Item Summary

The story of the Virgin Mary, based on the Qurʼān and Islamic tradition.

Descriptive Information

Title
حكاية مريم.
Transliterated Title
Ḥikāyat Maryam.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 480L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc37720s29s
Publisher
1826.
Language
Malay
Date Created
1826
Format
Manuscript
Extent
iii, 55, iv leaves : paper ; 188 x 122 (160 x 88) mm bound to 196 x 130 mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 54b.
On fol. ia of endpapers: Hakait Mirjam wa-Isai d. i. Verhaal van Maria en Jesus. Histoire en Malaie de Saite Marie et de Jʹesus. 1826. On fol 2a: D. Schaap 6e Maart 1826.
Layout: 12 lines per page.
Description: Written in black on unglazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Keywords and Arabic text in red ink. Partially vocalized. Paper bears two watermarks: one is a stylized sea shell; the second is a vine device.
Origin: Copy completed at noon on 24 February 1826 (fol. 54b).
Incipit: القصة زكريا عليه السلام ادپون تتكال زكريا مغهمفنكن [...] قوم بنى اسرائيل اكن منچهاري
Colophon: ... تمت الحكايت مريم كپد: ١٧ هارى بولن راجب دان: ٢٤ هارى در بولن راجب دان: ٢٤ هارى در بولن فبروارى پد هاري جمعت جم پوكل ١٢ تغه هاري تاهن ١٨٢٦.
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in paper with block-pressed design and parchment spine and cover corners

Discovery Information

Subject
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Biography
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Islamic interpretations
Manuscripts, Malay—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
132

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/607f7d02-3540-43dd-ae69-413e1b4238f9/manifest