Library Number:

ML.MS.05

folios/fragments:

149

Language:

Arabic

Material:

Paper

Format:

Codex

Dimensions:

230 x 168 mm, text 170x115 mm

Arrangement:

Single column, 13-15 lines per page

Script:

Egyptian Arabic Naskh, black with some reddened words throughout the text

Page Numbering:

Arabic, each page f.1-39 (1-77 [repeated]), 40r-148r (78-296)

Illuminations:

Page header and 10 header monograms (crosses, rectangular shapes with and without birds)

Marginalia:

Some marginal corrections

Colophons:

Yes p. 286 (287) & 296 (297)

Binding:

The original dark burgundy leather cover is preserved though detached from the rest of the codex and somewhat damaged.

Contents:

Hagiographic/Liturgical. P.1-286, Life of St. Takla Haymanout; p.287 A hymn to St. Shenouda; p. 292 A hymn for the Virgin Mary

Dating:

AM 1618 / AD 1902

Scribe:

Shenouda, a deacon from the Karnak area in Upper Egypt. He describes himself as, “a servant of the great angel, the Archangel Michael and the great saint Anba Shenouda”.

Owner

Moallam Qelada son of Moallam Shenouda son of Kolta al Farargi from Deir al nawahed (colophon). Current owner Reda William al-Erian (stamped)

Provenance:

Luxor

History:

See the history under ML.MS.04.

Related Fragments

None