Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany

Name: Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany
Author: the Coptic foliation is as follows: ff. 18

İsim	Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany
Yazar	the Coptic foliation is as follows: ff. 18
Basım Tarihi:	ca 1000
Basım Yeri	Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai? -
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	1
Fiziksel Boyutlar	201 x 125 mm
Kütüphane:	Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	Or 8857
Kayıt Numarası	vdc_100073295641.0x000001
Lokasyon	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Tarih	ca 1000
Notlar	Five quires (quires 5-9) of a miscellany produced in a monastic context containing Christian prayers, recipes for incenses, calendrical, astronomical, astrological, agricultural, medical and weather lore along with information about Christian feast days. Contents: 1) Fragment of a Christian prayer (f. 18r-18v [37r-37v Coptic foliation], defective at beginning); 2) Duʿā mustakhraj min Kitāb Dāwūd al-nabī (دعا مستخرج من كتاب داود النبي, ff. 18v-22r [37v-41r Coptic foliation]); 3) Duʿā allafahu ba‘ḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá (دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من النصارى, ff. 22r-28v [41r-47v Coptic foliation]); 4) Three recipes for incense (ff. 28v-30v [47v-49v Coptic foliation]); 5) Kitāb al-azminah (كتاب الأزمنة, ff. 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v [49v-70v Coptic foliation, with two folios missing: 56 and 57]); 6) Astrological treatise (ff. 1v-2v [70v-71v Coptic foliation], defective at end). The folios of the manuscript have been bound out of order, but an earlier foliation in Coptic numerals suggests a different running order as well as the placement of two missing folios. The Coptic foliation begins at 37 (f. 18r) and finishes at 71 (f. 2r), which indicates that 36 folios are wanting from the beginning of the manuscript. The manuscript is defective at the end, since the text at the end of f. 2r breaks off mid-flow. Quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures show that the surviving portion of the manuscript comprises 5 quaternions (quires 5-9). The running order of the folios and placement of missing folios suggested by the Coptic foliation is as follows: ff. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 11, 12, 13, [2 folios missing here], 14, 15, 16, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 1 and 2. Greek majuscule quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures executed in red and sometimes also black ink are found in the upper edge corners and Georgian majuscule quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures in black ink are found at the centre of the lower or upper margins of the following folios: 5 (f. 25v [44v Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian lower margin); 6 (f. 26r [45r Coptic foliation], Georgian upper margin [beginning of quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. ]); 6 (f. 33v [52v Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian lower margin [end of quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. ]); 7 (f. 16v [60v Coptic foliation], Greek red and black, Georgian lower margin); 8 (f. 10v [68v Coptic foliation], Greek red and black, Georgian lower margin); 9 (f. 17r [68r Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian upper margin). These quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures indicate an unbroken sequence of quaternions numbered quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. five through nine of which quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. seven is missing two folios (56 and 57 Coptic foliation) and quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. nine is missing the last five folios. The fact that the quires marked seven and eight in the Greek signatures are marked eight and seven respectively in the Georgian signatures appears to be an error in the Georgian signature and not an indication that the quires were bound in reverse order. This combination of Greek and Georgian quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures is indicative of, but perhaps not unique to, manuscripts produced at the Monastery of St Catherine in Sinai (see Pataridze, 'Les Signatures des cahiers unilingues et bilingues dans les manuscrits Sinaïtiques (Georgiens, Arabes et Syriaques)', Manuscripta Orientalia 18.1 [2012], pp. 15-35). Folio 22v has been left blank. A much larger fragment (227 folios) of this manuscript is contained in Biblioteca Ambrosiana, X 201 sup. (see Löfgren and 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; a digital surrogate of the manuscript can be accessed at https://ambrosiana.comperio.it/opac/detail/view/ambro:catalog:113822). The Ambrosiana manuscript begins with quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. 13 and contains ff. 97-337 of the Coptic foliation.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased from F. W. Bickel, 30 May, 1921
Gruplandırıldığı Yer	Fragment of a Christian prayer 2 images Ref: Or 8857, f 18r-18v Duʿā mustakhraj min Kitāb Dāwūd al-nabī دعا مستخرج من كتاب داود النبي 8 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 18v-22r Duʿā allafahu ba‘ḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من النصارى 14 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 22r-28v Three recipes for incense 5 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 28v-30v Kitāb al-azminah كتاب الأزمنة 39 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v Fragment of an astrological text 3 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 1v-2v
Seçilmiş kaynakça	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 Study: Pataridze, T. 'Les Signatures des cahiers unilingues et bilingues dans les manuscrits Sinaïtiques (Georgiens, Arabes et Syriaques)', Manuscripta Orientalia 18.1 (2012), pp. 15-35

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Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany

Yazar the Coptic foliation is as follows: ff. 18

Basım Tarihi ca 1000

Basım Yeri Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai? -

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Sayfa Sayısı 1

Fiziksel Boyutlar 201 x 125 mm

Kütüphane Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası Or 8857

Kayıt Numarası vdc_100073295641.0x000001

Lokasyon British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Tarih ca 1000

Notlar Five quires (quires 5-9) of a miscellany produced in a monastic context containing Christian prayers, recipes for incenses, calendrical, astronomical, astrological, agricultural, medical and weather lore along with information about Christian feast days. Contents: 1) Fragment of a Christian prayer (f. 18r-18v [37r-37v Coptic foliation], defective at beginning); 2) Duʿā mustakhraj min Kitāb Dāwūd al-nabī (دعا مستخرج من كتاب داود النبي, ff. 18v-22r [37v-41r Coptic foliation]); 3) Duʿā allafahu ba‘ḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá (دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من النصارى, ff. 22r-28v [41r-47v Coptic foliation]); 4) Three recipes for incense (ff. 28v-30v [47v-49v Coptic foliation]); 5) Kitāb al-azminah (كتاب الأزمنة, ff. 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v [49v-70v Coptic foliation, with two folios missing: 56 and 57]); 6) Astrological treatise (ff. 1v-2v [70v-71v Coptic foliation], defective at end). The folios of the manuscript have been bound out of order, but an earlier foliation in Coptic numerals suggests a different running order as well as the placement of two missing folios. The Coptic foliation begins at 37 (f. 18r) and finishes at 71 (f. 2r), which indicates that 36 folios are wanting from the beginning of the manuscript. The manuscript is defective at the end, since the text at the end of f. 2r breaks off mid-flow. Quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures show that the surviving portion of the manuscript comprises 5 quaternions (quires 5-9). The running order of the folios and placement of missing folios suggested by the Coptic foliation is as follows: ff. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 11, 12, 13, [2 folios missing here], 14, 15, 16, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 1 and 2. Greek majuscule quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures executed in red and sometimes also black ink are found in the upper edge corners and Georgian majuscule quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures in black ink are found at the centre of the lower or upper margins of the following folios: 5 (f. 25v [44v Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian lower margin); 6 (f. 26r [45r Coptic foliation], Georgian upper margin [beginning of quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. ]); 6 (f. 33v [52v Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian lower margin [end of quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. ]); 7 (f. 16v [60v Coptic foliation], Greek red and black, Georgian lower margin); 8 (f. 10v [68v Coptic foliation], Greek red and black, Georgian lower margin); 9 (f. 17r [68r Coptic foliation], Greek red, Georgian upper margin). These quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures indicate an unbroken sequence of quaternions numbered quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. five through nine of which quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. seven is missing two folios (56 and 57 Coptic foliation) and quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. nine is missing the last five folios. The fact that the quires marked seven and eight in the Greek signatures are marked eight and seven respectively in the Georgian signatures appears to be an error in the Georgian signature and not an indication that the quires were bound in reverse order. This combination of Greek and Georgian quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures is indicative of, but perhaps not unique to, manuscripts produced at the Monastery of St Catherine in Sinai (see Pataridze, 'Les Signatures des cahiers unilingues et bilingues dans les manuscrits Sinaïtiques (Georgiens, Arabes et Syriaques)', Manuscripta Orientalia 18.1 [2012], pp. 15-35). Folio 22v has been left blank. A much larger fragment (227 folios) of this manuscript is contained in Biblioteca Ambrosiana, X 201 sup. (see Löfgren and 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; a digital surrogate of the manuscript can be accessed at https://ambrosiana.comperio.it/opac/detail/view/ambro:catalog:113822). The Ambrosiana manuscript begins with quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. 13 and contains ff. 97-337 of the Coptic foliation.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from F. W. Bickel, 30 May, 1921

Gruplandırıldığı Yer Fragment of a Christian prayer 2 images Ref: Or 8857, f 18r-18v Duʿā mustakhraj min Kitāb Dāwūd al-nabī دعا مستخرج من كتاب داود النبي 8 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 18v-22r Duʿā allafahu ba‘ḍ al-mu’minīn al-muḥiqqīn min al-Naṣārá دعا ألفه بعض المؤمنين المحقين من النصارى 14 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 22r-28v Three recipes for incense 5 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 28v-30v Kitāb al-azminah كتاب الأزمنة 39 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v Fragment of an astrological text 3 images Ref: Or 8857, ff 1v-2v

Seçilmiş kaynakça 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 Study: Pataridze, T. 'Les Signatures des cahiers unilingues et bilingues dans les manuscrits Sinaïtiques (Georgiens, Arabes et Syriaques)', Manuscripta Orientalia 18.1 (2012), pp. 15-35