[Selection of Psalms to be read on specific days of the months]

Date:

1800

Description:

A selection of Psalms to be recited at specific times and on specific days of the Coptic months; the copy begins abruptly, is missing pages and only includes parts of the following five months: Tūt, Hātūr, Kiyahk, Ṭūbah and Amshīr.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms178.html

Subject:

Coptic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Coptic Church; Devotional literature -- Coptic; Devotional literature; Liturgics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 19th century; codices (bound manuscripts)

Physical Description:

43 leaves : paper; 150 x 96 (110 x 60) mm bound to 150 x 90 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled.; Script: Written in informal naskh in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Headings in larger script.; Binding: Wrapped in a reused binding that does not quite fit the textblock; detached; boards are blind-stamped with a central mandorla.; Origin: The copy is undated, perhaps produced in the 19th century.; Description of manuscript in English laid in.; Arabic

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 178