Bible: Isaiah

Description

Title: Bible: Isaiah
Creator: Coptic Church
Published / Created: [9th-10th century]
Publication Place: Egypt
Abstract: Manuscript of two fragments of Isaiah. Also includes an unidentified folio
Description: In Sahidic Coptic
Script: Uncial script. Multiple scribal hands.
Decoration: Rubrication.
Black and red ink. Significant staining on leaves 2 and 3. Fiber backing used to support ff. Folio 1 preserves only one column per side; leaves 2-3 preserve two columns. Folio 1 contains a narrative about grapes, cutting, the Lord of Hosts, Judea (1r); strong drink, a cithara, a psaltery, and wine (1v). Folio 2 contains a narrative about eating and drinking, those whom God remembers, divine judgment (2r); and Isaiah 24:4-15 (2v). Folio 3 contains Isaiah 40:2-20.
Provenance: Formerly owned by the White Monastery, Sohag, Egypt. Purchased from H. P. Kraus on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1989.
Extent: 3 leaves: leaf 1 = 240 x 106 mm; leaf 2 = 207 x 216 mm; leaf 3 = 302 x 182 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Coptic

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Egypt 9th-10th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Coptic Church, Isaiah.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Coptic Church, Isaiah
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Egypt > 9th-10th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Dayr al-Abyaḍ (Sūhāj, Egypt) > Ownership

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