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[Papyrus fragments of letters]

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Title
[Papyrus fragments of letters]
Date
700-800 A.D.  
Call Number
Pre-1650 MS 0226
Publication Place
Egypt
Description
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, II." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.4 (1979), p. 257-261
  • Open to researchers.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.18 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.17 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Item 17 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0226.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Coptic.
  • Glass panel (179 x 128 mm.) containing two papyrus fragments. The first fragment, item 17, contains the end of a private letter, dating to the 8th century A.D., measuring 79 x 60 mm. According to Browne (no. 5 in his 1979 study), the papyrus lacks sufficient information to ascertain contents, but he does note Fayumic influence. The second fragment is a piece of a letter according to Browne (no. 4 in his study), dating to the 8th century A.D. and measuring 80 x 77. Note that it had originally been number 18 in the papyri series, but this number was reassigned to another item, now Pre-1650 MS 0229.
  • Ms. fragments.
Extent
2 fragments : papyrus
Dimensions
sizes vary
Language
Coptic
Topical Subject
  • Civilization  
  • Specimens  
  • Urbana  
  • Illinois  
Geographic Subject
Egypt  
Temporal Subject
638-1798  
Genre Subject
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Manuscripts, Medieval  
  • Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Coptic manuscripts  
Collection Title
Pre-1650 Manuscript Collection
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Type
Text  
Bibliographic Identifier
99751667712205899
Collection
RBML Manuscript Collection
Title[Papyrus fragments of letters]
Date700-800 A.D.  
Call NumberPre-1650 MS 0226
Publication PlaceEgypt
Description
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, II." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.4 (1979), p. 257-261
  • Open to researchers.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.18 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.17 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Item 17 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0226.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Coptic.
  • Glass panel (179 x 128 mm.) containing two papyrus fragments. The first fragment, item 17, contains the end of a private letter, dating to the 8th century A.D., measuring 79 x 60 mm. According to Browne (no. 5 in his 1979 study), the papyrus lacks sufficient information to ascertain contents, but he does note Fayumic influence. The second fragment is a piece of a letter according to Browne (no. 4 in his study), dating to the 8th century A.D. and measuring 80 x 77. Note that it had originally been number 18 in the papyri series, but this number was reassigned to another item, now Pre-1650 MS 0229.
  • Ms. fragments.
Extent2 fragments : papyrus
Dimensionssizes vary
LanguageCoptic
Topical Subject
  • Civilization  
  • Specimens  
  • Urbana  
  • Illinois  
Geographic SubjectEgypt  
Temporal Subject638-1798  
Genre Subject
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Manuscripts, Medieval  
  • Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Coptic manuscripts  
Collection TitlePre-1650 Manuscript Collection
RightsNo Copyright - United States
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
TypeText  
Bibliographic Identifier99751667712205899
CollectionRBML Manuscript Collection

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