Coptic Grammar

Description

Title: Coptic Grammar
Published / Created: 19th century
Publication Place: Egypt
Abstract: Manuscript of a Coptic-Arabic grammar book
Description: In Bohairic Coptic, Arabic
Script: Uncial Coptic script. Purple, teal, and black ink.
Some marginalia and later redactions. 5 leaves excised at the end of MS.
Binding: 19th century leather binding with "Coptic & Arabic Grammars" on spine.
From the collection of Rev. Johann Rudolph Theophilus Lieder (1797-1865). His collection of antiquities was purchased by William Tyssen-Amherst, First Baron Amherst of Hackney, for £200. Note on the inside of the front cover: “This volume contains a set of Coptic = Arabic Grammars. I obtained it from the Rev. Jn. Lieder at Cairo - 16th April 1858.” Contains a stamp from the Allan Library (~1891). Bookplate and de-accession stamp from the London Library, St. James' Square, on the front cover. In use in the London Library at least during the 1920's.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Johann Rudolph Theophilus Lieder. Formerly owned by William Tyssen-Amherst, First Baron Amherst of Hackney. Formerly owned by the Allan Library. Ex Libris: London Library. Purchased from Sam Fogg on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2004.
Extent: 85 leaves: 270 x 190 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Coptic

Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Coptic Grammar.
Subjects: Coptic Grammar
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Allen Library > Stamp
Amherst, William Amhurst Thyssen, 1835-1909 > Ownership
Lieder, Johann Rudolph Theophilus, 1797-1865 > Ownership
London Library > Bookplate

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Citation: Coptic Grammar. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.