Accession number
MS M.1236
Object title
Eight leaves from Psalm 148 (MS M.1236).
Created
Egypt, 15th century
Credit line
Gift of William M. Voelkle in honor of Leo Depuydt, 2023.
Description
8 leaves : paper ; 190 x 130 mm (average)
Provenance
New York, Swann Galleries, sale 1628, 10 June 1993, lot 309 (unsold); William M. Voelkle; gifted to the Morgan Library & Museum, 2023.
Notes
Group of eight Coptic bible leaves, in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic, with rubrics or annotations in Arabic.
Text: Psalm 148.
Decoration: 1 headpiece; 1 full-page miniature.
List of illustrations: interlace headpiece; interlace cross.
Text: Psalm 148.
Decoration: 1 headpiece; 1 full-page miniature.
List of illustrations: interlace headpiece; interlace cross.
Language
Bohairic, Arabic
Century
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