Library Number:

ML.MS.18

folios/fragments:

181+1

Language:

Arabic

Material:

Paper glossy for text 1 and non-glossy for text 2

Format:

Codex, 10 folios per quire

Dimensions:

215x170 mm, text 155x110 mm

Arrangement:

1-column with 13-14 lines for text 1, and 15-16 lines for text 2

Script:

Egyptian Arabic Naskh for text 1, Eastern finer script for text 2, upright black ink with occasional red words

Page Numbering:

Arabic numerals on each page by modern owner

Illuminations:

None, reddened lines at the beginning of each text and at important phrases or names, similar to ML.MS.05

Marginalia:

None

Colophons:

Gift dedication after text 1 & copy of original colophon at the end of text 2

Binding:

Brown leather with three embossed coronas

Contents:

Literary. Text 1: (ff.1-174) Pseudo-Epiphanius' Hexemeros. Text 2: (ff. 176-181) Miracle of St. Athanasius of Alexandria

Dating:

Unknown

Scribe:

Unknown

Owner

Ibrahim Effendi Yacoub (last owner)

Provenance:

Unknown

History:

It was bought in November 2006 from an Ebay auction by a Turkish dealer who mentioned that his partner secured these manuscripts in his travels to Egypt.

Related Fragments

None