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Sloane MS 3056
- Record Id:
- 040-002115440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000653.0x0002f2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3056
- Title:
- Psalms and Odes
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains 150 psalms in Arabic according to Ibn al-Fadl’s revision, followed by Psalm 151 (marked as outside of the canonical books) and the ten biblical Odes.
Contents:
Psalms 1–150, fols. 1v–114v
Psalm 151, fol. 114v–115r
The First Song of Moses 1, fols. 115v–116v
The Second Song of Moses, fols. 116v–119v
The Song of Hannah, fols. 119v–120v
The Prayer of Habakkuk, fols. 120v–122r
The Prayer of Isaiah, fols. 122r–123r
The Prayer of Jonah, fols. 123r–123v
The Prayer of Azariah, fols. 123v–125v
The Song of the Three Young Men, fols. 125v–126v
Magnificant, fols. 126v–127r
The Song of Zacharias, fols. 127r–127v
(Note, fol. 128v)
For transcriptions, see Cureton and Rieu. Catalogus, 8.
The manuscript does not contain a colophon and is presumed to have been copied in the 17th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002115440 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3056 : Psalms and Odes - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3063]/040-002115440
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Codex, 128 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: European paper.
Dimensions: 150 mm x 100 mm [110 mm x 60 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 16 lines/page.
Script: Naskh.
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings, reading directions and text dividers in red.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Good.
Catch words: Lower margin in the left corner of the verso.
Other: Psalms divided into doxai and kathismata, altogether twenty. In addition, the Psalms are divided into seven saḥar, indicating which Psalms should be read each day of the week.
- Finding Aids:
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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 7, p. 8.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)