كتاب صلاة السواع.

Kitāb ṣalāt al-sawāʻi.

Author
Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy and ritual. Arabic [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[Fano, Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forli, 1514]
Description
120 . 18 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books 2272.715.1514 EX Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • The first book printed in Arabic.
    • Ms. titles, in different hands, on t.-p.: Horologium è graeco sermone in arabicum translatum, and Liber precationum horariarum.
    • Known as the Precatio horarii.
    Binding note
    Ex copy: Bound in laced case parchment binding with mss. waste guards over spine. Inscribed on cover 'Precationes arabicae sive Horologium.' In white cloth case.
    Provenance
    • Ex copy: Inscribed on initial page is the ownership inscription of the Augustinian Hermits of Munich.
    • Ex copy: Bookplate 'ExLibris Jacobi Manzoni.'
    Indexed in
    Miroslav Krek, "The Enigma of the First Arabic Book Printed from Movable Type," Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 38, No. 3. (Jul.,1979), pp. 203-212.
    Other title(s)
    Precatio horarii
    OCLC
    42612270
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