Masāʼil / al-qiddīs Bāsīliyūs al-kabīr

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Description

Title
Masāʼil / al-qiddīs Bāsīliyūs al-kabīr
Creator
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Contributor
Anṭākī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl, 11th cent.
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.
Published / Created
1755
Abstract

Copied in A.D. 1755.

Followed by 2 leaves of notes.

Followed by: ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl al-Anṭākī's introduction to his translation of the Psalms (leaf 11 recto); 24 ethical maxims, ascribed to St. Gregory of Nyssa (leaf 14 verso); and other pieces.

Questions and answers, ascribed to St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nyssa.

Description
Fair naskhī, in red and black.
For al-Anṭākī's version of the Psalms, cf. Graf, I, 116.
For the ethical maxims, cf. Graf, I, 344, 608 (where, however, reference is made to Berlin catalog, 10181 (16), which is a different text).
No. 5 of 5 titles bound together.
Extent
Leaves 171-186 ; 21.5 x 16 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Arabic

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Arabic MSS 349

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Manuscripts, Arabic
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name)
Anṭākī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl, 11th cent.
Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.
Subject (Topic)
Christian literature
Islamic binding

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Rights
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Citation
Graf, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, I, 324.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
3770320
Object ID (OID)
16564221

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