[Rasāʼil al-Qiddīs Būlus]
[رسائل القديس بولس]

Description
Epistles of Paul with an introduction and an outline of their contents by the beadle Yaʻqūb ibn Abī al-Faraḥ who is probably also the copyist. There is also a detailed index at the end of the book.
Creator
Yaʻqūb ibn Abī al-Faraḥ (scribe)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
Manuscripts, Arabic
codices (bound manuscripts)
Date
1700
Language
Arabic
Extent
194 leaves : paper ; 162 x 110 mm bound to 166 x 122 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Foliation: Paper, 194; [i], 5-7, 12-190, 192-199, 201-202, [203]; Coptic foliation in black and red ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on versos, lower left corner.
Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, plus headline, in black and red ink with marginalia. One line added at foot of f. 114r; 2 lines added at foot of f. 141r.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partly vocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red. Diagram in black and red ink (f. 31); a few leaves have decorative elements in black and red ink.
Binding: Binding: Full brown blind-tooled leather; ms. paper used as binder's waste at beginning and end of volume; white paper label with typed shelf-mark on spine. Spine damaged at head and tail; boards worn, especially at edges; cuts in upper board; boards and a few leaves at beginning and end of volume detached from textblock.
Origin: Item is undated, probably eighteenth century. An owner's note is dated 1241 (1826) (f. [i]).
Folios 1-4, 8-11, 191, 200, and one or two leaves at the end are wanting. Folio [i] torn vertically across lower portion of leaf; f. 160 torn and mended at tail margin; a few ink smudges in text.
Arabic.
Related works
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn)
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 172
Provenance
Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Dr. Cyrus Adler (bookplate with 2 ms. shelf marks, 1 in pencil, 1 in ink, front pastedown).
Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940, donor.
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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