University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 168

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30090

Shelfmark:

CAJS Rar Ms 168

Title:

Four Gospels

Bible

Place:

Egypt?

Egypt TGN

Date:

1792.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustration

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 272 leaves : paper, illustration ; 120 x 88 (100 x 70) mm bound to 125 x 100 mm

Former Owner(s):

Rashīdī, Ibrāhīm / رشيدي، ابراهيم، Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from front flyleaf.
Layout: Written in black and red ink. Includes title-headings, catchwords, and diacritics.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized. The following leaves are of a later and cheaper paper and by a second hand, probably that of Ibrāhīm al-Rashīdī : 1-13, 17-18, 42-77, 208-213, 220-221, 242-243, 262-263, 271-272.
Decoration: Frontispiece of crosses in black ink (f. 1r).
Binding: Pasteboard with paper sides and textile spine.
Origin: Completed in 1508 of the Coptic Era = 1792 C.E. (f. 90r).
Formerly owned by Cyrus Adler (library bookplate inside front cover).
Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm al-Rashīdī (back flyleaf).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Annotations

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts

Eighteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9944235613503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania