Letter and vocabulary, Before 1634
- (2061) Letter of Sulţân Ahmad I (A.H. 1012-1026=A.D. 1603-1617) to King Henry IV of France, dated Constantinople... fols. 65-80.
- (2240) A Turkish-French-Armenian vocabulary, compiled by a European scholar, who may be Archbishop Laud himself (1634)... fols. 1-64.
Dates
- Creation: Before 1634
Extent
80 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 202
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘A 36’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 335
For a full descriptions in English, see:Beeston, A. F. L, H. Ethé and E. Sachau, Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (3 vols., Oxford, 1889-1953), nos. 2061, 2240
Custodial History
Manuscript 1742 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Dimensions
6 1/2 in. by 4 3/8 in.
Repository Details
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