University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 39

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30163

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 39

Title:

Rātib al-mahdī / راتب المهدي

Author:

Nashāwī, Ḥasan Sayyid Aḥmad, active 1885 / نشاوي، حسن سيد احمد active 1885

Date:

A.H. 1302 (1885)

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 35 leaves: paper ; 212 x 155 (170 x 80) mm bound to 215 x 165 mm

Note:

Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 15 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in purple.
Binding: Modern cardboard with mottled paper sides and flap (Type II); red leather spine and fore-edge hinge; plain paper doublure with red fabric spine and fore-edge hinge lining. The binding is loose from the textblock and appears never to have been bound to it.
Origin: Copy completed on 17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1302 A.H. (7 September 1885) (f. 35v).
Watermarks: Abū Shubbāk (crescent face in a shield) with signature in Latin cursive script.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Arabic

manuscripts (documents)

Devotional literature

Prayers

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam

Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9914696383503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania