Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 268

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26194

Shelfmark:

MS Or 268

Title:

Book of prayers and questions and answers

Prayer book

Questions and Answers

Date:

1775-18--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic and Ottoman Turkish

Arabic WIKIDATA

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Turkey?] : paper ; 138 x 88 (93 x 52) mm, bound to 144 x 93 x 12 mm

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Decoration: Border-rules in gold and black; verses punctuated by gold roundels; some rubrications and overlining in red.
Layout: Text 1 written in 9 long lines; text 2 written in 17 long lines.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Item is not dated; probably late 18th or 19th century.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Shelfmark: MS Or 268.
Formerly owned by George Arthur Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

codices (bound manuscripts)

Islam

Miscellanea

Manuscripts, Turkish

Islam--Customs and practices

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15003394

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library