Omari Mosque Manuscript: Kitāb al-Arbaʻīn, 14th Century

Omari Mosque Manuscript: Kitāb al-Arbaʻīn, 14th Century

Omari Mosque; Gaza City; Palestine; Islamic manuscript; Kitāb al-arbaʻīn; Imam al-Nawawī; Hadith; Arabic; Marginalia; Manuscript damage; 14th century; Endangered heritage

Digitized Arabic manuscript containing Imam al-Nawawī’s Kitāb al-Arbaʻīn (“The Forty Hadith”), produced in Gaza in the 14th century and held at the Omari Mosque Library. The manuscript, written in Naskh script, features marginalia and decorative borders. It survives in fragmentary condition, displaying leaf deterioration, water damage, and worming, leading to significant text loss. Documented here as part of the Omari Mosque’s endangered archival heritage.

Nawawī, Yaḥyá ibn Sharaf

Virtual Hill Museum Manuscript Library, https://vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/543120

1300–1399

Omari Mosque Manuscript: Kitāb al-Arbaʻīn (14th Century) © 2020 by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

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Gaza City, Palestine; 14th century

Handwritten manuscript