University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 189
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- DS ID:
- DS30232
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 189
- Title:
- Gospel of Mark in Coptic
- Place:
- Egypt?
- Date:
- between 1750 and 1850?
- Language:
- Coptic with some Arabic
- Material:
- paper, illuminations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ii, 149, iii leaves : paper, illuminations ; 155 x 105 (120 x 70) mm bound to 155 x 110 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper right recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: Written in 16 lines; frame-ruled; the first 14 leaves have a column in Coptic on the left (70 mm) and a column in Arabic on the right (30 mm); the rest of the text is the single column of Coptic with a wide margin on the right where the Arabic would have been.
Script: Written in Coptic with Arabic in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red; illuminated initial letters in yellow, red, green.
Binding: Disbound; held between pulpboard boards with yellow marbled paper sides; no spine; quires are oversewn.
Origin: The item is not dated, perhaps produced in the second half of the 18th or 19th century.
Formerly owned by Cyrus Adler (note on library bookplate, inside front cover).
Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9977796552103681
- Holding Institution:
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