Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 249: The Koran

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 249: The Koran

Alternate Title:

Koran

Language:

Arabic and Latin

Dimensions:

141 Height (mm) and 102 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1600 - 1699]

Provenance:

Donum Jacobi Hitchcock generosi de Grancetter quod dono dedit Bibliothecae maiori Col. Corporis Xti Cant. He does not appear to have been a member of the College. The gift was procured by Mr H.(?) Dobson says the College copy of Parker's Register (see Introd.). An Isaac Dobson became Fellow in 1628 and Vicar of Grantchester in 1644. In 1661-1667 he was University Librarian, and died in 1678. Mr Hitchcock is described in the MS. Catalogue of Benefactors as an attorney.

Table of contents:

The Koran

Description:

CCCC MS 249 contains a copy of the Koran, written in Arabic, possibly in the early seventeenth century. This codex was never part of Parker's collection, an inscription instead stating that the volume was donated to the college by Jacob (or James) Hitchcock, described as a 'gentleman of Granchester'. A note in a copy of Parker's Register states that the book was procured with the help of M Dobson, who may be identified with the Isaac Dobson who was a Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1628, vicar of Grantchester in 1644 and who rose to be Cambridge University Librarian before his death in 1678.