(Q15945)
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Manuscripts, Greek--11th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--11th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Manuscripts, Greek--New Jersey--Princeton
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between 1000 and 1199
11. century
12. century
1000Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: 73 leaves : parchment ; 134 x 109 (98 x 68) mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Cataloged from existing description.
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Greek text with Arabic translation in parallel columns.
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Layout: 11-15 long lines per page.
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Decoration: decorated headpiece for the funeral canon for monks (fol. 38r); decorated headpiece for the funeral canon for women (fol. 52r).
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Origin: Probably written in Egypt or the Holy Land in the 11th or 12th century.
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Sold in 1922 by Leipzig-based antiquarian, book seller, and publisher Karl Wilhelm Hiersemann (1854-1924) to the collector Arnold Mettler-Specker (1867-1945) and deposited for a while in the University Library of Zurich under the shelfmark Or. 85. Purchased by H.P. Kraus in 1948 at auction from Sotheby's & Co. Since some manuscripts of Katalog Hiersemann 500 demonstrably came from the...
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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