Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 578: Kalilah and Dimna
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- This manuscript contains an exceptionally beautiful copy of Kalila wa Dimna, the eighth-century Arabic text by Abdullah ibn al-Mugaffa. Ibn al-Mugaffas work was based on a third-century Sanskrit speculum principis text, which was transmitted to the Arab world by way of an intermediary sixth-century Persian translation. Kalila wa Dimna contains a series of instructive animal fables, which might be compared to Aesops Fables in the Greek tradition. CCCC MS 578 is a fourteenth-century manuscript, in a very fine hand, with superb illustrations characteristic of the Baghdad school. The manuscript was given to Corpus Christi College by W. T. Sandiford in 1796.
- Contents
- Kalilah and Dimna
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | ff. 135 |
| Date created | [ca. 1300 - 1399] |
| Language | Arabic |
| Material | Vellum |
| Height (mm) | 305 |
| Width (mm) | 210 |
| Foliation | ff. i-viii + 1-43 + 43a + 44-135 + ix-xiv |
| Provenance | Given by W. T. Sandiford in 1796. |
| Decoration | Miniatures of the so-called Baghdad school. |
Bibliographic information
| M.R. James Date | xiv |
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| Augmented James Record | |
| Contains |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yg734tn1217 |
| Location | MS 578 |
| Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
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- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC).
Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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