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Or 6486
- Record Id:
- 032-004540949
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004540949
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182374391.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6486
- Title:
- Codex
- Scope & Content:
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This Karshuni codex contains three texts: Ben Sira; biblical history and hagiography; and Prognostications.
Contents :
Prognostications (cf. Ellis and Edwards, Descriptive, 69), fols. 1v–9r
Ben Sira, fols. 9v–73r
Colophon, fol. 73v
Biblical history and hagiography, and prognostications, fols. 73v–175v
Later added folio, fol. 176, also fol. 1
According to a note added in Arabic at the beginning of the codex, the latter includes the story of Adam when he took branches out of Paradise, which turned into the cross of the Messiah; the story of Anba Zosima, etc.
The colophon can be found at f 73v.
The first text of the work is dated as 2061 of the Seleucid era (1750 CE), while the second carries the date of 2073 Seleucid era (1762 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004540949
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004540949
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex (3 texts), 176 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
Syriac - Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1762
- Date Range:
- 1750-1762
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper.
Dimensions: Ca 165 mm x 130 mm leaf [ca 120 mm x 80 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 17–18 lines/page.
Script: Karshuni. Several different scribes.
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and text dividers in red.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Folios at the end of the codex are restored and only small portions of text have remained.Catch words: Lower left margin of the verso.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from I. E. Géjou on 7 April 1903.
- Finding Aids:
- Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards. A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 69.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 1326
Or 13564
Or 8745