Harvard University, MS Arab SM8380

Metadata

DS ID:

DS10411

Shelfmark:

MS Arab SM8380

Title:

Arabic commentary

Date:

circa 1100-1199.

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 leaves, unbound (.04 linear feet) : vellum ; 18 cm

Former Owner(s):

Grote, F

Frans de Groot WIKIDATA

Note:

Palimpsest with new text written in black ink with some red ink letters in 17 or 18 lines on both sides of each leaf.
Possibly from St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Semitic Museum deposit, circa 1959.
Purchased by the Harvard Semitic Museum in 1922 from Dr. F. Grote.

Keyword:

palimpsests (manuscripts)

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144365250203941/catalog

Holding Institution:

Harvard University