Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 330: Transcription of an Arabic epic poem Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library These images and the content of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 330: Transcription of an Arabic epic poem are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Catchword at end of verso. In the poetic section, each verse starts a new line. Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ; Halper: Seems to be part of a transcription, in Hebrew characters, of an Arabic book modelled after the Maḳamat of al-Ḥariri; The folio opens with seven verses in wafir meter rhymed -אל (i.e., َال-). The next paragraph is in prose, from the words of the raṿi (narrator), as stated in the heading קאל אלראוי. The hero's name seems to be ʻAntar (no doubt after the name of the famous poet of the pre-Muhammedan era); Halper: the orthography is sometimes vulgar. Thus מא תקר בהי עיני (verso l. 1). Condition: complete. United States Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library Cairo Genizah Collection Halper 330 https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940420093503681 Arabic Transcription of an Arabic epic poem

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 15.3 X 9.4 cm Columns: 1; lines: 20; ruling method: left rule justified by graphic filler graphic fillers (puncti, semi-clefs). Hebrew Oriental semi-cursive Material applied: black ink

12th century-13th century?

Orient Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Amram. Epic poetry, Arabic