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[Prayers and commentary]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vh5cj6f
Title: [Prayers and commentary]
Name: Ilyās ibn Khamzah ʻAlī Niyat ʻAlī ibn Khamzah, active 1484 (scribe)
Date: 1484
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices (bound manuscripts), Prayers, Annotations, Diagrams, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Devotional literature, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Collection of prayers in Arabic, each preceded by a commentary in Ottoman Turkish, with a diagram (f. 217v) and information at the end for calculating the direction of Mecca from different latitudes. Sections of copious marginal notes at the end of the manuscript (f. 185r-186r, 192r-201v, 208r-209v, 216v-220r). Later notes and pen trials in naskh script on front flyleaf.
Extent: 221 leaves : paper ; 140 x 100 (83 x 62) mm bound to 140 x 112 mm
Language: Arabic
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Paper, i + 221; 1⁶ 2¹² 3⁸ 4¹² 5⁸ 6¹² 7⁸ 8¹²(-2) 9⁸ 10⁷ 11-12⁶ 13-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-19¹⁰ 20¹² 21⁸ 22² 23⁸ 24² 25⁸ 26¹⁰; 1-108, [i], 109-220, later European foliation in ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Layout: Written in 11 long lines, border-ruled., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed., Decoration: Black or red woodcut fillet border on each page; rubrications in red or green ink; some leaves stained yellow or red., Binding: Dark brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gilt stamped central medallion with two pendants on the vertical axis on covers, coordinating stamp on flap; reddish leather doublure; labels on spine; description of manuscript in German on note pasted to inside upper cover., Origin: Copy completed in Ṣafar A.H. 889 (March 1484; colophon, f. 220r)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Arabic, with commentary in Ottoman Turkish.
Relation: Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs38.html, Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1330544, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vh5cj6f
Subject: Islam -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Islam -- Prayers and devotions
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 38
Provenance: Formerly owned by Johann Michael Schiller, 1655 (inscription inside lower cover; another 17th-century inscription on the inside lower cover is not legible)., Formerly owned by Leander van Ess; sold as part of his collection in 1823 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 757 (spine label, stamp and number in ink on f. 1 recto)., Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 26 Nov. 1968, lot 245, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016., Schiller, Johann Michael, 17th century, former owner., Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847, former owner., Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9958164163503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3vh5cj6f/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS642
Shelfmark:: LJS 38
Title:: Prayers and commentary

Prayer book
Scribe:: Ilyās ibn Khamzah ʻAlī Niyat ʻAlī ibn Khamzah, active 1484 / الياس بن خمزه علي نيت علي بن خمزه, d

Ilyās ibn Khamzah ʻAlī Niyat ʻAlī ibn Khamzah WIKIDATA
Place:: Turkey?

Turkey TGN
Date:: A.H. 889 (1484)

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Arabic, with commentary in Ottoman Turkish

Arabic WIKIDATA

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA
Material:: paper

Paper AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 221 leaves : paper ; 140 x 100 (83 x 62) mm bound to 140 x 112 mm
Former Owner(s):: Schiller, Johann Michael, 17th century

Johann Michael Schiller WIKIDATA
Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847

Johann Heinrich van Ess WIKIDATA
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA
Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, i + 221; 16 212 38 412 58 612 78 812(-2) 98 107 11-126 13-1510 168 17-1910 2012 218 222 238 242 258 2610; 1-108, [i], 109-220, later European foliation in ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 11 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Black or red woodcut fillet border on each page; rubrications in red or green ink; some leaves stained yellow or red.
Binding: Dark brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gilt stamped central medallion with two pendants on the vertical axis on covers, coordinating stamp on flap; reddish leather doublure; labels on spine; description of manuscript in German on note pasted to inside upper cover.
Origin: Copy completed in Ṣafar A.H. 889 (March 1484; colophon, f. 220r).
Formerly owned by Johann Michael Schiller, 1655 (inscription inside lower cover; another 17th-century inscription on the inside lower cover is not legible).
Formerly owned by Leander van Ess; sold as part of his collection in 1823 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 757 (spine label, stamp and number in ink on f. 1 recto).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 26 Nov. 1968, lot 245, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Keyword:: Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Devotional literature

diagrams

prayers (literary genre)

annotations

Manuscripts, Arabic

Prayers

Manuscripts, Turkish

Early works

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam

Prayers and devotions
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9958164163503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3vh5cj6f/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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