Ecclesiastical map of Upper Egypt with names in Greek and Arabic
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Ecclesiastical map of Upper Egypt with names in Greek and Arabic. In the left corner a column with a list of all cities, metropoles and dioceses under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Alexandria: θρόνος Ἀλεξανδρινὸς Κατάλογος τῶν πόλεων, Μητροπόλεων καὶ Ἐπισκοπῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατριάρχου Ἀλεξανδρεί...
A Psalterion containing Syriac translations of the Psalms of King David, prepared for use in the Church of the East. The start of the manuscript contains a series of illustrations, most of which are done as line drawings: f. 1r : Saint Paul the Hermit, accompanied by a bird carrying a ring a...
All four Gospels arranged into specific reading passages identified for dates throughout the Church year, intended for use in the Church of the East. The chapters are occasionally separated by intricate geometrical illumination (see f. 56r, 59v, 76v, 87v. 111v, 119v, 122v, 139r, 155r, 186v, 203v...
Part one of a collection of Druze texts in four volumes. This volume contains fourteen texts. The other volumes are Add MS 11559, Add MS 11560, Add MS 11562.
Part four of a collection of Druze texts in four volumes. This volume contains forty-two texts. The other volumes are Add MS 11558, Add MS 11559, Add MS 11560.
A beautiful codex with colorful and golden illustrations of the four evangelists and floral patterns. It belongs to the so-called Alexandrian or Egyptian Vulgate recension, which became the most wide spread version of the Gospels in the Coptic and other communities from the thirteenth century on...