Author
Coptic Church, Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971, Ruthven, Alexander Peter, 1912-1965, Coptic Church
Publication Date
1680
Subject
Coptic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts, Eastern churches -- Liturgy -- Texts, Holy Week -- Prayers and devotions -- Texts, Easter service -- Texts, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Coptic manuscripts -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 leaf : paper ; 200 x 153 (150 x 105) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1519498717
Record ID
99188914421806381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1680-1720
Notes
Ms. fragment., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: “The sixth hour of the Thursday of the day of Pascha from the prophet Jeremiah, Hear the word of the Lord, all you [Jewish] behold, [this] says the strong Lord, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and do well,” Collation: Isolated folio ; foliation in Coptic and Hindu-Arabic numerals., Layout: Written in 14 lines per page (recto) and 19 lines per page (verso)., Script: Naskh ; Large, though fairly compact, Egyptian hand; slight inclination to the left ; ;occasional pronounced leftward foot on freestanding alif ; rounded descenders with pronoun curve for foot of lām; wide, round nūn with point set just down inside angled bowl ; mostly closed counters apart from ṣād, ṭāʼ, initial hāʼ and medial hāʼ; very casually pointed with pointing in distinct dots ; yāʼ often unpointed; occasionally unusual lām alif with preceding alif joined to lām and following alif unconnected., Decoration: Headings rubricated ; textual dividers (in the form of single and four dots) provided in red ink, Support: Hand laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm (vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm apart, and watermark with crescent above star (resembling upper part of crown-star-crescent mark) also visible., Former shelfmark: Kelsey 67.1.71, Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1080, Origin: Paper suggests late 17th or early 18th century; Text, hand, and provenance suggest Egypt., Occasional marginal correction. Gifted in 1967 by Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971) who served as the University of Michigan's seventh president from 1929 to 1951. Likely collected in Egypt by his son Peter (Alexander Peter Ruthven 1912-1965). Transferred to the Rare Book Room from the Kelsey Museum of Archeology in 1981.
Sample Text
Fragment consisting of a single folio from a manuscript codex of a Coptic liturgy for Passion Week. Contributions to the cataloguing from Aishah Al-Mohamedi.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971, former owner., Ruthven, Alexander Peter, 1912-1965, former owner., Coptic Church. Dallāl Usbūʻ al-Ālām. Arabic., Coptic Church. Dallāl Usbūʻ al-Ālām. Coptic.
Oluşturulma
[Egypt, 1680-1720?]
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Referanslar
Kitāb Dallāl Usbūʻ al-Ālām. Alexandria: Maṭbaʻat Qāṣid Khayr, 1971.
Elde Ediliş
Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971);
