Literary text: BL OR 5565F.31

Literary text BL OR 5565F.31

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5565F.31
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew

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Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5565F, fol. 31; BM Or 5565F, f. 31
Input date
In PGP since 2020

Description

Leaf from an Arabic treatise, calligraphic and vocalized. It appears to be a literary anthology, with quotations and verses cited from various Abbasid-era caliphs and poets. The margin on one side contains text from the mishna (Berakhot 4:2). The margin on the other side contains accounts in Arabic-script, naming people such as Abū Saʿd, Abū Isḥāq, Abū l-Faḍl, and Maʿānī.

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