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Or 9649, ff 11v-13r
- Record Id:
- 040-002561280
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002561059
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022550363.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023512842.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9649, ff 11v-13r
- Title:
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Ṣan‘at al-juljul صنعة الجلجل
Mūrisṭus مورسطس
- Scope & Content:
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Treatise on the construction of a rattling instrument called the juljul (الجلجل), which produces distressing (شجيّة) sounds. The instrument, which is oval in shape and made of copper and glass, is said to have been made in ancient Egypt by a certain Sā‘āṭis (ساعاطس القديم في بلاد مصر العتيقة; f. 12v, lines 3-4). It is claimed that Sā‘āṭis used the instrument to drive vermin from the land where he then built a temple of Zeus at which the juljul was played at festivals before the offering was sacrificed (f. 12v, lines 4-9).
A diagram of the instrument appears on f. 13r.
Begins (f. 11v, lines 2-6):
هذه رسالة أخرى لمورسطس
صنعة الجلجل الذي إذا حرك خرجت منه أصوات شجية تتخذ
آلة شبيهة بنصف بيضة من شبه طالقون معجون مع الزجاج
الفرعوني ثم تتخذ نصفًا آخر مثل هذا النصف سواء حتى يكون
إذا ركب أحد النصفين على الآخر صار في هيئة الجلجل ...
Ends (f. 12v, lines 9-11):
فكانوا يحركون الجلجل في يوم عيدهم ويذبحون ويتقربون
وحركوا ويكون قد سدوا آذانهم بالقطن نعمًا فإنه يخرج منه
أصوات عجيبة على ما وصفنا فإفهم فقد ...
Colophon (f. 12v, lines 11-12):
... تم عمله على ما تقدم
فيه القول إن شاء الله تعالى
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002561059
040-002561280 - Is part of:
- Or 9649 : Three treatises on musical organs by Mūrisṭusمورسطس
Or 9649, ff 11v-13r : Ṣan‘at al-juljul صنعة الجلجلMūrisṭus مورسطس - Hierarchy:
- 032-002561059[0003]/040-002561280
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 9649
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Ff. 11v-13r
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022547972.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Edition:
- Cheikho, Louis, 'Thalāth maqālāt ‘arabīyah fī al-ālāt al-munaghghimah', Al-Machriq, 9, (1906), 26-28
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)