Detecting early mediaeval Coptic literature in Dayr al-Anbā Maqār, between textual conservation and literary rearrangement: the case of Vat. copt. 57 / edited by Paola Buzi ; contributions by Francesco Berno, Paola Buzi, Tea Ghigo, Ira Rabin, Agostino Soldati, and Francesco Valerio.

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English
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Città del Vaticano : Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 2019.
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125 pages : color facsimiles ; 26 cm.

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Essays on the manuscript codex Vatican City, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Vat. copt. 57, which contains parchment leaves collected by Giuseppe Simonio Assemani at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great (Dayr al-Anbā Maqār), in the Natrun Valley, Egypt.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • Introduction. Vat. copt. 57: an outstanding codex from Dayr al-Anbā Maqār / Paola Buzi
  • Codicological and paleaographical description / Francesco Valerio
  • The literary content / Francesco Berno
  • The first homily preserved by the manuscript, In illud: Hominis cuiusdam divitis uberes fructus ager (Lc. 12.16) / Agostino Soldati
  • The titles / Paola Buzi
  • The colophon and some marginalia / Agostino Soldati
  • Archaeological analysis of the inks / Tea Ghigo, Ira Rabin.
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  • Detecting early medieval Coptic literature in Dayr al-Anbā Maqār
  • Case of Vat. copt. 57
ISBN
  • 9788821010255
  • 8821010252
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1121644872
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