University of Pennsylvania, LJS 51

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DS ID:

DS738

Shelfmark:

LJS 51

Title:

Collection of alphabets and encoded correspondence.

Place:

Syria

Syria TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 106 leaves : paper ; 180 x 124 (119 x 82) mm bound to 180 x 135 mm

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Possibly written in Syria, in the 15th century.
Binding: Modern quarter leather, wood covers.
Collation: Paper, 106; 1² 2¹⁰ 3-4⁸ 5¹⁰ 6⁴ 7⁶ 8-12¹⁰ 13⁸. Catchwords on each page, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 13 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh script.
Decoration: Arabic equivalents written above some alphabets in red.
Ms. codex.
Sold at auction at Christie's, 1996.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.

Keyword:

Specimens

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Medieval

alphabets (symbols)

Alphabets

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958166863503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3br8mg9s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania