:
Liturgies Æthiopic: Psalms, etc.: Æthiopic.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

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