Item Summary

A collection of Christian homilies for promoting virtuous living.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب المعونه على دفع الهم / تأليف الاب القديس مارى ايليا، مطران نصيبين.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Maʻūnah ʻalá dafʻ al-hamm / taʼlīf al-Āb al-Qiddīs Mārī Īlīyā, Muṭrān Nuṣaybīn.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 24L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2227n2647
Publisher
[before 1795]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1795
Format
Manuscript
Extent
85 leaves : paper ; 199 x 154 (145 x 98) mm bound to 194 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Ownership statement: Ṣahwan Buṭrus al-Qiyāmī dated August 1795 (fol. 85a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1992.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 85 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13 lines per page.
Description: Use of red ink ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (anchor, roman-alphabet countermark initials) ; MS in fair condition; first 14 folios damaged with little to no loss of text.
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الخالق الحي الناطق ... لما کانت الهموم بقدر الهمم والفرح والسرور بقدر النعم وكانت همومك ادام الله توفيقك وافره وانعم الله تعالى ...
Colophon: کمل کتاب المعونة على دفع الهم بعون الله وتدبيره ورحمته والتسبيح لله دائما ابدا امين
Binding Note
Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Covers are in poor condition.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sermons, Arabic—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
184

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ecbb04e1-e711-443a-9b98-1f7e5bc83dd8/manifest