- Published / Created:
- 19th century.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 613
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories of male and female personal Islamic names arranged alphabetically. Beside the months and days, it gives the times of prayers, the times of fasting and breaking the fast during Ramaḍān, the direction to the holy city of Mecca "qiblah", and personal reading of one's fortune. Written by al-Sayyid al-Ḥājj ʻAbd Allāh al-Ṭarsūsī (could not be identified) who may also have been the author
- Description:
- In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 108 x 10.8 cm., and In naskh/ruqʻah script in black, gold and red ink on white paper.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Arab, Fortune-telling by names, Islamic calendar, Names, Personal, Islamic, Prayer, Islam, Qiblah, and Ramadan
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendar : manuscript
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- Published / Created:
- 1888.
- Call Number:
- Syriac MSS 5
- Image Count:
- 57
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Collection of three hagiographical Syriac texts, as follows: 1. "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Māry Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē" (folios 2a-18b; pages 3-36), Story of the Apostles Saint Matthew and Saint Andrew. 2. "Tašʻítā d-Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā" (folios 18b-30b; pages 36-60), Story of Abbā Marcus of Tharmaka (Tarmaq). 3. "Tašʻítā d-Māry Qúryāqús Sāhdā u-ʼemeh Yúlíṭā" (folios 30b-52b; pages 60-104), Story of Cyriacus the Martyr and his mother Julitta. The codex was copied in four days, on the fourth of November (Eastern), of the year 1888, by Sargís bar Yawsep of Gogtapah, during his studying at the College of Urūmīyah
- Description:
- In Syriac., Title of the codex supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 1. Incipit of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Māry Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē": "W. Men bātar yawmātā d-súlāqeh d-Māran Yešúʻ Mšíḥā la-šmāyā kad etmlíw yawmātā d-Pnṭiqúsṭī u-ʼétā Pārqlíṭā l-ʻElítā d-Ṣehyún u-'etmlíw Šlíḥe Qādíšē men mawhabtā d-Rúḥā d-Qúdšā hwā ṣebyānā l-kul ḥad ḥad minhún d-nepqún u-nekrzún sbarteh da-Mšíḥā ...", 1. Secundo folio of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Māry Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē": u-šātén hwaw ʼelā āklín hwaw besrā da-bnaynāšā., 2. Incipit of "Tašʻítā d-Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā": "Túb b-yad Alāhā ḥayā kāteb ʼenā tašʻítā d-hānā gabyā Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā. Māran Yešúʻ Mšīḥā tʻadar l-kātúbā wa-l-šāmúʻē ba-ṣlúteh. Amín.", 2. Secundo folio of "Tašʻítā d-Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā": kad damík ʼenā ṣéd Abā Yúḥanan., 3. Incipit of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Qúryāqús Sahdā u-ʼemeh Yúlíṭā": "Túb b-yad Alāhā ḥayā kāteb ʼenā tašʻítā d-Māry Qúryāqús Sāhdā u-ʼemeh Yúlíṭā d-hāwē dukranhún b-ʼīraḥ Tammúz YH beh ...", 3. Secundo folio of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Qúryāqús Sāhdā u-ʼemeh Yúlíṭā": la-mdíntā d-Qílíqāyē., 11 x 18 cm; written surface: 7.5 x 14 cm; 17 lines per page., Binding: In light brown leather cover which seems to have belonged to a previous work; inside the back cover is written in a crude hand an Islamic invocation in broken Arabic., In good East Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., Laid slip 1: "Hagiography. Described in Arnold Look's Yale dissertation, History of Abba Marcus of Mount Tharmaka, p. xi.", Laid in slip 2: "Wright, apocr. acts of the apost. I QB-QKW. II 93 to 115 (trans.). Tischendorf, acta apost. apocr. 132-166. Lipsiu, 11.", Pages are numbered 1-104; folio 53 is blank., On folio 2a: "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Mārī Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē ṭúbānē kad talmed la-mdínat Kalbín d-ʻāmúréh aklín hwaw bisrā da-bnāynāšā.", Translation of the text on folio 2a: "Story of Saint Mathew and Saint Andrew the righteous Apostles as they evangelized the city of Kalbīn whose inhabitants used to eat human flesh.", At the head of folio 52b: "Ba-šrarā hākíl emarw mkatbānē d-nāsí yatír min mā d-ḥāyaʼr qbarníṭí lmína níḥā d-elfeh mṭāraptā.", Translation of the text at the head of folio 52b: "It is true then what the authors/scribes, who suffer much say, like the captain as he looks at the safe harbor of his afflicted ship.", 1. Text of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Māry Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē" ends with: "... u-qāʻín hwaw u-ʼamrín d-ḥad hú Alāhā d-Andrāwus u-ḥad hú Mārān Yešúʻ Mšíḥā d-leh šúbḥā u-íqārā ... hāšā wa-b-kulzban wa-l-ʻālam ʻālmín. ʼĪn. Amín.", 1. Translation of the end of "Tašʻítā d-Māry Matāy wa-d-Māry Andrʼāwus Šlíḥē": "... and they were shouting and saying: One is the God of Andrew, and One is our Lord Jesus Christ to whom belongs glory and honor ... now and every time and for ever and ever.", 2. Colophon of "Tašʻítā d-Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā": "Ṣalāw ʻal ḥaṭāyā Sargís d-qārē b-Kalíjā d-ʼÚrūmyā Gúgtapah da-sraṭ d-ṭab netḥanan ba-ṣlawatkún.", 2. Translation of the colophon of "Tašʻítā d-Abbā Marqús Tarmaqāyā": "Pray for the sinner Sargís of ʼÚrūmyā Gúgtapah, the copyist, that he may have mercy through your prayers.", Colophon of the codex: "ʼEtekteb ktābā hānā men Sargís bar Yawsep bar Sargís ... d-mātā briktā d-Gúgtapah kad qārē hwā b-Kalijyā d-Úrúmyā kad bar tšaʻsar šnín. Amín u-Amín. Etkteb Tešrín Trāyānā d-Madnḥāyē d-b-šantā Mšíḥ APPḤ 1888. Amín. Ktāb b-arbaʻ yawmātā kad qārē hwā b-Madrasā. Ṣalāw ʻlāy kulkún qārāyē u-kulhún šamúʻē qdām Māryā Alāhā.", and Translation of the colophon of the codex: "This book was copied by Sargís bar Yawsep bar Sargís ... from the blessed region of Gúgtapah as he was studying at the Úrúmyā College, when he was nineteen years old. Amen and Amen. It was copied on the fourth of Eastern November of the Christian year 1888. Amen. It was written in four days when he was studying at the School. Pray for me all you readers and all you listeners in front of the Lord God."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Urūmīyah (Iran)
- Subject (Name):
- Andrew, Apostle, Saint, Cyricus, Saint, -approximately 304, Julitta, Saint, -approximately 304, Mark, Saint, of Tharmaka, and Matthew, the Apostle, Saint
- Subject (Topic):
- In literature, Christian hagiography, Syriac language, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of three hagiographical Syriac texts : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 1860-1861.
- Call Number:
- PLAYING CARDS GEN 903
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 903: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., and Six pairs of sample cards, each connected by a piece of string and wax-sealed with the initials "G. G." Five of the six sets bear seals of the "K. k. Finanzwach Respizienten Bezirk III/IV" and a handwritten note.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Austria
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manufacturer's sample playing cards deposited with authorities for purposes of registration and taxation
- Published / Created:
- 19th century?
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-4292 M8292
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript, signed, by "H. A. L." containing lines from Lucy Smith's Moroni's Lamentation (a Mormon hymn given to Smith in 1833 and sung in the Nephite tongue), undated but possibly created during the 19th century. The manuscript does not follow the original hymn entirely as it includes variations and additions. The hymn has reference to a battle of the Nephites against the Lamanites around the Hill Cumorah in New York State
- Description:
- In English. and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- New York (State) and Cumorah, Hill (N.Y.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Lamanites (Mormon Church), Mormons, and Nephites
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Moroni's lamentation : manuscript
- Creator:
- Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović, 1787-1864
- Published / Created:
- <1875>
- Call Number:
- Hse36 K14d
- Container / Volume:
- kn.2
- Image Count:
- 664
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- In Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic). and Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
- Publisher:
- U nakladi Ane udovice V.S. Karadžića
- Subject (Topic):
- Epic poetry, Serbian, Ballads, Serbo-Croatian, and Folk songs, Serbo-Croatian
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Srpske narodne pjesme
- Published / Created:
- [1700-1900]
- Call Number:
- Cary Wrapper
- Image Count:
- 121
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- BEIN AUSwrapper1: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of playing card wrappers].