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- Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath
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- Extent:
- 93 folios (i+93+xxviii)
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- Languages:
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Samaritan - Scripts:
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Samaritan - Start Date:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 1859
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
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- CE
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Or 2080
Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath
Contents
Samaritan chronicle Kitab al-Tarikh by Abul Fath
Language(s): Arabic, Samaritan
ff. 1v-93vTitle: כתאב אלתאריךTitle: Kitab al-TarikhA shortened version up to the time of Harun al-Rashid, but it is longer than the printed Vilmar text for it has material on the Omayyede Caliphs.
Colophon: Fol. 93v.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper: fols. 1-88: paper with chain and laid lines watermarked with a face and a shield, countermarked AC or VC (Nikolaev,Watermarks of the mediaeval Ottoman documents in Bulgarian libraries[Sofia, 1954], no. 1154). Last quire (fols. 89 onwards) is on cartridge paper.Extent: 93 folios (i+93+xxviii)Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 158 mm.Dimensions (written): 150 × 105 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals.
Some of the first folios are numbered in Arabic.
Collation
10 Quires of 10 leaves. First quire includes the front pastedown and the front flyleaf. Last quire (fols. 89-39 + back flyleaves (i)-(v)).
Catchword in each verso set diagonally.
Condition
Smudged ink, fingerprints, stains, small tear on front flyleaf.
Bookplate on back pastedown is partially removed.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 18
Ruling was done with an 18-line mastara.
Justification is partial and where it exists includes elongation of letters.
Fols. 1-39: certain words are in red ink.
Hand(s)
Nashki and cursive Arabic script and Samaritan script.
The scribe was Yusuf ibn Israel ibn Ishmael ibn Ibrahim with the help of the High Priest Yaqub ibn Harun, the Levite.
Decoration
Additions:Binding
The original binding has been reworked by a western binder who retained the original case and added a number of folios. The original boards are cockled, indicating that it was made from reused manuscript leaves. The rebinding left the case quarter-bound, with red leather hinger and spine, with side panels of black paper.
Spine: 'Abul Fath. Samaritan Chronicle. Arabic. British Museum. Oriental. 2080.'
History
Origin: 1859 West Bank (Shechem)Provenance and Acquisition
On back pastedown: remains of the book plate of Rev. George W[hite], with the Latin motto: 'Malo m[ori] quam foedari'.
1878-05-14
Bought of Ya'kub al Shalabi 14 May 1878: inscribed on back flyleaf (xxviii)v.
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_2080 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Schnurrer, C. F., 'Noch eine Probe aus dem Samaritanischen Chronikon de Abu'l Patach von Christian Friederich Schnurrer' in H.E.G. Paulus,Memorabilien II (1792), pp. 54-101.Vilmar, E.,Abulfathi Annales Samaritani (Gotha, 1865).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. 35, no. 53.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 E. and vol. 1, pp. 17-18.Crown, Alan David,A Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 1998), no. 18.Funding of Cataloguing
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