Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts. Codices Arabici Arthur Christenseniani

Authors:Irmeli Perho (Compiler), Arthur Christensen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

Summary:Comprehensive listing of the holdings of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, on a series of Arabic manuscripts.

Print Book, English, 2003

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Publisher: NIAS Press : Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, 2003

Series:

Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts, xylographs, etc. in Danish collections, v. 5, pt. 2, vol. 5.2

Genre:Catalogs

Physical Description:xv, 434 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

ISBN:

9788791114076, 8791114071

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:56470145

Contents:

Manuscripts: astronomy; ethics; grammar; Hadith; history; law; legal theory; magic; medicine; metrics; philosophy; peotry; prayers; Qur'an and commentaries; rhetoric; Sufism; theology; vacabulary; zoology; bindings with mixed content.

Notes:

Describes 94 manuscripts and 3 lithographed prints acquired by Arthur Christensen during his travels in Iran between February and August, 1914. Most of the manuscripts contain legal writings from the Twelver Shi'ah community. The manuscripts are in the holdings of the Royal Library of Denmark--Introduction, page xi