Sahidic Coptic text fragment (DS12156) (Q52258)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (8949340, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 683 +++, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/8949340)
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| English | Sahidic Coptic text fragment (DS12156) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (8949340, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 683 +++, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/8949340) |
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Books of hours--Egypt--9th century
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8--
9. century
800Gregorian
899Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 200 x 230 mm. (160 x 170 mm.)
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Ms. fragment.
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Evidently a leaf from a Book of Hours.
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Language and script: Coptic.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Double columns; 19 lines at highest point (with evidence of additional lines torn away); frame-ruled. Housed in paper mat, 310 x 330 mm.
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Decoration: Illuminated initials; geometric patterned border at left; image of a bird in left and right margins.
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Origin: This text is of the same type as a group of manuscripts discovered in the ruins of the White Monastery (now called Dayr al-Abyaḍ) founded by the Coptic monk Shenute near Sūhāj in Upper Egypt (see dealer description on verso of mat).
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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