al-Muṣḥaf al-Muqaddas.
المصحف المقدس.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Yaʻqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, active 1760, patron.

Rashīdī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf, former owner.

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940, former owner.

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

يعقوب بن ابراهيم، active 1760،, patron.

رشيدي، ابراهيم بن يوسف،, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Old Testament. Selections. Arabic.

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic.

Manuscripts, 17th century.

Bibles

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Annotations (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al-Rashīdī (numerous notations and signatures, see f. 42v, 99v, for example).

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).

Physical Description:

ii, 349, ii leaves : paper, illuminations ; 300 x 205 (220 x 135) mm bound to 295 x 205 mm

Production:

[Egypt], [1760]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Copy of the Pentateuch and Historical Books (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings and Chronicles).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 158v, 349v).

Foliation: Coptic numeral foliation, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. Foliation in Arabic numerals added in pencil, upper left recto. References in the record are to the Arabic foliation.

Layout: Written in 22 long lines.

Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Decoration: Headpieces in red, yellow and black with occasional green (f. 1r, 43r, 76r, 100r, 131v, 159r, 180r, 200r, 203r, 230v, 252v, 277v, 301r, 323r); rubrications in red; some small ornaments in red.

Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); faint blind stamped central mandorla on covers with inlay mandorla on flap; plain paper doublure.

Origin: Copy completed on 14 Baūnah in 1476 of the Coptic Calender (June 1760 CE) for Yaʻqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, in Asyūṭ (f. 349v).

Watermarks: Three crescent moons; anchor.

Owner's notations on the flyleaves and next to every colophon.

Cited as:

CAJS Rar Ms 166

OCLC:

1150883192