Encomium on Peter and Paul.
Manuscript encomium on Saints Peter and Paul written and decorated in Egypt, 822-913.
Written area ca. 273 x 183 mm. Divisions: Ekthesis and slightly enlarged initial setting off paragraphs, angular coronis setting off subdivisions.
Script: Upright (title [and colophon in Cairo] right-sloping) . 10 lines = ca. 81 mm.
Superlineation: Non-standard. Punctuation: Raised dot in conjunction with a space. Tremas.
Collation: Signed on first and last page of the quire, top inner margin. No quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Decoration: Headpiece, signatures and page numbers, extended letters. Colors: red, yellow (both chemically altered)
Related fragments: 1 leaf in Ann Arbor (Mich Ms. 158.29) and 6 leaves in the Coptic Museum in Cairo (Mathạf al-Qibtị̄) (Ms 3812 (= Cairo Ham. C, formerly JdE 47548), cf. Depuydt, no. 407) complete the text block, though a few leaves remain fragmentary.