Fragment of a Christian prayer

Content

Fragment of a Christian prayer. The text is defective at the beginning, and is found on the first folio of quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. five of the original manuscript (f. 37r of the Coptic foliation).

Begins (f. 18r, lines 1-5, defective at beginning [37r Coptic foliation]):

يا ربي وإلاهي خاضعًا [first 6 or 7 letters illegible]

]معـ]ـترفًا مقرًا بذنوبي أن تغفر لي ما تقدم من

خطاياي وتعصمني مما لم أبلغ وقودي

إلى ما تحب وترضا إنك ولي ذلك والقادر

عليه ...

Ends (f. 18v, lines 6-11, defective at beginning [37v Coptic foliation]):

... ويقبل صلاوتي فرجت عني و

عن جميع أولادي وحفظتهم وحر

ستهم حيث كانوا باسم المسيح سيدنا

ورأفته ورحمته تكون معنا ومع الولا

دنا (!) ومع جميع المؤمنين إلى دهر الداهر

ين آمين آمين آمين رب العلمين

Extent and format

Ff. 18r-18v

It is part of

Fragment of a Christian Arabic Miscellany

78 images

Ref: Or 8857

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 8857, f 18r-18v

History of this record

Date(s)

ca 1000

Related material

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Catalogue record for other fragment of manuscript:

• Löfgren, Oscar and Renato Traini, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 3 vols (Vicenza: Neri Pozza Editore, 1975–95), vol. 1, item XXXIII, pp. 33-35

Subjects

Prayer -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800

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Fragment of a Christian prayer, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 8857, f 18r-18v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100098365805.0x000006> [accessed 28 December 2024]

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