Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 25
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4177
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 25
- Title:
- Devotional Book.
- Scribe:
- Ḥamīdī, Ibrāhīm Bahjat / حميدي، ابراهيم بهجت.
- Place:
- Turkey? ;
- Language:
- Arabic with some headers in Ottoman Turkish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 156 leaves : 170 x 107 (110 x 55) mm bound to 170 x 115 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century Early works Prayers and devotions Codices (bound manuscripts) Prayers (literary works) Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
A series of notes in the back list the names of five sons born to the owner of the manuscript over the years A.H. 1266 to 1284 (1850-1867), though the owner himself is not named (f. 156r-156v).
Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Covers are blind-stamped and gilded with a central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis with gold tooled decorations and frame. The flap has a coordinating blind stamped and gilded medallion. Yellow paper doublure.
Layout: 11 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink.
Decoration: Rubrications in red; textblock border-ruled in gold, black, red; headers in red; series of 59 illuminations of significant names, illustrations of significant places and objects, and prayers in different shapes (f. 63r-84r; 85r, 91v-93r). A sequence of stamps in decorated borders also appear (f. 86v-91r).
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_025.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_025/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
