F. 2v: piyyuṭim by Judah ha-Levi, יחלץ לבבך ומועדך יחלי and אחלי יכונו לפני אל ארחי, with Judaeo-Arabic heading. The other folios contain a list of names in Arabic, including Muḥammad al-Maghribī b. Yaḥyā and Abū ʿAlī b. Abdallah; the nisba al-Ismāʾīlī occurs frequently. There are several Coptic...
Recto: the opening of a legal document written in Fusṭāṭ, dated 15[67] (?) of the Seleucid era (= 1256 CE), under the authority of a public figure with many titles, including דגל הרבנים; this is presumably David b. Abraham Maimuni. One of the parties is Abū ʿAlā. Verso: accounts in Arabic, with ...
Manuscript Collection at the Monastery of St Saviour in Old Jerusalem
Scope & Content:
The collection contains 553 codices and rotuli, dating from the 12th to the 20th century and written in eight languages: Ethiopic, Arabic, Armenian, Corali, Greek, Hebrew, Miniati, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Coptic and Syriac. The texts present great variety and contain theological and philosophica...
Not identified. Physical condition of originals: text in 7 lines; 102 x 83 mm Wooden board; black ink; text written on one side; back side of the board solied with water stain
Hymn to St. Apater (Abadir) and his sister Erai (fragment). Written in Bohairic Coptic.. Physical condition of originals: 2 f, 17 lines; 130 x 143 mm Paper; black & red ink. Rubricated initials & punctuation; double folio. Condition: ink partly fadded, ink reflections of the text from th...
Matthew 5:6-7, 10-11; Matt. 5:11-12 & litany from the Easter mass at 6th hour; Matth 4:23-25 read on 26 Tuba. Hymn to St. Apater (Abadir) and his sister Erai (fragment). Written in Bohairic Coptic.. Physical condition of originals: 1 f, 17 lines; 123 x 93 mm Paper; black & red ink. Rubric...