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[Selection of Psalms to be read on specific days of the months].
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 178
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. Psalms. Selections. Arabic.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Coptic Church--Liturgy--Texts.
- Coptic Church.
- Devotional literature--Coptic.
- Devotional literature.
- Liturgics.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, 19th century.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Texts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned Cyrus Adler (note on bookplate inside front cover).
- Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).
- Physical Description:
- 43 leaves : paper ; 150 x 96 (110 x 60) mm bound to 150 x 90 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Language Note:
- Arabic
- Summary:
- A selection of Psalms to be recited at specific times and on specific days of the Coptic months; the copy begins abruptly, is missing pages and only includes parts of the following five months: Tūt, Hātūr, Kiyahk, Ṭūbah and Amshīr.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
- Layout: Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled.
- Script: Written in informal naskh in black ink; pointed.
- Decoration: Headings in larger script.
- Binding: Wrapped in a reused binding that does not quite fit the textblock; detached; boards are blind-stamped with a central mandorla.
- Origin: The copy is undated, perhaps produced in the 19th century.
- Description of manuscript in English laid in.
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 178.
- OCLC:
- 1164688172
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