United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1012
How To Cite
United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1012, fol. x1, digital image published by the Digital Averroes Research Environment (DARE), URI: https://dare.uni-koeln.de/app/manuscripts/BOOK-DARE-M-GB-CMG-UL-Or.1012/page/1
United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1012
Averroes' Commentary onAvicenna's Cantica
Physical Description
Material: Paper
Pages: 120 leaves
Leaves Format:not available
Dimensions:not available
Detailed Description
Foliation:
Western foliation (pencil); catchwords
Mistake: f.
73r
was skipped. The DARE foliation offers the correct counting.
Decoration: Avicenna
's text is written partly in red.
Layout:
About
20
lines to the page.
Avicenna
's text is written in a larger size.
Hand Description:
One hand; scholar's maghribī.
Binding Description:
Original brown leather binding with a flap (
x1
) and gold embossing on cover and spine. The fragment of another manuscript is sticked at the inner side of the cover (
x2
). The flap is got torn (
x4
).
History
Origin Date: December 1716 / January 1717 (Muḥarram 1129 h.)
Origin Place:not available
Arthur J. Arberry ,
A second supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan
manuscripts in the University and Colleges of Cambridge, Cambridge (1952)
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