Prayers in Coptic and Arabic [008]
- Description:
- Collation: Single quire, 8 sewing stations. Verso of each page has catchword for the next recto at bottom edge., Numerous notations and marks on front inside cover. Pasted label Edward S. Burgess. Round label with picture of the Tower of Babel and text Maisonneuve et Cie, editeurs, a la Tour de Babel, Maisonneuve ink stamp, and pencil note Maissonneuve [sic] 1891 cat/6542. Pencil note: Guilmoto/7744. Probably E. Guilmoto, 19th c. publisher, Paris, also associated with the Librarie Orientale et AmeĢricaine. Inside back cover, typed label pasted in: 5369 - Prayers in Coptic and Arabic. In the original limp boards. Written on 22 pp., small 4to. 18th century and written in ink, W.[ilberforce] Eames' Sale, Apr. 11, '07, And[erson's]. Wilberforce Eames (1855-1937) was a noted librarian and bibliographer who purchased from Anderson, Script: Coptic book script, with headings and occasional passages in Arabic. Text mainly black with some passages in brown ink. On f. 7v, part of a line in silver ink. Decorative swashes on descenders., Binding: Limp binding in cream-colored paper; cover consists of external sheet, two lining sheets, and pastedown. Cover edges bound with folded strip of brown paper along head, tail, and fore edge; now missing on tail edges. Spine covered with a strip of brown leather. Both covers have a floral design drawn (not printed) in green ink, with red flowers and green leaves crudely colored with ink wash., Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., and Decoration: Introductory initials in black with red. Red figures or notations at ends of some lines; some ornamental penwork section dividers.
- Subject:
- Coptic manuscripts, Manuscripts, Arabic, and Prayer books
- Date:
- 1701/1800
- License:
- Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Rights Holder:
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Rights:
- No Copyright - United States
- Use Restrictions:
- Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
- Title:
- Prayers in Coptic and Arabic [008]
- Language:
- Arabic [ara] and Coptic [cop]
- Provenance:
- Notes from Anderson catalog: Catalogue of the library of Wilberforce Eames (of the New York Public Library) 1855-1937. Sale 1905-7 p. 618 #5369 Manuscript. Prayers in Coptic and Arabic, written on 22 pages, small quarto. In the original limp boards. 18th c. Sold on May 17-18, 1905 and Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942.
- Media:
- Image
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (documents)
- Collections:
- University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
- Location:
- Egypt
- Repository:
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives