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Or 8736

Record Id:

032-004543239

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004543239

MDARK:

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LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 8736

Title:

Gospels

Scope & Content:

This volume contains an Arabic translation of the Gospels.

Contents:

(Sketch of a man/angel, fol. 1r)

Decorated title page in gold, red, and blue colours, fol. 1v

Introduction, fols. 2r–4r

Canons, fols. 4v–11v

Old Testament prophesies listed as fulfilled in each of the gospels, fols. 12r–21r

Prologue to Matthew, fols. 21v–28r

Matthew, fols. 28v–72r

Prologue to Mark, fols. 72v–77r

Mark, fols. 77v–104r

Prologue to Luke, fols. 104v–110v

(Fol. 111r blank)

Luke, fols. 111v–161v

Prologue to John, fols. 162r–166v

(Fol. 167r blank)

John, folk. 167v–206r

Epilogue and colophon, fols. 206v–207v

Owners’ notes, fol. 208r–v.

On fol. 206v, the scribe notes that Syriac, Greek, Coptic, and Arabic copies have been used for this copy.

The colophon is found on Fol. 207r: ‫…‬في يوم الاثنين المبارك حادي عشر شهر مسري ختام سنه الف وثلثماىه اربع واربعين قبطيه للشهدا الاطهار‫…‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬“…on blessed Monday 11 Masrā (Misrah), at the end of year 1344 Anno Martyrum (Monday, 14 Aug 1628 CE)…”

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy:

032-004543239

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex, 208 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1628

End Date:

1628

Date Range:

1628

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Material: Oriental paper.

Dimensions: 210 x 150 mm [160 x 100 mm written].

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Coptic Epact numerals.

Lines per page: 15 lines/page.

Script: Naskh.Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings in red, gold, blue, and white; comments and Coptic Epact numerals in red.

Decoration: Title page (fol. 1v) in geometrical decorations in red, gold, blue, and white; new books/prologues introduced by a decorated headpiece in the same colours. The first two pages in Matthew and in John are richly decorated in similar style. All pages are framed with several lines in blue, black and red lines. The fore-edge is coloured in gold.

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Good.

Marginalia: Sections marked in Coptic Epact numbers, comments including OT cross references in Arabic; text dividers normally consist of three red dots arranged in a triangle.Catch words: Lower margin, left corner of a verso.

Custodial History:

Owners’ notes on fol. 208r, the years 1080 Hijra (=1702 CE) and 1420 Anno Martyrum (1704 CE) are mentioned.

Robert Curzon, March 1838, Cairo.

Source of Acquisition:

Bequeathed by Darea Baroness Zouche, 13 Oct 1917.

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)