[Collection of alphabets and encoded correspondence].

Abstract:

Collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. The compiler cites Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jindī al-ʻAlāʼī, Burhān al-Dīn al-Qudsī, and Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Ḥusaynī as authorities for some of the alphabets. The manuscript is incomplete, lacking its beginning and end. Occasional marginal notes. Some worm damage in margins.

Date:

1400

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9958166863503681; (OCoLC)ocn808642012; (OCoLC)808642012; (PU)5816686-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Christie's, 1996.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.

Publisher:

[Syria?], [14--]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs51.html; Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333035

Subject:

Alphabets -- Specimens.; Alphabets.; Alphabets (symbols); Codices.; Specimens.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Manuscripts, Arabic.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

106 leaves : paper; 180 x 124 (119 x 82) mm bound to 180 x 135 mm

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Possibly written in Syria, in the 15th century.; Binding: Modern quarter leather, wood covers.; Collation: Paper, 106; 1² 2¹⁰ 3-4⁸ 5¹⁰ 6⁴ 7⁶ 8-12¹⁰ 13⁸. Catchwords on each page, lower left verso.; Layout: Written in 13 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh script.; Decoration: Arabic equivalents written above some alphabets in red.; Ms. codex.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

LJS 51

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)