a mingana ed (4 resultados)

245x160mm. VIII+259 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Ex library copy with usual marks. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. The book is in : English Aramaic.

Leather. Condición: Near Fine. None Ilustrador. The second edition of Alphonse Mingana's very scarce edition of the 9th century work 'al-Din wa-al-d awlah' by Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari. The second edition of Assyrian historian, Syriacist, and orientalist Alphonse Mingana's edition of this work. With the title page in English, and the body of the text in the original Arabic. Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari's work, reproduced here from a manuscript in the John Rylands library, and edited by Mingana, offers a 'semi-official defence and exposition of Islam written by order at the court and with the assistance of the Caliph Mutawakkil (A.D. 847-861)'. Rebound in quarter morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Rebound in quarter morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Title page lightly age toned, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Near Fine. book.

Manchester, The University Press, 1917. Or.hcloth. 62 pp. Syriac texts with English translation and notes. Binding soiled, otherwise in good condition.

Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons Limited, 1928. Or.hcloth. VII, 332 pp. Syriac texts, partl in facsimile, with English translation and notes. First edition. A few traces of use to the binding, bookplate of previous owner on verso frontcover. In good condition. * Contents: 1. Timothy's Apology for Christianity. 2. The Lament of the Virgin. 3. The Martyrdom of Pilate.