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IO Islamic 2855
- Record Id:
- 032-003787621
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003787621
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116096223.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2855
- Title:
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Codex of Historical and Biblical Works
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains historical works by Bar Hebraeus and other well-known authors, as well as deuterocanonical books in Arabic, and is the same version as that in the London Polyglot.
Contents :
Bar Hebraeus, Chronicon, fols. 1b–141v
Lives of the Tīmūrides etc. (cf. Loth, Catalouge, 207), fols. 142r–146v
(Fol. 147r blank)
Wisdom of Solomon, fols. 147v–162v
Ben Sira, fols. 163r–209v
Baruch, fols. 210r–215r
Epistle of Jeremiah, fols. 215r–217v
Susanna, fols. 218r–220r
The Prayer of Azariah, fols. 220r–221r
The Song of the Three Young Men, fols. 221r–222r
Bel and the Dragon, fols. 222r–224r
List of Circassian Sultans, fols. 224r–v
5 Maccabees, fols. 225r–270r
List of various rulers, fol. 270r
(blank page)
Lives of various rulers (cf. Loth, Catalouge, 207), fols. 271r–296v
The manuscript does not contain a colophon, but is believed to have been copied in the 18th or 19th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003787621
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003787621
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
Codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European (thin) paper.
Dimensions: Ca 300 mm x 210 mm leaf [written space depends on the scribe].
Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black ink.
Lines per page: Various, depending on scribe.
Script: Several scribes; some in Naskh, others in Nastaʿlīq.Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings in red.Condition: Fragile, many loose folios, in the middle of the lower part of the codex, a star–shaped hole is made piercing half of the codex.
Marginalia: A few notes. Catch words: Lower margin at the left corner of the verso.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly Loth 721.
- Finding Aids:
- Loth, Otto. A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (London: Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 721, p. 207.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)