Library Number: |
ML.MS.24 |
folios/fragments: |
337 (667 +6 pages) |
Language: |
Arabic and some Coptic |
Material: |
Modern glossy paper |
Format: |
Codex, 20 folios per quire |
Dimensions: |
130x94 mm, text 90x60 mm |
Arrangement: |
1-column with 9 lines (Arabic), 7-9 lines Coptic |
Script: |
Modern Arabic writing, black with some red ink |
Page Numbering: |
Arabic every page |
Illuminations: |
Chapter headings (11), cross Miniature, red verse markings and text headings, and brown and red text borders. |
Marginalia: |
None |
Colophons: |
Owner or scribe name in front and a later gift dedication in the name of a nun |
Binding: |
Modern cardboard yellowish green cover with French design and an older picture from a celebrated liturgy |
Contents: |
Liturgical. Modern Transcription of The Horologion (al-Agbeyia) or the Book of the Seven Evening and Day Prayers Based on the Copy of the Patriarch Al-Tawfiqiya Society AM 1616 (AD 1900). (P.5) Agbeyia. In it the Morning and Compline prayers are missing Troporia and Theotokia. Psalms are numbered in KJV numbers rather than the normal Coptic. (P.402) Miscellaneous prayers. (P.432) Christian instructions on Prayers and Bible Readings. (P.632) Table of Contents. (P.636) Appendix on the Holy Bible. (P.651) Coptic Hymns for Lent. |
Dating: |
Circa 1900 |
Scribe: |
Hanna Fam al-Malaghy from Damanhur |
Owner |
Same as scribe. Given as gift to the nun Martha Al-Malak Mikhail on 8/26/1958 |
Provenance: |
Damanhur |
History: |
See ML.MS.23 |
Related Fragments |
Unknown |