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Coptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 22

ManuscriptCoptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 22
ShelfmarkMs. 22
RepositoryCoptic Museum
LocationCairo, Egypt
Data SourceCatalogue
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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