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A book which purports to be The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. Apart from the first chapter nothing in it agrees with Ecclesiasticus. The present work is divided into twenty chapters. Lacking folios after folio 87, 89 and at the end.
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- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 343L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A book which purports to be The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. Apart from the first chapter nothing in it agrees with Ecclesiasticus. The present work is divided into twenty chapters. Lacking folios after folio 87, 89 and at the end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب يشوع ابن شيراخ.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Yashūʻ ibn Shīrākh.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 343L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc02871817g
- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 90 leaves : paper ; 150 x 101 (120 x 65) mm bound to 155 x 100 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1989.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Inscriptions (upper pastedown and fol. 1a). "BM 5" written in blue on lower pastedown. Remnants of label on spine.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 90 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 13 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents?, roman-alphabet countermark initials with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition, yellowed with dampness.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الحي القديم الازلي السرمدي نبتدي بعون الله تعالى ... وهو عشرون اصحاح * الاصحاح الاول. کل حکمة هي من عمل الرب والحكمه مع الرب منذ اوايل الدهر ...
- Ending: ويرفعوا اصواتهم جميعاً بالشکر وينغمون بالصلاة
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped four-lobed central design and blind-tooled edging. Remnants of label on spine.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 188
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/33e63aa2-e304-481b-a286-3675335c5c91/manifest