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• Copied in 1477 Coptic Era [A.D. 1761] by al-Qiss Jirjīs.
• Numb. fols. 397; 20.6 x 15.7 cm.; written surface 16 x 10.3 cm.; 13 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries and headings in color; with illuminations.
• The four Gospels, together with an introduction dealing with the purpose, usefulness, office, source, authorship and divisions of the Gospels and the history of this version, which has been translated from the Coptic language. The copy is complete.
• A few marginal notes in Coptic; ruled marginal lines in red. Illuminated with color. The pictures of St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Luke appear at the beginning of each Gospel respectively. The division into chapters does not agree with that of the modern copies of the Gospels. The last two folios contain a prayer by the copyist. MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; blind tooling on cover and flap.
• Acquired by Ananikian from Egypt, A.D. 1924.

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