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Or 1315
- Record Id:
- 032-004396053
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004396053
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172515140.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172845508.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 1315
- Title:
- The Gospels
- Scope & Content:
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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
Prologue to Mark, fols. 13r–16v
Matthew, 17r–137r
Waqfiyya, fol. 137v
Prologue to Mark, fols. 138r–140v
Mark, fols. 141r–214r
(Fol. 214v blank)
Prologue to Luke, fols. 215r–218v
Luke, fols. 219r–350r
Waqfiyya, fol. 350v
Prologue to John, fols. 351r–v
John, fols. 352r–447v
For text samples, see Rieu, Supplement, 7.
The colophon is found on f 447v. We read that the gospel of John was completed in the month of Amshīr in the year 924 Anno Martyrum (1208 CE; see transcribed in Rieu, Supplement, 7).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004396053", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 1315: The Gospels" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004396053
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004396053
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 447 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172845508.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Coptic - Scripts:
- Arabic
Coptic - Start Date:
- 1208
- End Date:
- 1208
- Date Range:
- 1208
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Oriental paper.
Dimensions: 340 x 250/260 mm [250 x 190 mm written].
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: 22–24 lines/page.
Script: Naskh.Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and text dividers in red.
Decoration: A cross on fol. 2v; illuminated headings (cf. bāb). Decorative figures in the margins, in red, green, and black.
Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Good. Sometimes outer margins restored.
Marginalia: Many comments.
Quire marks: Independent quiring and pagination for each gospel (Crum, Catalogue, 322). Other: On fols. 137v, 218v, 350v waqfiyya notes to the Church of St George at Dayr al-Ṭīn in 1257 (cf. Crum, Catalogue, 323).
- Custodial History:
- Also known as Or 1315 (CM 734)
- Source of Acquisition:
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Bequeathed by Sir Charles A. Murray to the British Museum on 12 June 1875.
- Finding Aids:
- Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 6, p. 7; Crum, Walter Erwing, Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts at the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1905), item 734, pp. 322–323.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)