Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 142

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DS ID:

DS6702

Shelfmark:

MS Or 142

Title:

Collection of prayers

Scribe:

Muḥsin al-Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī, active 1849 / محسن الشريف الحسيني، active 1849

Muḥsin al-Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī WIKIDATA

Date:

1849.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic with a short introduction in Persian

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 202 leaves : European laid paper with watermarks ; 158 x 80 (120 x 57) mm, bound to 155 x 82 x 25 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from colophon (f. 220a).
Layout: 10 long lines; catchwords each verso, lower left.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized; one table and some headings in nastaʻlīq in red and blue; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in black and red; page frame-ruled in black; rubrications and overlining in red; table in red and blue (f. 2r).
Origin: Copy completed on 19 Jumādá al-Thānī 1265 AH by Muḥsin al-Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī (f. 206r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 142.

Keyword:

tables (documents)

prayers (literary works)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Prayers and devotions

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Persian

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15265576

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265576_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library