Accession number
MS M.582
Object title
Miscellany in honor of St. Phoebammon.
Created
Egypt, ca. 822/23-913/14.
Binding
Ancient binding: Consists of fragmentary upper and lower covers, and the greater portion of the back, of leather, over papyrus boards. (Binding cataloged separately as MS M.582A.)
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
32 leaves (2 columns, 35-36 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 342 x 259 mm
Provenance
Monastery of Saint Michael (Dayr al-Malāk Mīkhāʼil); found in 1910 near the village of Hamuli, Fayyūm Province, Egypt, at the site of the Monastery of Saint Michael; purchased in Paris in 1911 for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Arthur Sambon, a dealer acting in behalf of a consortium of owners including a certain J. Kalebdian; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. miscellany in honor of St. Phoebammon (Saint Phoibammon); written and illuminated in the Fayyūm Province, Egypt, ca. 822/23-913/14.
Texts: Martyrdom of St. Phoebammon (fol. 14-20v); Mighty and Miraculous Deeds Which God Did through St. Phoebammon after His Death, attributed to Coluthus the Stylite (fol. 21r-20v).
Decoration: headpieces, tailpiece ornaments, marginal ornaments, signatures and page numbers, extended letters; colors: strong reddish orange, moderate yellow.
Texts: Martyrdom of St. Phoebammon (fol. 14-20v); Mighty and Miraculous Deeds Which God Did through St. Phoebammon after His Death, attributed to Coluthus the Stylite (fol. 21r-20v).
Decoration: headpieces, tailpiece ornaments, marginal ornaments, signatures and page numbers, extended letters; colors: strong reddish orange, moderate yellow.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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