1939.187: Twenty Folios from a Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John with Glosses and Translation in Arabic
ManuscriptsBoth Coptic and Arabic script are written in black ink on beige paper, which is rectangular and oriented with the longest side vertical. The Coptic text takes up about two-thirds of the paper from the left, while the Arabic script is directly next to it on the right. Red dots and marks are scattered on the paper. The paper is bound to multiple other pages by thread on the right side.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1939.187
- Title
- Twenty Folios from a Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John with Glosses and Translation in Arabic
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216456
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.2 x 12.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thorvald Ross
- Accession Year
- 1939
- Object Number
- 1939.187
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Mary McWilliams and Jochen Sokoly, Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, February 22, 2022), pp. 126-27, cat. 32
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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