al-Ibṣalmudīyah; الابصلمدية

Alternate Title:

Abṣalmudīyah

Contributor:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Name:

Coptic Church

Date:

1750

Description:

Selections from the Psalmodia in Coptic; numerous illuminations and illustrations.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned Cyrus Adler (note on bookplate last leaf verso).; Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate last leaf verso).; Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940, former owner.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms196.html

Subject:

Coptic Church; Liturgics; Coptic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Coptic Church -- Hymns -- Texts

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Coptic; Manuscripts, 18th century; Manuscripts, 19th century; Prayers; Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); Hymns; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

153, ii leaves : paper, illustrations, illuminations; 214 x 150 (150 x 100) mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper right recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: Written in 17 long lines.; Script: Written in Coptic in black ink; some Arabic in naskh in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Numerous headpieces and decorated initial letters, chiefly red and yellow; numerous birds and other animals in the margins, primarily yellow with red and green; rubrications in red; several illustrations in red and yellow: angel (f. 10r); circular diagram (f. 75r); Dāwūd al-Nabī (f. 98v); Virgin and child (f. 118r).; Binding: Disbound; quires still connected at two sewing stations; held in a red paper folder.; Origin: The copy is undated; perhaps produced in the second half of the 18th or 19th century.; Coptic with some headings and words in Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 196