Author
Awsī, ʻUmar ibn Ibrāhīm, -1350 or 1351.
Publication Date
[1710]
Subject
Joseph, Joseph /
(Son of Jacob), Joseph / (Son of Jacob) /
Prayers and devotions, Joseph / (Son of Jacob) / Prayers and devotions /
Early works to 1800., Joseph, Joseph /
(Son of Jacob), Joseph / (Son of Jacob) /
Anecdotes, Joseph / (Son of Jacob) / Anecdotes /
Early works to 1800., Joseph, Joseph /
(Son of Jacob), Joseph / (Son of Jacob) /
In the Qurʼan, Joseph / (Son of Jacob) / In the Qurʼan /
Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Prophets, Pre-Islamic, Prophets, Pre-Islamic /
Prayers and devotions, Prophets, Pre-Islamic / Prayers and devotions /
Early works to 1800.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
280
Physical Dimensions
280 leaves : paper ; 307 x 220 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
005238644
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: The Story of Yūsuf (Joseph) in 27 majālis (sessions), composed of verses from the Qurʼān, ḥadīths, moral reflections, and edifying anecdotes, in both verse and prose. | Origin: Colophon gives date for the completion of this manuscript as Monday in the middle ten days of the month of Muḥarram, 1122 / March 1720.
Former shelfmark: From upper board lining, "IL 157" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip.
Binding: Simple leather bound codex with medallion-shaped tooled designs on upper and lower covers as well as envelope flap, which have eroded.
Decoration: Double red line borders text.
Script: Text written in black naskh script with rubrications. Initial two folios lack borders and are written in a different hand. These seem to have been pasted in after the book was bound.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. codex.
