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1. Or 8857

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857
Title:
Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany
Scope & Content:
Five quires (quires 5-9) of a miscellany produced in a monastic context containing Christian prayers, recipes for incenses, calendrical, astronomical, astrological, agricultural, medical and weather lore along with information about Christian feast days. Contents: 1) Fragment of a Christian pra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+33+i

2. Or 8857, ff 1v-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 1v-2v
Title:
Fragment of an astrological text
Scope & Content:
Fragment from the beginning of an anonymous astrological text. This text is on ff. 70v-71v of the Coptic foliation. Contents: Method for deriving a person's ascendant through a numerological analysis of the querent's name and that of his or her mother (f. 1v [70v Coptic foliation]); The numeric...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 1v-2v

3. Or 8857, ff 28v-30v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 28v-30v
Title:
Three recipes for incense
Scope & Content:
Three recipes for incense paste. This text is on ff. 47v-49v of the Coptic foliation. 　 Begins (f. 28v, lines 10-13 [47v Coptic foliation]): بسم الأب والابن وروح القدس إله وا حد هذه صفة بخور معجون طيب تأخذ من العود السن الجيد رطل ونصف رطل صندل وربع رطل سك جيد ووقية (!) ... 　 Ends (30r, l...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 28v-30v

4. Or 8857, f 18r-18v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, f 18r-18v
Title:
Fragment of a Christian prayer
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a Christian prayer. The text is defective at the beginning, and is found on the first folio of quire five of the original manuscript (f. 37r of the Coptic foliation). 　 Begins (f. 18r, lines 1-5, defective at beginning [37r Coptic foliation]): يا ربي وإلاهي خاضعًا [first 6 or 7 le...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 18r-18v

5. Or 8857, ff 22r-28v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 22r-28v
Title:
Duʿā allafahu ba‘ḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من النصارى
Scope & Content:
Christian prayer attributed to 'one of the true believers of the Christians' (baʿḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá). This text is on ff. 41r-47v of the Coptic foliation. 　 Begins (f. 22r, lines 10-13 [41r Coptic foliation]): ... بسم الله الرحمن الر حيم دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 22r-28v

6. Or 8857, ff 18v-22r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 18v-22r
Title:
Duʿā mustakhraj min Kitāb Dāwūd al-nabī دعا مستخرج من كتاب داود النبي
Scope & Content:
Prayer based on Psalm 6. This text is on ff. 37v-41r of the Coptic foliation. 　 Contents: Begins (f. 18v, line 13-19r, line 2 [37v-38r Coptic foliation]): يا رب لا بغضبك توبخني ولا جزك (؟) تؤدبني ارحمني يا رب فإن عظامي قد عطفًا علي يا رب نجني نفسي وح [first 6 or 7 letters illegible] خلصني...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 18v-22r

7. Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v
Title:
Kitāb al-azminah كتاب الأزمنة
Scope & Content:
Collection of calendrical, astronomical, meteorological and medical information along with details about Christian feast days and events in the commercial calendar. The material is arranged by month following the order of the Orthodox liturgical calendar, which begins on 1 Aylūl/September. For a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v