[Coptic-Arabic glossary]
Contributors: Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1400
Place of publication: Egypt?]
Language: ara
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Coptic language; Glossaries, vocabularies; Early works to 1800; Arabic; Arabic Manuscripts; Coptic manuscripts
Description: Glossary of Coptic vocabulary taken primarily from the New Testament, but also including the Psalms, defined in Arabic. Begins with a prayer, followed by pages of vocabulary words in two columns and labeled with headings. The corners of the leaves have been rounded.
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Layout: 15 lines per page in two columns.

Script: Written in Coptic and naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications in red; simple finispiece of geometric pattern in black (f. 95v).

Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 15th or 16th century.

Shelfmark: MS Or 396.

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Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Libraries, 2020. Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2021, funded by CLIR.

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Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Arabic and Coptic.

Text is unbound, though the leaves are sewn together in quires of 10 and held in a later folder of red textile over pulpboard with stamped central mandorla, cornerpieces, and frame.

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