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[Rasāʼil al-Qiddīs Būlus].
[رسائل القديس بولس].
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 172
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. Epistles of Paul. Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Penn Provenance:
- Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Dr. Cyrus Adler (bookplate with 2 ms. shelf marks, 1 in pencil, 1 in ink, front pastedown).
- Physical Description:
- 194 leaves : paper ; 162 x 110 mm bound to 166 x 122 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [between 1700 and 1799?]
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- Epistles of Paul with an introduction and an outline of their contents by the beadle Yaʻqūb ibn Abī al-Faraḥ who is probably also the copyist. There is also a detailed index at the end of the book.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Foliation: Paper, 194; [i], 5-7, 12-190, 192-199, 201-202, [203]; Coptic foliation in black and red ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on versos, lower left corner.
- Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, plus headline, in black and red ink with marginalia. One line added at foot of f. 114r; 2 lines added at foot of f. 141r.
- Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partly vocalized.
- Decoration: Rubrications in red. Diagram in black and red ink (f. 31); a few leaves have decorative elements in black and red ink.
- Binding: Binding: Full brown blind-tooled leather; ms. paper used as binder's waste at beginning and end of volume; white paper label with typed shelf-mark on spine. Spine damaged at head and tail; boards worn, especially at edges; cuts in upper board; boards and a few leaves at beginning and end of volume detached from textblock.
- Origin: Item is undated, probably eighteenth century. An owner's note is dated 1241 (1826) (f. [i]).
- Folios 1-4, 8-11, 191, 200, and one or two leaves at the end are wanting. Folio [i] torn vertically across lower portion of leaf; f. 160 torn and mended at tail margin; a few ink smudges in text.
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 172.
- OCLC:
- 276878212
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