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References
- Savage-Smith, Emilie (2005), A descriptive catalogue of Oriental manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford, Oxford:Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-920195-1
- Savage-Smith, Emilie (2011) "A New Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Vol.I, Medicine" Oxford University Press
