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Barlām wa-Yawāṣaf.
برلام ويواصف.
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 183
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Barlaam and Joasaph. Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Gautama Buddha.
- Christian legends.
- Legends.
- Gautama Buddha--Legends.
- Gautama Buddha--Christian interpretations.
- Christian legends--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Penn Provenance:
- Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate with 2 ms. shelf marks,1 in ink, 1 in pencil, back free endpaper) by Dr. Cyrus Adler (typescript note on paper slip laid in).
- Physical Description:
- i, 269, i leaves : paper ; 202-207 x 144-147 mm bound to 208 x 155 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [between 1650 and 1799?]
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- Narrative of the conversion of the Indian prince Yūṣuf by the ascetic Barlām which is considered to be a Christian revision of an episode from Buddha's life. Three leaves are missing from the front of the copy, but the story itself begins on the first of the remaining leaves. The last three leaves are newer paper in a later hand. Flyleaves contain owners' inscriptions and drawings.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title from introduction to story (f. 4r).
- Foliation: Paper, i + 269 + i; 4-266, [267-272]; Coptic foliation in black and red ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on versos, lower left corner. Foliation in Arabic numerals added in pencil, upper left recto [1-296]
- Layout: Written in 14 lines per page in black and red ink with occasional marginalia; folios 4-266 ruled in blind; folios [267-269] frame-ruled in blind.
- Script: Written in upright naskh in black and red ink; pointed and partially vocalized. Folios [267-269] in a later hand.
- Decoration: Rubrications in red.
- Binding: Full brown leather with fore-edge flap and envelope flap (Type II); boards and envelope flap tooled in blind; white paper spine label with typed shelf mark.
- Origin: Item is undated, perhaps produced in the 17th or 18th century.
- Condition: Dampstaining, some text affected; some leaves loose.
- Copy has 2 paper slips (1 ms., 1 typescript) identifying the work laid in. The typescript slip also includes provenance information ("Gift of Dr. Cyrus Adler").
- Watermark: Crown-star-crescent.
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 183.
- OCLC:
- 276880229
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