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Kitab al-lughah qubtiyah...min as-sirr al makhifyy al-maudu fi hadha'l-huruf: ms. Book of the Coptic language...A treatise on the hidden mystery of letters, in Arabic
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Kitab al-lughah qubtiyah...min as-sirr al makhifyy al-maudu fi hadha'l-huruf: ms. Book of the Coptic language...A treatise on the hidden mystery of letters, in Arabic.
Created
Egypt, 1886
Physical Description
110 leaves: paper; 298 x 133mm
Language
Coptic
Notes
Script: Fair nasta'liq script.
Decoration: Multiple illustrations of letters with surrounding Arabic commentary.
Laid in: Chronicon of biblical events, ms., in Arabic. Egypt: 1886. Salwat wa tilbat liikhraj ash-shayatin nin nas, ms., Prayers and supplication for the exorcism of demons, by St. Cyril or St. Basil, in Arabic. Egypt: 1886. Use of black and purple ink. Pages are numerated in both Arabic and Coptic numbering systems. Some missing pages. Some numerological charts and calculations.
Binding: 19th/20th century binding.
In Arabic, Coptic
Record created by Beinecke staff.
Provenance
Purchased from Hans P. Kraus, Inc., on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1995.
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Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on the hidden mystery of letters with Coptic paratext.
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Added to Catalog
December 07, 2016
References
St. Sabbas, Kitab al-lughah qubtiyah...min as-sirr al makhifyy al-maudu fi hadha'l-huruf. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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St. Sabbas, Kitab al-lughah qubtiyah...min as-sirr al makhifyy al-maudu fi hadha'l-huruf. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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