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Coptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 22

ManuscriptCoptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 22
ShelfmarkMs. 22
RepositoryCoptic Museum
LocationCairo, Egypt
Data SourceCatalogue
Link to digital copyView
Manuscript length294 folia
Physical descriptionPaper. 15 lines. 20 cm x 14 cm. 1 (16 x 11 cm).
Date range1651
Copy date detailsSat., 14 Hatūr, 1337 year of the Martyrs/5 [Muharram] 1030 year of the Hegira (20 Nov., 1620 CE, which however, fell on Friday; furthermore, 5 Muharram did fall on 20 Nov. in 1620 but rather in 161…suggesting the scribe erred in… the years.
Related placesEgypt, (Uncertain)
Religious affiliationCopt

Related people

Person nameYūwānis
Roleis a donor of
Date range749
Person nameBūlus b. Walī al-Dawla Muʿallim Mīkhāʾīl (?) al-Tūkhī
Roleis who it was copied for
Date range638
Person nameSaʿadyā al-Fayyūmī
Roleis the translator
Date range749

Related marginalia

Type of marginaliaGift/endowment of manuscript
SummaryNotices of dedication (waqf) to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo and Alexandria.
Location in manuscriptFolia 76v, 137v, 179v, 241v, 293v
Date Range1911 - 1911
Language(s)Arabic
SummaryCopied for Mu'llim Būlus, son of Walī al-Dawlah Mu'allim Mīkha'il [...] al-Tūkhī.
Location in manuscriptFolio 293v
Type of marginaliaRequest for prayer/mercy
SummaryRemember thy sinful servant [no name].
Location in manuscriptFolio 294r
Language(s)Arabic

Related manuscript Items

Translated titleThe five books of the holy Torah
Titleكتاب الخمسة اسفار التوراه المقدسه
Location in manuscript1b- 293a
ContentGenesis. Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. The text is preceded by a table of contents.
Copy date detailsSat., 14 Hatūr, 1337 year of the Martyrs/5 [Muharram] 1030 year of the Hegira (20 Nov., 1620 A.D., which however, fell on Friday; furthermore, 5 Muharram did fall on 20 Nov. in 1620 but rather in 161 […] suggesting the scribe erred in […] the years.
Related placesEgypt, (Uncertain)
Religious affiliationCopt
Language(s)Arabic
GenreBible,Bible (Old Testament)
Related uniform titles
Uniform title (translated) ܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ / الكتاب المقدس

Related references

ReferenceWilliam F. Macomber, Final Inventory of the Microfilmed Manuscripts of the Coptic Museum, Old Cairo, Part I (Brigham Young University, 1990).
Cited range144-145
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