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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic
(Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic)

Title	Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic
Title Original	Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic
Publication Date:	1723
Type	belge
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Bibliotecas UMA - Universidad de Málaga
Record ID	cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_ACBU_COD2CODEXPAN3YKHQ5F_en
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1723
Notes	According to the colophon at the end of the Gospel of John, this copy was completed by Ibrāhīm ibn Būluṣ ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥalabī in Cairo. It is written in a clear nasḫī script; the illustrations, provided by the Aleppo illustrator and icon-painter Ğirğis bin Ḥanāniyā, portray the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as 43 scenes from the life of Jesus. The Arabic title, "This book is the holy, pure Gospel and the illuminating, shining light", is given at the end of the Gospel of John. This codex is currently on long-term loan from the Pandeli family to the library of St. Gall Abbey.

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic

(Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 2 (Codex Pandeli) : The four Gospels in Arabic)

Publication Date 1723

Type belge

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Bibliotecas UMA - Universidad de Málaga

Record ID cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_ACBU_COD2CODEXPAN3YKHQ5F_en

Library Location Available Online

Date 1723

Notes According to the colophon at the end of the Gospel of John, this copy was completed by Ibrāhīm ibn Būluṣ ibn Dāwūd al-Ḥalabī in Cairo. It is written in a clear nasḫī script; the illustrations, provided by the Aleppo illustrator and icon-painter Ğirğis bin Ḥanāniyā, portray the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as 43 scenes from the life of Jesus. The Arabic title, "This book is the holy, pure Gospel and the illuminating, shining light", is given at the end of the Gospel of John. This codex is currently on long-term loan from the Pandeli family to the library of St. Gall Abbey.