Injīl Yūḥannā al-bashīr; انجيل يوحنا البشير

Date:

1800

Description:

Gospel of John in Arabic missing the last verse.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Likely formerly owned by Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al-Rashīdī (somewhat effaced owner's note, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside back cover).; Rashīdī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf, former owner.; 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_ms171.html

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

79 leaves : paper; 126 x 84 (80 x 55) mm bound to 130 x 90 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 verso; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: Written in 9 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Binding: Bound in brown textile over pasteboard; no spine; two sewing stations; modern label with manuscript identification and number adhered around spine between the sewing stations and extending onto both covers.; Origin: The item is not dated, perhaps produced in the 19th century.; Description of the manuscript in ink in English with the number 5 in roman numeral at the top of the page, laid in.; Watermark: Crescent moon with face in profile in shield (Abū Shubbāk).; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 171