The current renditions of the Prophets into Coptic and Arabic are not only of interest for the textual history of the Septuagint –the Vorlage of the Arabic texts–, but also for the approach to the Bible among Copts in the pre-modern era. The scribe carefully compared the Coptic and Arabic texts ...
The current renditions of the Prophets into Coptic and Arabic are not only of interest for the textual history of the Septuagint –the Vorlage of the Arabic texts–, but also for the approach to the Bible among Copts in the pre-modern era. The scribe carefully compared the Coptic and Arabic texts ...
This bound volume contains the four Gospels in Coptic with an Arabic translation in two columns, preceded by the Eusebian sections and canons. Contents : (Fihrist, fol. 1v, fly-leaf) (Fol. 1r blank) Decoration (cross), fol. 2v Eusebius’ Letter to Carpianus, Eusebian Canons, fols. 3r–12v ...
This volume contains Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentation, Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremiah, in Coptic and Arabic. The Arabic text seems to be the translation attributed to al-ʿAlam al-Iskandarī. Contents : Illumination, Isaiah, fol. 1v Isaiah, fols. 2r–97r waqfiyya, fol. 97r Illumination Jeremiah...
The present manuscript, which reportedly contains the first of two volumes, belongs to the rare examples of almost complete versions of the Bible in Arabic manuscripts. The second volume is likely held in the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate (Bible 32). Judged by the date in the early modern era, it...
A Syriac lectionary, or anthology of the Four Gospels arranged with notes on reading. ff. 1v-3r : A table of contents arranged according to the specific readings, illuminated with asterisks on backgrounds of yellow, green, pink and blue inks. f. 3v : An illustration of the Cross in gold leaf...
The manuscript contains two early attempts to defend and explain Christian doctrines and practices in a time when Islam was increasingly gaining influence in social and intellectual spheres. In this context, the biblical and Patristic heritages were aptly adapted to meet the challenges posed by ...