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Or 14976
- Record Id:
- 032-004519354
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004519354
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100179222280.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14976
- Title:
- Psalms and Odes
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a Psalter in Arabic with the Psalms according to Ibn al-Fadl’s version.
Contents:
150 Psalms, fols. 1v–153r
Psalm 151 (marked as outside the canon), fol. 153v
The First Song of Moses, fols. 154r–155r
The Second Song of Moses, fols. 155r–158v
The Song of Hannah, fols. 158v–159v
The Prayer of Habakkuk, fols. 159v–161r
The Prayer of Isaiah, fols. 161r–162r
The Prayer of Jonah, fols. 162r–162v
The Prayer of Azariah, fols. 162v–165r
The Song of the Three Young Men, fols. 165r–166v
Magnificat, fols. 166v–167r
The Song of Zacharias, fols. 167r–167v
The colophons can be found on ff 153v, 167r, and 168v. The manuscript is dated as 7175 after Adam/1078 AH (1667 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004519354
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004519354
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 168 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1667
- End Date:
- 1667
- Date Range:
- 1667
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper
Dimensions: 145 mm x 95 mm
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 13 lines/page.
Script: Naskh.
Scribe: Marquṣ Barsam (?)
Ink: Black-brown ink, with rubricated headings and text dividers in red.
Decoration: The text in first three pages is framed by red lines.
Binding: Original binding
Condition: Good. Burned on the lower part of fol. 168v.Catchwords: Lower part of a verso.
Quire marks: Quaternions. The end and beginning of a quire are marked in Arabic letters (kurrās awwal etc) and the corresponding Arabic numeral.
Catchwords: Lower part of a verso.
Other: Psalms divided into doxai and 20 kathismatha. In addition, the Psalter is divided into text units that should be read each day of the week saḥar (after Ps 9; Ps 24; Ps 46; Ps 70; Ps 91; Ps 109; Ps 119).
- Finding Aids:
- Baker, Colin F. Subject Guide to the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 2001), 400.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)