

Country |
Lebanon
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City |
Tripoli
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Repository |
Dayr Sayyidat al-Balamand
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Shelfmark | MS 1 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 899 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Bibles; Commentaries; Apologetic writings |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Headpiece(s); Table(s) |
Notes |
Formerly MS 459 |
Bibliography |
Rashid Ḥaddād and Fāyiz Furayjāt, Fihris makhṭūṭāt Dayr al-Balamand (1970); al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fī al-adyirah al-Urthūdhuksīyah al-Anṭākīyah fī Lubnān: Dayr Sayyidat al-Balamand (1994). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
BALA 00001 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/108282 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2005/05/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 899 page(s) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Eastern Arabic numerals, 1-19, 1-878 |
Binding Dimensions | 35 x 22.5 x 6 cm |
Provenance |
Waqf note, 12 June 1875 CE, page 878 |
Type | Manuscript |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1875 |
Date Precise | 1875 June |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 25 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, page 876-877. Pagination of table of contents 1-19, pagination of text 1-878 |

Item Location | pages 3-497 |
Title | Bible. Selections |
Title NS | الاستقطاف من الكتاب المقدس |
Uniform Title |
Bible
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Contents Detail |
Old Testament, pages 3-209; Commentary on the Old Testament, pages 210-295; New Testament, pages 296-349; Commentary on the New Testament, pages 350-497 |
Item Location | pages 498-640 |
Author | Buṭrus ibn Nasṭās, al-Bayt Raʼsī, active approximately 9th century |
Author NS | بطرس ابن نسطاس البيت رأسي |
Title | al-Burhān fī taḥqīq al-īmān |
Title NS | البرهان في حقيقة الايمان |
Uniform Title | Buṭrus ibn Nasṭās, al-Bayt Raʼsī, active approximately 9th century. Burhān fī taḥqīq al-īmān |
Alternate Title | Proof of Christianity |
Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Location | pages 641-644 |
Author |
Pseudo-Lentulus
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Title | Epistola de statura Christi ad Senatum Romanum |
Title NS | ترجمة الاعراض المرسل من حاكم او مدير بلاد فلسطين الوثني المذهب الى محفل الانبراطور اوغسطس قيصر |
Uniform Title |
Epistola de statura Christi ad Senatum Romanum
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Associated Name |
Pilate, Pontius, active 1st century
(Attributed name)
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Notes |
Translation from Italian dated 1870 CE, page 641. Includes letter from Pontius Pilate to Emperor Tiberius, page 643; quotes from the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, page 644 |
Item Location | pages 645-876 |
Author |
Liguori, Alfonso Maria de', 1696-1787
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Title | al-Istiʻdād lil-mawt |
Title NS | الاستعداد للموت والتامل في الحقايق الابدية والرياضة الروحية |
Uniform Title |
Liguori, Alfonso Maria de', Saint, 1696-1787. Apparecchio alla morte
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Language(s) | Arabic |

Country |
Lebanon
![]() |
City |
Tripoli
![]() |
Repository |
Dayr Sayyidat al-Balamand
![]() |
Shelfmark | MS 1 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 899 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Bibles; Commentaries; Apologetic writings |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Headpiece(s); Table(s) |
Notes |
Formerly MS 459 |
Bibliography |
Rashid Ḥaddād and Fāyiz Furayjāt, Fihris makhṭūṭāt Dayr al-Balamand (1970); al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fī al-adyirah al-Urthūdhuksīyah al-Anṭākīyah fī Lubnān: Dayr Sayyidat al-Balamand (1994). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
BALA 00001 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/108282 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2005/05/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 899 page(s) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Eastern Arabic numerals, 1-19, 1-878 |
Binding Dimensions | 35 x 22.5 x 6 cm |
Provenance |
Waqf note, 12 June 1875 CE, page 878 |
Type | Manuscript |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1875 |
Date Precise | 1875 June |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 25 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date information from colophon, page 876-877. Pagination of table of contents 1-19, pagination of text 1-878 |
Item Location | pages 3-497 |
Title | Bible. Selections |
Title NS | الاستقطاف من الكتاب المقدس |
Uniform Title |
Bible
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Contents Detail |
Old Testament, pages 3-209; Commentary on the Old Testament, pages 210-295; New Testament, pages 296-349; Commentary on the New Testament, pages 350-497 |
Item Location | pages 498-640 |
Author | Buṭrus ibn Nasṭās, al-Bayt Raʼsī, active approximately 9th century |
Author NS | بطرس ابن نسطاس البيت رأسي |
Title | al-Burhān fī taḥqīq al-īmān |
Title NS | البرهان في حقيقة الايمان |
Uniform Title | Buṭrus ibn Nasṭās, al-Bayt Raʼsī, active approximately 9th century. Burhān fī taḥqīq al-īmān |
Alternate Title | Proof of Christianity |
Associated Name |
Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
(Attributed name)
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Location | pages 641-644 |
Author |
Pseudo-Lentulus
![]() |
Title | Epistola de statura Christi ad Senatum Romanum |
Title NS | ترجمة الاعراض المرسل من حاكم او مدير بلاد فلسطين الوثني المذهب الى محفل الانبراطور اوغسطس قيصر |
Uniform Title |
Epistola de statura Christi ad Senatum Romanum
![]() |
Associated Name |
Pilate, Pontius, active 1st century
(Attributed name)
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Notes |
Translation from Italian dated 1870 CE, page 641. Includes letter from Pontius Pilate to Emperor Tiberius, page 643; quotes from the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, page 644 |
Item Location | pages 645-876 |
Author |
Liguori, Alfonso Maria de', 1696-1787
![]() |
Title | al-Istiʻdād lil-mawt |
Title NS | الاستعداد للموت والتامل في الحقايق الابدية والرياضة الروحية |
Uniform Title |
Liguori, Alfonso Maria de', Saint, 1696-1787. Apparecchio alla morte
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
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