Franklin

[Devotional book].

Publication:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Format/Description:
Book
146 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 220 x 175 (155 x 125) mm bound to 235 x 185 mm
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Form/Genre:
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Prayers (documents)
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, 19th century.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Language:
Arabic.
Summary:
Loose leaf codex of prayers; copied in two hands.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 146; [1-146], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Script: Written in West African maghribī script in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Decoration: Geometric designs in red and brown on first and last pages (f. 1r, 146r); several other geometric designs throughout the text (f. 1v, 6r, 8r, 25v, 29r, 45r, 54v, 63v, 67v, 77v, 81r, 107r, 118r); rubrications in red.
Binding: Unbound leaves between two boards with a leather strap attached to one board to wrap up the bundle.
Item is undated, but likely produced in the 19th century.
Catalog entry, 313, pasted to outside back cover.
Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside front cover).
Contributor:
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner, donor.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
OCLC:
954274739