Publication Date
ca 1000
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 8857, ff 22r-28v
Record ID
vdc_100098365805.0x000004
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
ca 1000
Notes
Christian prayer attributed to 'one of the true believers of the Christians' (
baʿḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá
). This text is on ff. 41r-47v of the Coptic foliation.
Begins (f. 22r, lines 10-13 [41r Coptic foliation]):
...In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Haim called some believers
Righteous Christians (!) from
The pure Holy Bible and other books
Ends (f. 28v, lines 4-6 [47v Coptic foliation]):
...You are more generous
The Most Generous and Most Merciful of the Merciful from now on
Forever and ever, Amen, Lord of the Worlds...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 28v, 6-9 [47v Coptic foliation]):
...It's done, I swear
Many thanks for that, may God have mercy on those who wrote
And have mercy on whoever wrote down, and may God have mercy on whoever
He read and who heard and who said Amen, Amen, Amen
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Catalogue record for other fragment of manuscript:
Löfgren, Oscar and Renato Traini, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 3 vols (Vicenza: Neri Pozza Editore, 1975–95), vol. 1, item XXXIII, pp. 33-35
