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Or 13024
- Record Id:
- 032-004543227
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004543227
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100185569742.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13024
- Title:
- Gospel lectionary
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:This volume contains Arabic lectionaries mainly from the Gospels, including commentaries, starting from the month Tishrīn al-thānī, and ending with Āb.
The colophon is found on 305r. It states that the codex was written 21 Kanūn al-akhar 6952 in the year of Adam (1443 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004543227", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13024: Gospel lectionary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004543227
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004543227
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 335 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1443
- End Date:
- 1443
- Date Range:
- 1443
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Oriental paper.
Dimensions: 260 x 170–180 mm [200 x 115 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic numbers in the middle of the upper part of the recto.
Lines per page: 20 lines/page.
Script: Naskh.
Scribe: Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf. On Murqus from al-Ḥiṣn.
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings in red.
Decoration: Each month introduced by a heading arranged in a ribbon pattern in yellow, green, and red colours.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Good.
Marginalia: Some notes in Arabic.
Quire marks: Quinions; quire marks marked in Arabic letters on the left upper corner of a recto in a new quire.
Catch words: Lower margin in the left corner of the verso.
- Custodial History:
- Another scribe, Murqus muṭrān of al-Ḥiṣn, notes that the copy was ordered by the priest Yaḥnā b. Yaʿqūb for 230 dirham.
- Finding Aids:
- Baker, Colin F. Subject Guide to the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Library (London: The British Library, 2001), p. 401.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)