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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Language Coptic

1. Add MS 17182

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Add MS 17182
Title:
Egarātā marmiyātā d-ḥakímā parsāyā - ܐܕܪܬܐ ܡܪܡܝܬܐ ܕܚܟܝܡܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ
Scope & Content:
A codex of two Syriac texts copied at different times, both of which are imperfect. These are the first and second parts of the works of Aphrates, the contents of which are as follows: Text 1 ff. 2r-11v : An introduction to the works, followed by ܬܣܝܬܐ ܕܣܝܡܢܘܬܐ; ff. 11v-23r : ܬܚܘܝܬܐ ܕܚܘܒܐ; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, Latin, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
474-512
Extent:

2 texts, 175 ff.

2. Add MS 31268-31298

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Add MS 31268-31298
Title:
COLLECTIONS of Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, chiefly relating to Egyptian, Coptic, and Anglo-Saxon philology:-
Scope & Content:
Charles Wycliffe Goodwin: Egyptian, Coptic, and other philological collections, etc.: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, English, English, Old, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
31 items

3. Add MS 31289

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Scope & Content:
MARTYRDOM and miracles of St. George, in Coptic ; transcribed from a MS. in the possession of Archdeacon Tattam. Paper; ff. 217. xixth cent. Quarto. Henry Tattam, DD, Archdeacon of Bedford: Transcript from a Coptic MS. in his possession: 19th cent. Saint George: Martyrdom and miracles of: 19th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 88942

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Add MS 88942
Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

5. Add MS 88942/1

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Add MS 88942/1
Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
Scope & Content:
Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1778-1877
Extent:
386 folders

6. Add MS 88942/1/44

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Add MS 88942/1/44
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Notebook started in Worthing, contains a frontispiece carrying the title ('A. Cantor's new Commercial Memorandum Book') and three pages of printed text as well as some handwritten notes. 'Cantor's' on the frontispiece is crossed out twice and replaced by 'Carter's' in pencil. Front to back: The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Egyptian (Ancient), English, German, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1823-1826
Extent:
1 notebook (80 folios, 65 pages of text)

7. Egerton Papyrus 1-37

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Egerton Papyrus 1-37
Title:
Egerton Papyri
Scope & Content:
Collection of Greek papyri purchased from the Bridgewater and Farnborough Funds. c 100-c 800. 37 papyri In 1934 it was decided to form a category of Egerton Papyri, to include Greek papyri purchased from the Bridgewater and Farnborough Funds. Since the papyrus containing the Mimiambi of Herodas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Egyptian (Ancient), and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 1-800
Extent:
37 items

8. Egerton Papyrus 5

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Egerton Papyrus 5
Title:
Liturgical Book? (TM 64581, LDAB 5811)
Scope & Content:
One leaf of papyrus codex containing prayers on healing, forgiveness, and acceptance of prayers, with numbering at the top of the page. The codex might have served as a liturgical book; whether it is Christian or Jewish is debated. On the side written along the fibres some Coptic text was added ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:
Leaf of a papyrus codex, slightly damage throughout, with holes and strips of fibres missing in places. Writing is on both sides; the side written across the fibres comes first, as indicated by the number A (=1) at the top of the page; the other side, with writing along the fibres, is numbered as B (=2). Each side contains a column of 17 lines. In the upper and lower margin of the side written along the fibres, Coptic text was added at a later stage in different ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

9. Papyrus 1-3136

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Papyrus 1-3136
Title:
Papyri
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises Greek and a few Latin papyri (c 3100 papyri and c 2650 papyri fragments); 3rd century BC-9th century AD. Egerton papyri form a separate collection. Papyri in Egyptian languages such as hieroglyphic and demotic are held by the British Museum and papyri in Coptic, Arabic, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd century BC-9th century
Extent:
1159 items

10. Papyrus 32

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Papyrus 32
Title:
Official Notice (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999) and Accounts (P.Lond.Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999): An official notice containing measures taken against fugitives, possibly sailors; dated to 30 May 698 or less probably 713. Verso (P. Lond. Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304): Greek accounts with Coptic words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
end of 7th century-8th century
Extent:
Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the left, top, and right on the recto, and at the left, bottom, and right on the verso. On the recto there is a Greek text written against the fibres, on the verso there is a Greek text with Coptic words (Sahidic with Fayumic influences) running along the fibres. Mounted on paper in a glass case.