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[Bohairic lectionary containing verses from Genesis]

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Title
[Bohairic lectionary containing verses from Genesis]
Date
13th century  
Call Number
Pre-1650 MS 0227
Publication Place
Egypt
Description
  • Ms. fragments.
  • Two leaves from a lectionary, written on paper in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic, dating to the 13th century or later. One fragment measures 140 x 130 mm; the other is 130 x 109 mm. Each fragment is housed separately in glass panels. According to Browne (no. 1 in his 1979 study), the two fragments do not fit together and a significant amount of text is missing between them. He determines the paleography to be from the very late Coptic period. The fragment contains verses from Genesis 7:1-3.
  • Coptic.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0227.
  • Former shelf-mark: Item 19 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.19 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Open to researchers.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, I." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.1-2 (1979), p. 31-35
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
Extent
2 fragments : paper
Dimensions
sizes vary
Language
Coptic
Topical Subject
  • Bible  
  • Genesis  
  • Bohairic dialect  
  • Illinois  
  • Urbana  
  • Specimens  
  • Civilization  
Geographic Subject
Egypt  
Temporal Subject
  • 638-1798  
  • 13th century  
Genre Subject
  • Texts  
  • Coptic manuscripts  
  • Manuscripts, Medieval  
  • Liturgical books  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Type
Text  
Bibliographic Identifier
99751678112205899
Collection
RBML Manuscript Collection
Title[Bohairic lectionary containing verses from Genesis]
Date13th century  
Call NumberPre-1650 MS 0227
Publication PlaceEgypt
Description
  • Ms. fragments.
  • Two leaves from a lectionary, written on paper in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic, dating to the 13th century or later. One fragment measures 140 x 130 mm; the other is 130 x 109 mm. Each fragment is housed separately in glass panels. According to Browne (no. 1 in his 1979 study), the two fragments do not fit together and a significant amount of text is missing between them. He determines the paleography to be from the very late Coptic period. The fragment contains verses from Genesis 7:1-3.
  • Coptic.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0227.
  • Former shelf-mark: Item 19 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.19 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Open to researchers.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, I." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.1-2 (1979), p. 31-35
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
Extent2 fragments : paper
Dimensionssizes vary
LanguageCoptic
Topical Subject
  • Bible  
  • Genesis  
  • Bohairic dialect  
  • Illinois  
  • Urbana  
  • Specimens  
  • Civilization  
Geographic SubjectEgypt  
Temporal Subject
  • 638-1798  
  • 13th century  
Genre Subject
  • Texts  
  • Coptic manuscripts  
  • Manuscripts, Medieval  
  • Liturgical books  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
TypeText  
Bibliographic Identifier99751678112205899
CollectionRBML Manuscript Collection

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