Oriental MS 1316
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Oriental MS 1001, Bohairic-Arabic
, uncial manuscript
of the New Testament
, on paper. It is dated to the year 1663. Horner designated the manuscript by siglum H3.
s on 253 paper leaves (30 by 21 cm), in octavo. The text is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page.
It contains the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and pictures; it is illuminated. the Ammonian sections and a references to the Eusebian Canons in red.
The nomina sacra
are written in an abbreviated way.
In 1721 it was presented to the Church of Our Lady and Saint George in Harat ar-Rum. Lightfoot
, Arthur Headlam
examined the manuscript.
Currently it is housed at the British Library
(Oriental 1316) in London
.
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, uncial manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on paper. It is dated to the year 1663. Horner designated the manuscript by siglum H3.
Description
It contains a complete text of the four GospelGospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
s on 253 paper leaves (30 by 21 cm), in octavo. The text is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page.
It contains the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and pictures; it is illuminated. the Ammonian sections and a references to the Eusebian Canons in red.
The nomina sacra
Nomina sacra
Nomina sacra means "sacred names" in Latin, and can be used to refer to traditions of abbreviated writing of several frequently occurring divine names or titles in early Greek language Holy Scripture...
are written in an abbreviated way.
History
It is dated by a colophon to the year 1663.In 1721 it was presented to the Church of Our Lady and Saint George in Harat ar-Rum. Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot....
, Arthur Headlam
Arthur Cayley Headlam
The Right Reverend Arthur Cayley Headlam CH was an English theologian who served as Bishop of Gloucester from 1923 to 1945....
examined the manuscript.
Currently it is housed at the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(Oriental 1316) in London
London
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.
See also
- List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts
- Coptic versions of the BibleCoptic versions of the BibleThere have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language. Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in all four of the major dialects of Coptic: Bohairic , Fayyumic, Sahidic...
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Additional MS 14470Additional MS 14470Additional MS 14470, Bohairic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, with a few Armenian fragments. The manuscript is written on vellum and paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century...
- Oriental MS 425Oriental MS 425Oriental MS 425, bilinguical Bohairic-Arabic, uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1308. The manuscript is lacunose.- Description :...
Further reading
- George Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect, otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic, 1 vol. (1898), pp. CI-CII