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1. Add MS 5114

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Add MS 5114
Title:
Pistis Sophia (The Askew Codex)
Scope & Content:
Pistis Sophia means 'faithful wisdom'. 23 quires; the first quire has 12 leaves; the last 8; 8 leaves are missing. Scribes: Two unnamed scribes copied the text; the first scribe copied folios 1 to 29; the second scribe was responsible for copying from folio 30 to the end. The first scribe numb...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
301-699
Extent:
178 folios (356 pages)

2. Add MS 7154

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Title:
Ktābā Dawíd - ܟܬܒܐ ܕܘܝܕ
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1203
Extent:
1 text, 183 ff

3. Add MS 12150

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Title:
Syriac Codex
Scope & Content:
A codex of six Syriac texts, all copied in the same Madenḥāyā hand. f. 1r: A series of notes in Arabic and Syriac written in a hand other than that of the scribe, primarily religious formulae, as well as a brief, partially illegible inscription in Greek or Coptic; ff. 1v-72v: The Recognition...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
412
Extent:

Codex, 255 ff

4. 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.

5. Add MS 17725

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Title:
THE LITURGIES of S. Basil, S. Gregory, and S. Cyril, adapted to the use of the Coptic Church in Abyssinia. In Coptic and Arabic. Paper; XVIth cent. Quarto. [Add. 17,725.]
Scope & Content:
Liturgies and Martyrologies: Liturgies of SS. Basil, Gregory, and Cyril, adapted to the use of the Abyssinian Church: 16th cent. Liturgies Coptic: Liturgies for the Coptic Church in Abyssinia.: Copt. and Arab.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, and English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 18997

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Add MS 18997
Title:
The Proverbs and Book of Job
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Proverbs and Job in bilingual Coptic and Arabic texts. For extracts, see Cureton and Rieu, Catalogus, pp. 354-355. Contents: Proverbs, fols. 2r–49r Introductory note on Job (taqdima), fol. 49v Job, fols. 50r–165r Scribal notes: 165 There are two colophons on ff 49r...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
Codex, 165 ff

7. Arundel Or 15

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Arundel Or 15
Title:
Psalms, Odes, Prayers
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a beautifully illuminated Mamluk codex. It contains a carefully copied translation of the Psalms and related texts into Arabic as well as a guide how to approach them. In a lengthy introduction, the Psalms are contextualized both in historical (Biblical) time and within t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
13th century -16th century
Extent:
Codex, fols. 332

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. Or 1314(1)

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Or 1314(1)
Title:
10 Prophesies
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
1373-74
Extent:
Codex; ff. 117

10. Or 1314(2)

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Or 1314(2)
Title:
Prophecies and other texts in Coptic and Arabic
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
1373-74
Extent:
13 texts; ff. 135