Arabic manuscripts in the British Library. Islamic mysticism & philosophy. Philosophy.
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| OCLC: | 217295205 |
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| Language: | Arabic |
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Leiden, the Netherlands :
IDC Publishers,
[2001?]
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| Format: | Monograph Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| Item Description: | Title from IDC Publishers catalog online. "The British Library's collection of Arabic manuscripts is justly world-famous. It is one of the largest such collections in Europe and North America, comprising almost 15,000 works ... Philosophy [section includes] many copies of works by al-Abhari, al-Baghandi, al-Bihari, al-Damad, al-Farisi, al-Katibi al-Qazwini, al-Khayrabadi, al-Labkani al-'Uthmani, al-Shirazi, and others. 16 works of al-Farabi - known as (after Aristotle) the mu'alllim al-thani - in one 17th-century manuscript from the Mughal Library at Delhi, and 62 manuscripts of the philosophical works of Ibn Sina, including Kitab al-shifa' copied in 485/1092. Among the oldest manuscripts are the anonymous works, al-Mulakhkhas (603/1206), and Risalah yatadamman adab wa-hikmah (639/1242), Sinan Ibn Thabit's Siyasat al-nufus (639/1242), and al-Razi's Kitab al-sirah al-falsafiyah copied the same year. Early copies of the works of al-Katibi al-Qazwini, including 'Ayn al-qawa'id (677/1278), Bahr al-fawa'id (680/1282), and Jami' al-daqa'iq (672/1274). Selection of works by Indo-Arabic philosophers such as al-Jawnpuri, al-Lakhnawi, al-Mangaluri and al-Siyalkuti, and by authors popular in India including al-Jurjani, Mirak al-Bukhari, al-Tulunbi, al-Tusi and al-Yazdi." --IDC Publishers online catalog. Accompanied by: Subject-guide to the Arabic manuscripts in the British Library / compiled by Peter Stocks ; edited by Colin F. Baker. Copies of guide at: Z6621.O732 (reference copy); E-14031 (circulating copy) |
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| Physical Description: | 1666 microfiches ; 11 x 16 cm. |