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11. Or 1314(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

12. Or 1315

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1315
Title:
The Gospels
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
1208
Extent:
1 item, 447 ff

13. Or 1319

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1319
Title:
Major Prophets
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 item, 220 ff.

14. Or 3581 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 3581 A
Title:
Homilies in Coptic
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a selection of Coptic fragments, many of them including homilies.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
7th century-12th century
Extent:
Codex

15. Or 5525

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5525
Title:
Lists in Coptic (genizah fragment)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
0900-1880
Extent:
1 folio

16. Or 5526

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5526
Title:
Miscellaneous genizah fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Coptic
Date Range:
0900-1880
Extent:
112 folios

17. Papyrus 32

Reference (shelfmark):
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.

18. Papyrus 448

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 448
Title:
Sale of a Storehouse and Apartment (P.Bodl. I 45, SB I 5113, TM 22584), and Declaration of Inheritance (TM 23737)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 22584): Greek contract for the sale of a storehouse and an apartment above it, inherited from the vendors’ parents, at a price of four and two thirds solidi of gold, of which the sellers acknowledge receipt. The buyers are Paamios, Jacob, Thecla; the names of the vendors are lost; date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
610-627
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, another fragment of which is Oxford, Bodleian Library, inventoried as MS. Gr. class. c. 25 (P); broken off at the top and damaged throughout, especially along the central vertical fold; written on both sides. On the front, there are 30 lines in Greek written across the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves further 14 lines from the top. On the back, there are 37 lines in Coptic written along the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves 9 further lines from the beginning of the text. The papyrus was rolled up from bottom to top; housed in a glass frame.

19. Papyrus 1793

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1793
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. V 1720, TM 19735), and Statement as to Pledged Articles (Crum ST 439, TM 47601)
Scope & Content:
The recto, in Greek, contains a receipt for the full price of an earring deposited as security for a debt. Dated: 3 February 549. Nonna had borrowed an unknown amount of money from Maria and had left a pair of earrings with her as security. She now sells them to Maria for 8 solidi in cash. The r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of light colour, written on both sides, folded from right to left. On recto, written along the fibres in Greek. 1 column of text, 18 lines. On the verso written against the fibres in Coptic. The surface of the papyrus on verso side is abraded and damaged at the vertical foldlines and a hole interrupts the lower centre; 1 column of text; the Coptic text has 15 lines.

20. Papyrus 2077(A-E)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2077(A-E)
Title:
Miscellaneous Texts (P.Lond.Lit. 215, 212, 246, TM 61900, 61821, 65051)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (A): Parchment strip, bearing a fine decoration, including crocodiles. Blank on the back. Three fragments in the centre (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 215, TM 61900, LDAB 3057): Three fragments from a parchment codex, containing Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians 11,17-19,22-24. Assigned ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size from different parchment codices (three belong together), housed in the same glass frame.

Left fragment (A): Parchment strip with a drawing, blank on the back.

Three fragments in the centre (B): Three fragments of varying size from a codex, written on both sides; the largest fragment preserves portions of 13 lines.

Right fragment (C): Upper portion of a parchment leaf, with writing on both sides, in Greek and Coptic.

Lower left fragment (D): Fragment of a parchment leaf, only bearing a few letters on either side.

Lower right fragment (E): Fragment of a parchment leaf, mostly blank, with only a few letters surviving on either side.