[Selection of Psalms to be read on specific days of the months]

Description
A selection of Psalms to be recited at specific times and on specific days of the Coptic months; the copy begins abruptly, is missing pages and only includes parts of the following five months: Tūt, Hātūr, Kiyahk, Ṭūbah and Amshīr.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 19th century
codices (bound manuscripts)
Date
1800
Language
Arabic
Subject
Coptic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts
Coptic Church
Devotional literature -- Coptic
Devotional literature
Liturgics
Extent
43 leaves : paper ; 150 x 96 (110 x 60) mm bound to 150 x 90 mm
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in informal naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Headings in larger script.
Binding: Wrapped in a reused binding that does not quite fit the textblock; detached; boards are blind-stamped with a central mandorla.
Origin: The copy is undated, perhaps produced in the 19th century.
Description of manuscript in English laid in.
Arabic
Related works
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms178.html
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3d21rr0r
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 178
Provenance
Formerly owned Cyrus Adler (note on bookplate inside front cover).
Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).
Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940, former owner.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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