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Book/Printed Material Mirror of the Souls.

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Title

  • Mirror of the Souls.

Summary

  • The Maronite theologian and philosopher Buṭrus al-Tūlānī (1655--1745) was active as a teacher, preacher, and writer. This manuscript, dated 1822 and with the author's full name given on folio 2r, contains a Garshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script) copy of his Mirror of the Souls (Mir'āt al-Nufūs), a work on contemplative prayer. Other copies of this work are (or were) known to exist elsewhere in Lebanon and Syria. Unlike the rest of the volume, the colophon of this manuscript is in Arabic, not Syriac, letters; the title is also given there as The Mirror of the Soul (singular).

Names

  • al-Tūlānī, Buṭrus, 1655-1745 Author.
  • Nematullah Awad from Hasrun Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1822.

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  1655 to 1745
  • -  Prayer

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 135 folios, 16.6 x 11.1 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Lebanese Maronite Order

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667185

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Al-Tūlānī, Buṭrus, Author, and Nematullah Awad From Hasrun Scribe. Mirror of the Souls. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1822] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667185/.

APA citation style:

Al-Tūlānī, B. & Nematullah Awad From Hasrun Scribe. (1822) Mirror of the Souls. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667185/.

MLA citation style:

Al-Tūlānī, Buṭrus, Author, and Nematullah Awad From Hasrun Scribe. Mirror of the Souls. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1822] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667185/>.