Miscellaneous theological tracts : manuscript

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Title
Miscellaneous theological tracts : manuscript
Contributor
Ibn al-ʻAssāl, al-Asʻad Abū al-Faraj Hibat Allāh, active 13th century.
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Quddūs, active 8th century.
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.
Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270.
Ṭabarānī, Ibrāhīm.
Hāshimī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, active 9th century.
American Oriental Society.
Published / Created
between 1700 and 1799.
Publication Place
Place not identified
Abstract

Manuscript on paper, containing ten miscellaneous theological tracts, nine in Arabic, written in Garshūnī (Arabic in Syriac script), and one in Syriac, as follows: 1. Maqālāt (folio 1b-125b) by Ibn al-ʻAssāl (al-Asʻad Abū al-Faraj Hibat Allāh, active 13th century), a collection of 22 theological essays. 2. Qiṣṣat Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Quddūs maʻa Rāhib al-Ṣīn (folio 126a-133a), a story of an encounter between Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Quddūs (active 8th century), a Ṣūfī poet, with a Syrian monk from China. 3. Iktishāf Fawlus (Būlus) wa-ṣuʻūduhu ilá al-samāʼ (folio 133b-152b), 'Revelation' (Apocalypse) of Saint Paul and his ascent into Heaven, an apocryphal text. 4. Masāʼil Basīliyūs wa-Ghirīghūriyūs (folio 152b-163b), questions and answers of two 4th century theologians (Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379, and Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint). 5. Iktishāf Ghirīghūriyūs (folio 164a-193b), 'Revelation' of Gregory (Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270). 6. Khabar ʻan baʻḍ awlād al-mulūk (194a-196b). 7. Munājāt al-ḥaqq wa-iktishāf Shamʻūn al-Ṣafā (folio 196b-212a), 'Revelation' (Apocalypse) of Saint Peter. 8. Ṭeksā gawanayā (folio 212b-253b). 9. Risālat al-Qiddīs Anbā Bīsindah Usquf madīnat Qibṭ (folio 253b-232a). 10. Mujādalat Ibrāhīm al-Ṭabarānī wa-Amīr al-Muslimīn bi-Madīnat Dimashq (232b-2b9b), disputation of the Christian monk Ibrāhīm al-Ṭabarānī (Abraham of Tiberias), initiated by the Muslim prince ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik al-Hāshimī (active 9th century), end missing

1. مقالات ابن العسال (السعد أبو الفرج هبة الله). 2. قصة صالح بن عبد القدوس مع راهب الصين. 3. اكتشاف فولس (بولس) وصعوده إلى السماء. 4. مسائل بسيليوس وغريغوريوس. 5. اكتشاف غريغوريوس. 6. خبر عن بعض أولاد الملوك. 7. مناجاة الحقّ واكتشاف شمعون الصفا. 8. ܛܟܣܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ. 9. رسالة القديس أنبا بيسنده أسقف مدينة قبط. 10. مجادلة إبراهيم الطبراني وأمير المسلمين بمدينة دمشق، النهاية مفقودة. 1. ܡܩܐܠܐܬ ܐܒܢ ܐܠܥܣܐܠ. 2. ܩܨܬ ܨܐܠܚ ܐܒܢ ܥܒܕ ܐܠܩܕܘܣ ܡܥ ܪܐܗܒ ܐܠܨܝܢ. 3. ܐܟܬܫܐܦ ܦܘܠܣ ܘܨܥܘܕܗ ܐܠܝ ܐܠܣܡܐ. 4. ܡܣܐܝܠ ܒܣܝܠܝܘܣ ܘܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ. 5. ܐܟܬܫܐܦ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ. 6. ܟܒܪ ܥܢ ܒܥܛ ܐܘܠܐܕ ܐܠܡܠܘܟ. 7. ܡܢܐܓܐܗ ܐܠܚܩ ܘܐܟܬܫܐܦ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܐܠܨܦܐ. 8. ܛܟܣܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ. 9. ܪܣܐܠܬ ܐܠܩܕܝܣ ܐܢܒܐ ܒܝܣܢܕܗ ܐܣܩܦ ܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܒܛ. 10. ܡܓܐܕܠܬ ܐܒܪܐܗܝܡ ܐܠܛܒܪܐܢܝ ܘܐܡܝܪ ܐܠܡܣܠܡܝܢ ܒܡܕܝܢܬ ܕܡܫܩ

Description
In Garshūnī (Arabic in Syriac script) and Syriac.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Script: In serṭo (West Syriac script), in different hands; in black ink, on thick cream color paper; few notes on the margins; catchwords.
Decoration: Headings and markings in red.
Layout: In single and double column of different lines.
Inside the front cover: "H. Lobdell, 1853."
On the page attached to folio 1: "This ancient Ms. I obtained from a Jacobite in Mosul and may serve to show those who read Gershuni (Arabic in Syriac characters) the mode of interpreting the mooted passages in the N. T. on which are formulated the tenets of the Jacobite Monophysites of Mesopotamia. It is entitled The Book of Questions. The answers, it is but just to say, are not generally accepted by this sect at present. A small gift to the American Oriental Society, New Haven, CT."
On folio 1a: Two ownership statements: "1. [Hādh]ā māl ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm alladhī (?) huwa min Balad [...] al-maʻmūrah." 2. "Hādhā māl ʻAbd al-Masīḥ."
On folio 5a: An index of "Kitāb al-tilmīdh wa-al-muʻallim" (in 22 chapters), copied by Istānīs: "Kamulat fahrasat Kitāb al-mubārak al-ʻaẓīm Kitāb al-tilmīdh wa-al-muʻallim." And in Syriac: "Uṣalaw bḥūbā Alahayā ʻal ʻal Estānīs mḥīlā da-ktāb."
On folio 122a and 122b: An ownership statement: "Hādhā al-kitāb māl Ḥajar (?) ibn Anṭūn."
At the end of folio 125b: "Kamula wa-najaz 'Kitāb al-Maqālāt' bi-ʻawn Allāh, ʻalá yad aḥqar ʻabīd Allāh, Manṣūr al-dhalīl al-ḥaqīr al-gharīb al-mustaghfir, wa-lillāh al-majd."
At the end of folio 133a: "Kamula bi-ʻawn Allāh Qiṣṣat Rāhib al-Ṣīn, ajal al-rāhib al-mukarram, al-rajul al-fāẓil, Rāhib Īshūʻ, ṣalātuhu maʻanā. Āmīn. Wa-anā al-khāṭī aṭlubu al-maghfirah min al-nāẓir fī hādhihi al-qiṣṣah, wa-kull man qaraʼa wa-kataba wa-qāla Āmīn. Āmīn."
At the end of folio 152b: "Kamula bi-ʻawn Allāh 'Ṣuʻūd al-Qiddīs Būluṣ', ṣalātuhu maʻanā. Āmīn."
On the right margin of folio 160b: Some calculations and an illegible stamp.
On the margins of folio 161a: Some calculations and scribbles.
At the end of folio 163b: "Kamulat Masāʼil Basīliyūs wa-Gharīghuriyūs, wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Āmīn. Āmīn. Āmīn. Wa-raḥmat Allāh ʻalá Manṣūr al-miskīn. Srīṭ ba-shnat APPA (?) d-Yawn."
At the end of folio 193b: "Kamulat Qiṣṣat Mār Gharīghūriyūs bi-ʻawn min Allāh."
At the end of folio 196b: "Kamulat Qiṣṣat al-Malik al-Ibn."
At the margins of folio 197a: Some scribbles and calculations."
At the end of folio 212a: "Kamula Iktishāf Shamʻūn bi-ʻawn Allāh."
On folio 220a: A medicinal recipe and some calculations.
On folio 220b: An ownership statement: "Hādhā al-kitāb al-mubārak māl Jirjis ibn Anṭūn qad kana waqaʻa fī sahmihi min ḥiṣṣat Asʻad ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, Mā la-hu aḥad daʻwah wa-lā ṭilbah. Sanat [...] Masīḥīyah." And some scribbles.
On folio 255b. At the end of the Syriac treatise 'Ṭeksā gawanayā': "Shlem b-ʻidran Marān."
At the end of folio 232a: "Kamulat Risālat Anbā Bīsindah ṣalātuhu maʻanā. Āmīn."
Binding: In dark red leather, Type III (without flap).
Inside the back cover: "Yaṣal al-khaṭṭ ilá maḥrūṣat (maḥrūsat?) al-Mūṣil wa-yatasallam bi-yad Qass Niʻmat Allāh al-mukarram." And some scribbles.
Provenance
Gift of Rev. H. Lobdell, M.D. Ex-libris: "Library of the American Oriental Society".
Extent
1 volume (249 leaves) ; 21 x 16 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Arabic
Syriac, Modern

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
AOS Rv B65

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Texts
Manuscripts, Arabic 18th century
Annotations 18th century
Resource Type
text
Subject (Name)
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Quddūs, active 8th century.
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.
Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270.
Peter, the Apostle, Saint.
Ṭabarānī, Ibrāhīm.
Hāshimī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, active 9th century.
Subject (Topic)
Theology, Doctrinal
Syriac language
Subjects
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Quddūs, active 8th century
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint
Gregory, Thaumaturgus, Saint, approximately 213-approximately 270
Peter, the Apostle, Saint
Ṭabarānī, Ibrāhīm.
Hāshimī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, active 9th century
Theology, Doctrinal > Early works to 1800
Syriac language > Texts > Early works to 1800
18th century
American Oriental Society > Bookplate

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Miscellaneous theological tracts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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Catalog Record
17581509
Object ID (OID)
2054627

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