Author
Bryn Mawr College. Library. Manuscript. Legends of the saints (Arabic text).
Type
Other
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
18-22 cm.
Library
The Indiana University Library
Library Asset ID
BR62 .M873 875
Record ID
1986971
Library Location
Blmgtn - Auxiliary Library Facilityview this location on the map, in a new tab — Auxiliary Library Facility - Microfilm
Notes
Title from t.p. and table of contents.Title on label inside front cover: Heiligenlegenden.Title designated by repository of original: Legends of the saints (Arabic text).Statement on f. 2v indicates early ownership by library of St. Catherine's monastery, Mt. Sinai, with book number shown in Greek.Former modern designations: Zürich. Zentralbibliothek. Manuscript. Or. 74 [on loan from A.J. Mettler-Specker]. -- Howard Lehman Goodhart Library. Manuscript. 85.Described in Graf, Georg. "Alte christlich-arabische Fragmente," Oriens Christianus, 2. ser., 4. Bd., 1915, p. 338-341.Rubricated, with dotted and cruciform ornaments at head of chapters.Manuscript incomplete: includes parts of items 1 and 4 only in table of contents (f. lv-2r); other later and smaller leaves (f. 39-46) bound between items 1 and 4. Two leaves with extraneous text in early Arabic script bound inverted preceding t.p. (as flyleaves ?).Microfilm. Bryn Mawr, Pa. : Bryn Mawr College Library, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm.
Sample Text
Includes: Maymar qālahu Yuḥannā ibn Zabadī ʻalá ... Mar tMaryam al-Sayyidah (f. 3r-38v, lacks 1st leaf). -- Shahādat Anbā Qūris wa-Yuḥannā fāʻilay al-ʻajāyib, wa-al-thalāthat ʻadhārá Thāwuqṭisti wa-Thāwuẓūtā wa-Ūdhaqsīyah wa-ummihim Athanāsiyah (f. 40r-46r). -- Qiṣṣat Iẓhār ṣalīb rabbinā al-Masīḥ bi-Bayt al-Maqdis (beginning only: f. 47v-50v).
Kaynaklar
Parke-Bernet Galleries sale catalog no. 1013 (Nov. 29-30, 1948), item 302.Deutscher Orientalisten Tag. Vorträge, v. 19, p. 287, item 15.
