[Collection of prayers and charms]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1750

Description:

Collection of prayers, including several based on the Āyat al-Kursī, and several others for each day of the week.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold by bookseller Thomas Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 2370 (spine label, stamp on f. 1r).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's in a sale of Phillipps manuscripts, 25 Nov. 1968, lot 242.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs40.html; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Islam -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Islamic magic -- Early works to 1800; Islamic magic; Islam -- Prayers and devotions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 18th century; Manuscripts, Digital; codices (bound manuscripts); prayers (compositions); devotional literature

Physical Description:

150 leaves : paper, illuminations; 173 x 116 (120 x 70) mm bound to 173 x 124 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 150; 1-15¹⁰. Catchwords on each page, lower left verso.; Layout: Written in 11 long lines; border-ruled.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed .; Decoration: Simple gilt headpieces, some with titles entered in red and others empty; textblock border-ruled in red; red dots with tails punctuate the text.; Binding: Red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); flap does not fit the fore-edge of the textblock, possibly a re-purposed cover; blind stamped circular flowers in center, on corners and in the middle of each edge; blind-tooled frame.; Origin: The item is undated, probably late 18th or early 19th century.; Watermark: Walking lion.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 40

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)