407 Manuscripts From The Société Des Missionnaires De Saint Paul In Lebanon Are Now Available In Reading Room

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Miniature of King David (al-Qiddīs Dāwūd al-Nabī) in an Arabic Psalter (SPFH 00077)

407 manuscripts from the Société des Missionnaires de Saint Paul in Lebanon are now available in Reading Room

Posted: 2022-12-13

The manuscript collection of the Société des Missionnaires de Saint Paul (SPFH), located in Ḥarīṣā, Lebanon, is now available online in the Reading Room. This Melkite Greek Catholic collection contains many biblical and liturgical manuscripts, and it also includes a considerable number of Islamic works.

While Joseph Nasrallah cataloged part of this collection in 1958, around 200 manuscripts are cataloged for the first time, including more than 20 works of the famous al-Yāzijī family. SPFH also offers some "firsts" for Reading Room, such as Ḥammīn's Ghanīmat al-safar (in SPFH 00359); Ibn Ṭufayl's Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (in SPFH 00347); the Arabic version of Dīwān Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ (Majnūn Laylá, in SPFH 00400); and many more. View now

Image caption: Miniature of King David (al-Qiddīs Dāwūd al-Nabī) in an Arabic Psalter (SPFH 00077)

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