University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 28

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30241

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 28

Title:

Tarjumah-ʼi khuṭab-i arbaʻīn / ترجمۀ خطب اربعین

Place:

China?

China TGN

Date:

between 1750 and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian with source-text in Arabic; some glosses and notes in Chinese

Persian WIKIDATA

Arabic WIKIDATA

Chinese WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 174 leaves, chiefly unbound : paper ; 286 x 200 (210 x 150) mm bound to 290 x 210 mm

Note:

Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper right verso.
Layout: 15 long lines; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in Chinese style naskh in black ink; pointed, Arabic vocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red; headers and source-text in larger script.
Binding: Work is almost entirely disbound. Covers are plain red-brown leather over pasteboard. Spine is missing.
Origin: Item is undated; probably copied in Northern or Western China in the later 18th or 19th century.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Persian

Eighteenth century

Commentaries

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Nineteenth century

Early works

Hadith--Commentaries

Hadith

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9914691863503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania