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Harley MS 5476
- Record Id:
- 040-002051322
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002051322
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000859.0x0003e5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5476
- Title:
- Psalms and Odes
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Arabic-language Psalter with 150 Psalms, according to Ibn al-Faḍl’s revision, followed by Psalm 151, marked as outside of the canonical books, and the ten biblical Odes.
Contents:
Colophon/note in Latin fol. 1v
150 Psalms, fols. 2v–226r
Psalm 151, fol. 226v–227r
The First Song of Moses, fols. 227v–229v
The Second Song of Moses, fols. 229v–234v
The Song of Hannah, fols. 234v–236r
The Prayer of Habakkuk, fols. 236r–238v
The Prayer of Isaiah, fols. 238v–240r
The Prayer of Jonah, fols. 240r–241r
The Prayer of Azariah, fols. 241r–244v
The Song of the Three Young Men, fols. 244v–246r
Magnificant, fols. 246r–246v
The Song of Zacharias, fols. 247r–247v
For transcriptions, see Cureton and Rieu. Catalogus, 7.
The colophon can be found on 1v note (transcribed in Cureton and Rieu, Catalogus, 7), and the manuscript has been dated to 1720 CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002051322", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5476: Psalms and Odes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002051322 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5476 : Psalms and Odes - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5478]/040-002051322
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Codex, 247 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1720
- End Date:
- 1720
- Date Range:
- 1720
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper.
Dimensions: 230 mm x 145 mm leaf [180 mm x 90 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 10 lines/page.
Script: Naskh.
Scribe: Salomonis Negri, Damasceni /Solomon Negri.
Ink: Black ink.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Good.
Marginalia: A few, seemingly missing text units.
Catch words: Lower margin at the left corner of a verso.
Other: On fol. 118v the middle of Psalms is marked: ‘this is the half of Psalms’.
- Finding Aids:
- Cureton, William and Charles Rieu. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda: Pars I [a] (London: The British Museum, 1846), Item 5, p. 7.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)