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Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Title	Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)
Publication Date:	880-881 (267H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	210 mm x 319 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp4
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	880-881 (267H)
Notes	Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881). Two folio fragments, ink on dark brown papyrus, with (on left fragment) traces of the string which bound the original volume, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic text in a practiced cursive hand with a thin pen, part of a surviving set of 3 bifolios and 1 single folio (CBL Is Pp4, 5 and 6), all fragments from the same original codex, Ḥadīth Traditions attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad on the benefits of prayer (du`ā’), compiled by Khayr, (right fragment: single folio) one half of the bifolio that originally formed the book’s cover, with title (verso) stating the author as Khayr, noting that Khayr obtained his text via his teacher Khālid ibn Yazīd in the year 267H (880-881), with three historical anecdotes perpendicular to the writing direction, added later, (left fragment: bifolio) middle part of the bifolio only, Egypt, dated 267H, 880-881.
Materyal	Papyrus (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Khayr, Egypt
Yazı Tipi	Cursive script

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Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881)

Publication Date 880-881 (267H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 210 mm x 319 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp4

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 880-881 (267H)

Notes Papyrus folios from a Ḥadīth manuscript dated 267H (880-881). Two folio fragments, ink on dark brown papyrus, with (on left fragment) traces of the string which bound the original volume, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic text in a practiced cursive hand with a thin pen, part of a surviving set of 3 bifolios and 1 single folio (CBL Is Pp4, 5 and 6), all fragments from the same original codex, Ḥadīth Traditions attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad on the benefits of prayer (du`ā’), compiled by Khayr, (right fragment: single folio) one half of the bifolio that originally formed the book’s cover, with title (verso) stating the author as Khayr, noting that Khayr obtained his text via his teacher Khālid ibn Yazīd in the year 267H (880-881), with three historical anecdotes perpendicular to the writing direction, added later, (left fragment: bifolio) middle part of the bifolio only, Egypt, dated 267H, 880-881.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Khayr, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Cursive script