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Coptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 87

ManuscriptCoptic Museum (Cairo, Egypt), Ms. 87
ShelfmarkMs. 87
RepositoryCoptic Museum
LocationCairo, Egypt
Data SourceCatalogue
Link to digital copyView
Manuscript length119 folia
Physical descriptionPaper. 11 lines. 20 cm x 16 cm. 1 (16 x 11 cm).
Date range1740 - 1740
Copy date statusMarked in text
Copy date detailsThe ms. was collated 21 Ba'ūnah, 1456 year of the Martyrs. (26 June, 1740 CE) and was presumably copied not long before.
Related placesEgypt, (Uncertain)
Religious affiliationCopt

Related people

Person nameBūlus al-Būshī
Rolemay be the author
Date range1099
Person nameJirjis al-Jabbār
Roleis a scribe
Date range1099
Person nameIbrāhīm
Rolebinder/repairer
Date range1722 - 1722
Person nameṢalīb
Rolebinder/repairer
Date range1199

Related marginalia

Type of marginaliaOther
SummaryNote containing varios dates, including 909 (year of the Hegira? = 1503/4 CE) and 1457 of the Martyr era (= 1740/1 CE). The purpose of the note is unclear.
Location in manuscriptFolio 1v
Language(s)Arabic
Type of marginaliaHistorical notice,Date of copying,Binding/repair
SummaryThe ms. was copied by Mu'allim Girgis al-Gabbār, but was disfigured (i.e. illustrated) by Ibrāhīm, son of Sim'ān, in 1457 of the Martyr era. In that year, on the 25th of Tūbah (31 Jan., 1741 CE) there was an iearthquake in Cairo, and the level of the Nile was below normal, which resulted in a great famine.
Location in manuscriptFolio 3r
Language(s)Arabic
Type of marginaliaGift/endowment of manuscript
SummaryNotice of dedication to the Monastery of St. Damiana, in the Desert of Za'farān in Wādī Sisbān.
Location in manuscriptFolio 3r
Language(s)Arabic
Type of marginaliaCollation note
SummaryCollated (by the copyist) with two ancient manuscripts.
Location in manuscriptFolio 119v
Date Range1740
Language(s)Arabic
Type of marginaliaCollation note
SummaryCollated (a second time) Ibrāhīm and Salīb, brothers of the prioress in Hārat aI-Rūm, 21 Ba'ūnah, 1456 of the Martyr era ( 26 Jun., 1740 CE).
Location in manuscriptFolio 119v
Date Range1740 - 1740
Language(s)Arabic
Notes & referencesGRAF, Catalogue p.262, ms. 708, misread the date
Type of marginaliaCollation note
SummaryCollated (third time) with two manuscripts in the Monasteries of Amir Tādrus and Barsūm the Naked.
Location in manuscriptFolio 119v
Language(s)Arabic
Type of marginaliaOther
Summary"1625" chronology and purpose unclear.
Location in manuscriptFolio 119v (margin)
Language(s)Arabic

Related manuscript Items

Translated titleThe apocalypse
Titleالابوغالمسيس
Location in manuscript3b-119b
ContentThe text is interspersed with anonymous commentary.
Copy date1740 - 1740
Copy date statusMarked in text
Copy date detailsThe manuscript was collated 21 Ba'ūnah, 1456 year of the Martyrs (26 June, 1740 CE) and was presumably copied not long before.
Related placesEgypt, (Uncertain)
Religious affiliationCopt
Language(s)Arabic
Inciptيعني السبع ارواح السبع رتب
GenreBible,Bible (New Testament)
Related uniform titles
Uniform title (translated) الاناجيل المقدسة / ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ
Related peoples
Person nameBūlus al-Būshī
Rolemay be the author or believed to be the
Date range1701 - 1701

Related references

ReferenceWilliam F. Macomber, Final Inventory of the Microfilmed Manuscripts of the Coptic Museum, Old Cairo, Part I (Brigham Young University, 1990).
Cited range208-209
ReferenceGeorg Graf, Catalogue de manuscrits arabes chrétiens conservés au Caire, Studi e Testi (Vatican: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1934).
Cited range262, ms. 708
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