[Gospel of Mark].
[إنجيل مرقس].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940, donor.

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Mark. Selections.

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Dr. Cyrus Adler.

Physical Description:

96 leaves : paper ; 124 x 76 mm

Place of Publication:

[between 1750 and 1850?]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Part of the New Testament containing the Gospel of Mark 2.12-16.14 inclusive.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 96; 1-39, [i], 40-95; modern Roman script foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on versos, lower center.

Layout: Written in primarily black ink (1 line in red on f. 86r) in 10-11 lines per page on coarse paper; text area frame-ruled in blind.

Script: Written in a clumsy and inexperienced naskh in black ink with poor spelling and omissions caused by homoioteleuta.

Binding: Disbound; two sewing supports present.

Origin: No indication of date, place, or copyist but probably mid-18th to mid-19th century.

Condition: Copy has occasional ink smudges; f. 3r rather smeared; small hole in lower portion of a few leaves with minor damage to text (f. 50-51).

Copy has ms. shelf-mark in pencil and ms. inscription ("Marc. II., 12") on f. 1r; ms. inscription ("Marc. XIV 14") on f. 95v; some marginal annotations.

Cited as:

CAJS Rar Ms 169.

OCLC:

276878211