Lewis O 29 Ajbīyah. al-Salām la-ki yā Maryam. / [أجبية]. السلام لك يا مريم
Title
Ajbīyah. al-Salām la-ki yā Maryam.[أجبية]. السلام لك يا مريم
Authors
- Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
- Coptic Church
Other related names
- Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
- Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner
- Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937, donor
- Anderson Galleries, Inc, auctioneer
Call number
Lewis O 29(Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
Arabic and CopticOrigin
Item is undated and not signed, but likely copied in Egypt sometime in the mid-17th to mid-18th century.
- Date
- between 1650 and 1750?
- Place
-
Egypt ;
Summary
Copy of the Ajbīyah, a Coptic book of prayers, followed by a prayer to Mary. Nine full page illustrations; several illuminated titles.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger based on contents and section titles.
Extent
257 leaves : 105 x 80 (80 x 50) mm bound to 105 x 85 mmFoliation
Modern foliation added, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. Coptic pagination, upper left recto.Support
PaperBinding
Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II) and carrying case that was likely repurposed from another book. Boards have red embossed and gilded inlayed central mandorla with four pendants, one on each side, plus cornerpieces and a gilt-stamped frame. Fore-edge hinge also gilt-stamped. Blue paper doublure with gilt-stamped flowers. Yellow and orange endbands in chevron pattern. Carrying case is 20 mm longer than the book, made of reddish leather with blind stamped black paper onlays of central mandorla and two palmettes on the vertical axis. The inside lining of the case is paper with brown stain in a pattern of diamonds and central florets.Layout
Decoration
Rubrications in red. Nine full page, polychrome illustrations primarily in yellow, green, red: four crosses (f. 1v, 15v, 56v, 84v), three medallions with birds (f. 106v, 159v, 178v), one medallion with flowers (f. 227v), King David (f. 24v), Mary and Christ Child (f. 217v), Abūnā Antūniyūs (f. 257v). Illuminated headpieces and text dividers.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
- Formerly owned by Thomas Bateman (armorial bookplate on last flyleaf recto).
- Formerly owned by Robert Hoe (bookplate on last flyleaf verso).
- Sold at the Robert Hoe sale (Part II) Anderson Auction Company (New York), 16 January 1912, lot 2025 for $50 (note in pencil on last flyleaf verso).
- Catalog entry from Carolyn Shipman, "A catalogue of manuscripts forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe" (New York, 1909), p. 209 is tipped in between last two flyleaves.
- Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
Subjects topical
- Copts--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
- Christianity--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, in the liturgy--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
- Christianity
- Copts
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, in the liturgy
Genres
- Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
- Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
- Manuscripts, Coptic--17th century
- Manuscripts, Coptic--18th century
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Illuminations (painting)
- Prayer books
- Miniatures (paintings)
- Islamic bindings (Binding)
- Envelope flaps (features)
- Early works
- Prayers and devotions
Licenses
-
- Text
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 29: Ajbīyah. al-Salām la-ki yā Maryam. 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/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
- To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book Department Lewis O 29: Ajbīyah. al-Salām la-ki yā Maryam.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.
- URL
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Decorations
- fol. 1v — Illustration: Cross in frame with flowers
- fol. 2r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 2r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 3r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 7v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 9v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 10r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 10v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 14r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 15v — Illustration: Cross with flowers
- fol. 24v — Illustration: King David
- fol. 56v — Illustration: Cross in frame with flowers
- fol. 60r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 64v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 65r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 69r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 70v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 71r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 84v — Illustration: Cross with flowers
- fol. 85r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 106v — Illustration: Circular medallion with flowers and birds
- fol. 107r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 125r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 144r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 159v — Illustration: Oval medallion with four birds
- fol. 160r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 178v — Illustration: Circular medallion with flowers and birds
- fol. 179r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 214v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 217v — Illustration: Mary and Christ Child
- fol. 218r — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 225v — Illuminated initial letter
- fol. 227v — Illustration: Circular medallion with flowers
- fol. 228r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 257v — Illustration: Abūnā Antūnyūs
- Insert recto — Catalog entry from Carolyn Shipman tipped in
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