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Or 1447
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 1447
- Title:
- Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 90 folios (i+90+ii)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Samaritan - Scripts:
- Arabic
Samaritan - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1700-1866
- Era:
- CE
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Or 1447
Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath
Contents
Samaritan chronicle Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath.
Language(s): Arabic, Samaritan
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 18th-19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 90 folios (i+90+ii)Binding
BM/BL in-house binding.
Spine: 'Samaritan Chronicle. Arabic. Brit. Mus. Oriental 1447.'
History
Origin: 1700-1866Provenance and Acquisition
1877-11-03
Purchased of Ya'kub al Shalabi 3 Nov. 1877: inscribed on back flyleaf (ii)v. The vendor was the agent of the High Priest, Jacob ben Aaron.
I
Contents
ff. 1v-43rLanguage(s): Arabic, SamaritanTitle: Kitab al-TarikhTitle: כתאב אלתאריךAlso called Sefer ha-Yamim, written in the 14th century at the instigation of the High Priest, Pinhas ben Joseph.
Fols. 1v-43r: first part of the chronicle.
Colophon:Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper; tré-lune marking of types, similar to nos. 396 and 397 of 1726 in Nikolaev,Watermarks of the Ottoman Empire (Sofia, 1954), with countermarks BV and a clover leaf.Extent: 43 foliosDimensions (leaf): 212 × 155 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Collation
Quire structure cannot be determined because the MS was side-sewn during restoration.
No signatures, but catchwords on every verso.
Written in black ink.
Condition
Slight water damage, stains, smudged ink.
Guarding on the gutters, both normal sewing and side sewing.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 20
Composite ruling done per quire, and the lines become more feint from leaf to leaf.
Correction was done by inserting matter vertically in he margins.
Hand(s)
Arabic Nashki script and Samaritan majuscule and minuscule script of the 18th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1700-1726 NablusProvenance
II
Contents
ff. 44r-89vLanguage(s): Arabic, SamaritanTitle: Kitab al-TarikhTitle: כתאב אלתאריךContinuation of Part I: the second part of the chronicle.
Colophon: Fol. 89v.Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper, watermark: three crescents ('tré lune'), similar to nos. 885 and 891of 1802 in Nikolaev,Watermarks of the mediaeval Ottoman documents in Bulgarian libraries (Sofia, 1954).Extent: 43 folios (fols. 44-89)Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 157 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals; continuous with previous part.
Collation
Quire structure irregular, including quires of 2-8 bifolios.
No signatures, but catchwords on every verso.
Written in black ink.
Condition
Slight water damage, stains, smudged ink.
Guarding on the gutters, both normal sewing and side sewing.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 20
The lines are ruled by bifolium.
Correction was done by inserting matter vertically in he margins.
Hand(s)
Arabic Ruq'a script and Samaritan minuscule script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1866 NablusProvenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and Crown, Alan David: A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1447 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Rieu, Charles,Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices Arabicos amplectens (Londini: Impensis curatorum Musei Britannici, 1838-1871), v.2, p. 36, no. 54.Margoliouth, G. et al. (eds.)Descriptive List of the Hebrew and Samaritan MSS. in the British Museum (London, 1893), p 93.Stenhouse, P.L., 'Kitab al-Tarikh of Abu'l-Fath' (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Sydney, 1981), his MS B/Ba and vol. 1, pp. 19-20.Crown, Alan David,A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 17.Crown, Alan David,Samaritan Scribes and Manuscripts (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, c2001), p. 29.Funding of Cataloguing
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