Āqāwīl al-āfrāh

Alternate Title:

Āqāwīl al-faraḥ

Contributor:

Yaʻqūb ibn Harūn ibn Salāmah, active 1905 (scribe); Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Date:

1905

Description:

Samaritan book of songs and hymns for wedding and circumcision ceremonies. Interspersed are portions of the Pentateuch for public reading in connection with the ceremonies. At the end are two prefaces in prose and a poem in praise of Moses.

Language:

Samaritan Aramaic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside front cover).; Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Mayer Sulzberger (bookplate front pastedown).; Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, donor.

Subject:

Hymns, Samaritan Aramaic; Samaritans; Samaritans -- Hymns -- Texts; Hymns, Samaritan Aramaic -- Texts

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Samaritan; codices (bound manuscripts); manuscripts (documents); hymns

Physical Description:

236 leaves : paper; 171.5 x 120.6 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Pagination: Hindu-Arabic numerals in red ink, upper outer corners [1]-236.; Layout: Written in 27-30 lines per page; double column in red and black ink with catchwords.; Script: Written in a neat, cursive hand.; Binding: Blue cloth and red leather binding with flap.; Origin: Copy completed on 17 Muharram 1323 A.H. (March 24, 1905) by Yaʻqūb ibn Harūn ibn Salāmah (p. 232).; Samaritan with Arabic headings.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 119