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Catholic epistles.

Accession number
MS M.661, palimpsest
Object title
Catholic epistles.
Created
Egypt
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1920.
Description
18 leaves (2 columns, ca. 30 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 250 x 220 mm
Provenance
Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927); brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. of 15 fragmentary leaves and 3 small leaf fragments; written and decorated in Egypt, date unknown.
Text: parts of James (fol. 17, 2-7r), 1 Peter (fol. 7r-13r), 2 Peter (fol. 13v-16v); fol. 1 and 18 are unidentified.
Decoration: marginal ornaments, extended letter; colors: chemically altered.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect.
Classification