1 item. 86 folios; 16 x 11 cm.
Arabic and Turkish.
Unknown.
Sūras 1,2,6,36,48,67,78,97,112-144 and other passages; with prayers (du'a') in Arabic, with occasional passages from the Qurʻān, and instructions in Turkish on the performance of the prayers. Date on inside cover: 1842.
Bequest of T.G. Rylands, 1900.
Inscription on pastedown: "D. Demets[?] November 10. 1892".
John Sampson, A catalogue of the books ... bequeathed by the late Thomas Glazebrook Rylands ... to the Library of University College Liverpool (Liverpool: University Press, 1900), pages 18-19.
Rylands MS.2.10
1 item. 136 folios; 13 x 9 cm. Bound in leather with gold and silver tooling, in a treated brown cloth pouch, within a braided brown cloth case.
Arabic and Turkish.
Unknown.
Sūras 1, 2, 36, 67, 78, 94-98,100-114 and other passages; with prayers (du'a') in Arabic and Turkish, containing occasional passages from the Qurʻān, names of the Prophet and of God (al-asma al-husna), and magical formulae in Turkish. Undated, probably mid-19th century.
Presented by Richard T. Golding.
Rylands MS.2.10A.
1 item. On a paper roll, 7 x 318 cm.
Arabic.
Unknown.
Names of 12 imams in large script, with background and in-filling text of prayers and extracts from the Qurʻān. The names of the imams written vertically are separated by horizontal lines of script containing invocations to 'Ali and his successors.
Transferred from the Gregson Institute, Wavertree, 1938.
University Archive D136: Inventory of the Gregson Institute, 1915 as part of the contents of Case 19: Arabic scroll from the Koran and the box.
SPEC GR6.3(3); previously in the Gregson Room, Harold Cohen Library.
1 item. 20 folios, 22 x 16 cm.
Turkish.
Rigʻa?.
Mejmūʻa or album containing chronograms and poems, some by a writer named Rizāī, some nazires. Chronogram dates from the late 18th century.
From Clarence Hopper's collection, with remains of printed label, and date 1852.
MS.3.48.
1 item. A fragment and two conjugate leaves.
Hebrew, polyglot.
Unknown.
Manuscript in Ashkenazic square script on vellum. Portions of Hebrew and Targum verse by verse, consisting of a fragment with parts of Leviticus xxvi 2, 6, 7, 11, 16, and two conjugate leaves with Numbers xiv 23-40 and xvi 25 to xvii 5.
'Targum MS' presented to the University of Liverpool December 1950, by an anonymous donor. Gift accession number G37057.
MS.5.23.
1 item. Manuscript on vellum.
Hebrew.
Unknown.
Manuscript on vellum, in Hebrew, of portions of chapters 14 and 15 of the second book of the Mishneh Torah, written in a 14th - 15th century Franco-German hand. Text surrounded by a commentary in Hebrew, part of a version of the Haggahot Maimuniyyot, written in a 15th - 16th century Italian cursive hand.
'Mishnah MS' presented to the University of Liverpool December 1950, by an anonymous donor. Gift accession number G37058.
MS.5.24.
Parchment scroll, 14 x 401 cm. With ivory handles and cylinder, carved by Assur Keyser.
Hebrew.
London.
Scroll containing the Book of Esther in Hebrew. Written by Moses Keyser, London, approximately 1860. Keyser was the maternal grandfather of Dora Esther Yates.
Presented by Miss D.E. Yates in 1955. University of Liverpool gift accession number: G51996.
MS.6.15.
1 item. Parchment scroll, 26 x 351 cm. Blue silk wrapper.
Hebrew.
Liverpool.
Scroll containing the Book of Esther in Hebrew. Written by Ellis Samuel Yates, Liverpool, 1845. Yates was the paternal grandfather of Dora Esther Yates.
Presented by Miss D.E. Yates in 1955. University of Liverpool gift accession number: G51995.
MS.6.16.
