Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 133

Metadata

DS ID:

DS29505

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 133

Title:

Akhayn al-qudsayn al-jalīlayn al-Shaykh Barlām wa-Ibn Malik al-Hind Yūṣāf / اخين القدسين الجليلين الشيخ برلام وابن ملك الهند يوصاف

Place:

Syria

Syria TGN

Date:

1807

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 61 leaves : paper ; 234 x 175 (185 x 110) mm. bound to 242 x 180 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from f. 1a.
On inner front cover: W.S.W. Ms. 1.35.
Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in crude naskh in black on laid European paper. Headings and some punctuation in red ink. Catchwords; a few marginal notes. Lacunae follow fol. 15, 48 and 55. Paper is slightly discolored, some leaves torn, others repaired, especially in gutter. Edges ragged; minor insect damage. Some damp staining. Text block loosened from binding.
Origin: Copy completed July 1807 by Ibrāhīm al-Shāmī ibn Ḥurmat [?] ibn Yūsuf al-Shāmī in nine days (fol. 61a).
Note dated 1829 on fol. 61a.
AM 15727. Gift of William Scott Watson (1862-1944) (Princeton Theological Seminary Class of 1888).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Syria

Christian literature, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930591943506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University