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Great Lent and Easter Lectionary
Creator
Title
Great Lent and Easter Lectionary.
Created
[Alexandria or Wadi Natrun], Egypt, 16th-17th century
Physical Description
118 leaves: paper; 323 x 223 mm
Language
Coptic
Notes
Script: Uncial script.
Contains lectionary readings for Sundays and feast days from the first Sunday of Lent to the beginning of Easter; also contains 13 leaves from the Annual lectionary for the month of Mesori (July-August), calendar of the Coptic Church from 22-27 Paopi (October-November), and leaves from a history of the Alexandrian patriarchs.
Binding: Modern binding (19th-20th century) with the title "Misc. Orient."
Autograph note in front flyleaf: “In this volume are Coptic MSS. Brought from the East in 1819 by the Rev. Robert Moseley Master. They were bound by the British Museum binder for me in 1872. G.P.M.”
In Bohairic Coptic, Arabic
Provenance
Formerly owned by Robert Moseley Master. Purchased from Sam Fogg on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2001.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript of a Coptic lectionary (qatamarus) for Lent and Easter, including some calendrical material and a history of the Alexandrian patriarchs.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 09, 2016
References
Coptic Church, Great Lent and Easter Lectionary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Coptic Church, Great Lent and Easter Lectionary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - [Alexandria or Wadi Natrun], Egypt - 16th-17th century.
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