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copied by Girgis Makram Allah al-Bahnasawi. |
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| title |
Tartib Gum'at al-Alam. (Coptic missal (for Good Friday, and for the other days in the week preceding Easter).) |
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| language |
in Coptic/Arabic manuscript on indigenous paper |
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| place/date |
N.p. 15th century |
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| physical app. |
Coptic, with some (Christian) Arabic, some European paper (e.g. f. 228, on which the colophon is written) but mostly on indigenous paper (and therefore for the greater part probably an old manuscript: 15th century?), 21 x 14.5 cm, 228 ff. and two loose leaves, Coptic script often with large initials (e.g. f. 44b), and Arabic naskh script, black ink with rubrication, illuminated headings (ff. 1a, 10a, 22b, 78a, 92a) and numerous smaller graphical ornaments on the pages, dated a Wednesday 3 Mesory 1459 (1743 if the year 1459 is of the Era of the Martyrs), copied by Girgis Makram Allah al-Bahnasawi (colophon on ff. 228a-b), full-leather Oriental binding with flap, heavily repaired. Some of the leaves of the manuscript are loose and may be in disorder. |
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price |
€ 6975.00 |
| bibliogr. |
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nr. |
msarab403 |
| context |
Tartib Gum`at al-Alam, a Coptic missal (for Good Friday, and for the other days in the week preceding Easter), and additional readings. There are several more headings to indicate the other Tartib’s. Text mostly in Coptic, with Arabic translation of the headings. Continuous Arabic text used for translations (Tafsir) from the Gospels, the Psalms and other texts, e.g. on ff. 20a-22a, 26b-27b, etc. Sometimes the Coptic and Arabic texts are in two columns on the same page (e.g. ff. 155a-160b, 216a-224a). Easter liturgy on f. 211 and following, with large Arabic script as well. |
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| keyword(s) |
Coptic, missal,gospels,Easter liturgy. |
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