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Or 4055
- Record Id:
- 032-004536058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004536058
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181476592.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4055
- Title:
- Psalms and Odes
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a Psalter in Arabic Karshuni, with the Psalms according to Ibn al-Fadl’s revision.
Contents:
150 Psalms (including kathismata prayers), fols. 3v–125v
(Fol. 126r blank)
The First Song of Moses, fols. 126v–127v
The Second Song of Moses, fols. 127v–130r
The Song of Hannah, fols. 130r–130v
The Prayer of Habakkuk, fols. 130v–132r
The Prayer of Isaiah, fols. 132r–132v
The Prayer of Jonah, fols. 132v–133r
The Prayer of Azariah, fols. 133r–135r
The Song of the Three Young Men, fols. 135r–136r
Magnificat, fols. 136r–136v
The Song of Zacharias, fols. 136v–137r
Colophon, fol. 137r–v; The lengthy colophon noted that it was completed on Tuesday, 5 Eylūl 1959 of the Greek (Seleucid) era, which equals 1648 CE by the priest (qass) Yūḥannā b. al-Ghurayr (?) the Syrian (al-shāmī) at the behest of the deacon shammās Jirjis b. Maqdisī.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004536058", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 4055: Psalms and Odes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004536058
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004536058
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 140 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Syriac
- Start Date:
- 1648
- End Date:
- 1648
- Date Range:
- 1648
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper.
Dimensions: ca 140 mm x 850 mm leaf [110 x 60 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 17–18 lines/page.
Script: Karshuni
Scribe: Yūḥannā b. al-Ghurayr (?) the Syrian (al-shāmī)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings in red.
Decoration: Beginning of Psalm 1 on fol. 3v is preceded by coloured squares in brown, red, and yellow forming a pyramid. The text on each side is framed in red or black thin lines.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Good. Last folios slightly mis-coloured at the bottom part (water damaged).
Marginalia: A few comments.
Catch words: Lower margin at the left corner of a verso.
Other: The psalms are divided into 20 kathismata, doxai, and into saḥar.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought of Mrs. Wright on 14 April 1890.
- Finding Aids:
- Margoliouth, George, Descriptive List of Syriac and Karshuni MSS. in the British Museum Acquired since 1873 (London: 1899), pp. 17–18.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)