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Leaf from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (MS M.988).

Accession number
MS M.988
Object title
Leaf from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (MS M.988).
Display Date
9th or 10th century.
Created
Egypt, 9th or 10th century.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde in 1978.
Description
1 leaf (2 columns, 34 lines) : vellum ; 275 x 230 mm
Provenance
Sir Thomas Phillipps; E. P. Goldschmidt.
Notes
Ms. leaf; wirrten in Egypt in the 9th or 10th century.
The leaf is in two fragments; it is incomplete at bottom and contains the remains of an illuminated intital--Cf. Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
Century
Classification