Books+ Search Results
Kitāb Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah
Title
Kitāb Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah, [17th cent.?].
كتاب مدايح عربي يتضمن شهر كيهك والصيام المقدس والأعياد السيدية، [17th cent.?]
Physical Description
1 v. ([74] leaves) ; 19 cm.
Language
Arabic; Coptic
Notes
Incipit: "Bismillāh al-qawī nabtadī bi-ʻawn Allāh taʻālá wa-ḥusn tawfīqihi bi-naskh Kitāb Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah. Awwal dhālika madīḥah tuqāl fī ʻĪd al-Bishārah."
البداية: "بسم الله القوي نبتدي بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه بنسخ كتاب مدايح عربي يتضمن شهر كيهك والصيام المقدس والأعياد السيدية. أول ذلك مديحة تقال في عيد البشارة."
12 x 18 cm; written surface 9 x 12 cm; 13 lines per page.
Modern binding.
In clear naskhī script, in black ink on yellowish paper, with catchwords; keywords, headings and markings in red.
Includes many headings and phrases in Coptic.
Colophon: "Tamma wa-kamula Kitāb al-Madāyiḥ bi-salām min al-Rabb. Āmīn."
النهاية: "تم وكمل كتاب المدايح بسلام من الرب. آمين."
In Arabic; some phrases in Coptic.
Provenance
Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Biographical / Historical Note
Compilation of hymns, praises, prayers and supplications used in the Coptic Church, probably translated from Coptic. Compiler's name not mentioned, probably an Egyptian Coptic cleric.
Summary
Manuscript in an unidentified hand; undated, probably from the 17th century; consisting of hymns, praises, prayers and supplications used in the Coptic Church during the Coptic month of Kayhak and during Lent and other major Coptic religious festivals.
Variant and related titles
Title in the colophon: Kitāb al-Madāyiḥ
العنوان في نهاية الكتاب: كتاب المدايح
Madāyiḥ
مدايح
Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah
مدايح عربي يتضمن شهر كيهك والصيام المقدس والأعياد السيدية
Kitāb Madāʼiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah
كتاب مدائح عربي يتضمن شهر كيهك والصيام المقدس والأعياد السيدية
Madāʼiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah
مدائح عربي يتضمن شهر كيهك والصيام المقدس والأعياد السيدية
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2011
References
Kitāb Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Kitāb Madāyiḥ ʻArabī yataḍammanu shahr Kayhak wa-al-ṣiyām al-muqaddas wa-al-aʻyād al-sayyidīyah. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - Egypt - 17th century.
Bookmark As
Citation
