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Coptic Grammar

Title
Coptic Grammar.
Created
Egypt, 19th century
Physical Description
85 leaves: paper; 270 x 190 mm
Language
Coptic
Notes
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.
In Bohairic Coptic, Arabic
Record created by Beinecke staff.
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.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript of a Coptic-Arabic grammar book.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2016
References
Coptic Grammar. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Coptic Grammar. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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