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Kitāb al-Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī
Uniform Title
Bible. O.T. Psalms. Arabic.
Title
Kitāb al-Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī, [1818?].
كتاب الزبور الإلهي لداود النبي، [1818؟]
Physical Description
1 v. (236 p.) ; 17 cm.
Language
Arabic; Coptic
Notes
Incipit: "Kitāb al-Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī wa-ʻiddat mazmūrātih miʼah wa-khamsūn mazmūran munqasimah ḥasba al-ābāʼ al-Qiddīsūn al-Sharqīyīn ilá sabʻat asʹḥār muʻayyanah li-sabʻat asʹḥār al-sanah wa-mutaḍamminah ʻishrīn kātismā khushūʻīyah. Thumma talī al-asʹḥār al-madhkūrah ʻashr tasābīḥ Nabawīyah qad iʻtādat al-Kanīsah an turattilahā baʻda al-Mazāmīr fī al-asʹḥār. Qad ṭubiʻat al-ān ʻalá al-tartīb al-madhkūr. ʻAwnaka yā Rabb al-Qūwāt."
البداية: "كتاب الزبور الإلهي لداود النبي وعدة مزموراته مائة وخمسون مزمورًا منقسمة حسب الآباء القديسون الشرقيين إلى سبعة أسحار معينة لسبعة أسحار السنة ومتضمنة عشرين كاتسما خشوعية. ثم تلي الأسحار المذكورة عشر تسابيح نبوية قد اعتادت الكنيسة أن ترتلها بعد المزامير في الأسحار. قد طبعت الآن على الترتيب المذكور. عونك يا رب القوات."
10 x 16 cm; written surface 7.5 x 12 cm; 16 lines per page.
Middle Eastern binding with Christian motifs.
In elegant naskhī script, in black ink on yellowish paper; catchwords; headings in red.
On p. [238] a recent note in bluish black ink, dated March 15, 1818, attributes the writing of the manuscript to al-Ab al-Khūrī Atānasiyūs al-Ḥalabī ibn Yūsuf Farrā al-Armanī.
The manuscript ends with "al-ʻAshr al-tasābīḥ" (the Ten praises) which are attributed to several Biblical figures (p. 218-236).
Colophon: "Tamma al-Zabūr wa-al-tasābīḥ. Wa-al-Ḥamdu lillāh taʻālá."
النهاية: "تم الزبور والتسابيح. والحمد لله تعالى."
In Arabic.
Provenance
Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Summary
The Book of Psalms in Arabic with hymns (praises and supplications) to be recited during the days of the week in the Eastern churches.
Variant and related titles
Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī
زبور الإلهي لداود النبي
ʻAshr al-tasābīḥ.
عشر التسابيح.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2011
References
Kitāb al-Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Kitāb al-Zabūr al-Ilāhī li-Dāūd al-Nabī. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 19th century.
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