Author
Voulgaris, Eugene, 1716-1806
Author Original
Voulgaris, Eugenios, 1716-1806
Publication Date
1853
Publication Place
-
1853.
Subject
Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
88
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9975633503506421
Record ID
5q47rs565
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 828, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 828, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1853-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1853
Notes
Translation into Arabic of the author's history of the first century of Christianity. Original is in Greek and was published in Leipzig, 1805; translated by ʻĪsá Bītrū [Petro] in 1817 (leaf 1b). | Ms. codex., Title from title page., Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in neat naskh in black on heavy machine-made paper. Rubrication and catchwords; extensive marginal notes. Paginated in Arabic script. Edges flecked with blue ink. Mild staining; two small wax spots on leaf 69b. In excellent condition., Origin: 17 Shubāṭ 1853, by Ḥannā ibn al-Khūrī Īlyās al-Khūrī Bināyūt al-Khūrī ʻAwdah al-Talḥamī (leaf 87b)., Incipit: لما حان كمال الزمن المحدود منذ الازل بحسب المشورة الالهية الفير المدركة | Full olive-brown leather with blind-stamped central rectangular design and fillets. | On leaf 1a, owner's stamp dated 1887. | Graf, G. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur (1944-1953), III, 160