Kitāb Qiṣṣat Sayyidinā Yūsuf; كتاب قصة سيدنا يوسف

Alternate Title:

Qiṣṣat Sayyidinā Yūsuf.

Contributor:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Date:

1700

Description:

Story of Joseph based on the Qurʼān sūrah 12 and embroidered with stories and verses of a devotional nature. Divided into sections by the word faṣl, stories are preceded by the word ḥikāyah and the verses by shiʻr. Occasional marginal notes in a different hand. Copy ends abruptly.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muṣṭafá Karīmī al-Ḥamawī. It ended up in his possession on 12 Shaʻbān 1159 (30 August, 1746) from its previous owner al-Ḥājj Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Mūsá, al-ʻAṭṭār al-Ṭarābulusī (note, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (inscription, envelope housing).; Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (inscription, envelope housing).; Ṭarābulusī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Mūsá, al-ʻAṭṭār, former owner.; Ḥamawī, Muṣṭafá́ Karīmī, former owner.; Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner, donor.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms136.html

Subject:

Joseph (Son of Jacob); Islamic interpretations of sacred works; Joseph (Son of Jacob) Islamic interpretations; Qurʼan stories; Joseph (Son of Jacob) in the Qurʼan

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

93 leaves : paper; 205 x 140 (155 x 95) mm bound to 205 x 150 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r); Foliation: Foliation in ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto. Pagination also in ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals on f. [1]v through f. 45r.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines in black and red ink, with marginalia. Catchwords at the end of every leaf.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; quotations are vocalised and in quotation marks, which are written in red ink.; Binding: Textblock detached from binding, of which only one blind-stamped leather board and spine remain; board is stamped with central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis. Housed with a paper envelope with printed address of Dropsie College and ms. inscriptions in Roman and Arabic scripts identifying contents and donor.; Origin: Item is undated; an owner's note places it before 1746; probably produced in the 18th century.; Watermark: Crown-star-crescent.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 136