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[Four Gospels].
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 168
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. Gospels. Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, 18th century.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Annotations (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Cyrus Adler (library bookplate inside front cover).
- Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm al-Rashīdī (back flyleaf).
- Physical Description:
- i, 272 leaves : paper, illustration ; 120 x 88 (100 x 70) mm bound to 125 x 100 mm
- Production:
- [Egypt?], 1792.
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- The Four Gospels preceded by an introduction and index. Chapters are indicated in the margins in Coptic numerals.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title from front flyleaf.
- Layout: Written in black and red ink. Includes title-headings, catchwords, and diacritics.
- Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized. The following leaves are of a later and cheaper paper and by a second hand, probably that of Ibrāhīm al-Rashīdī : 1-13, 17-18, 42-77, 208-213, 220-221, 242-243, 262-263, 271-272.
- Decoration: Frontispiece of crosses in black ink (f. 1r).
- Binding: Pasteboard with paper sides and textile spine.
- Origin: Completed in 1508 of the Coptic Era = 1792 C.E. (f. 90r).
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 168.
- OCLC:
- 276879247
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