Recto; Cartonnage fragment with inscribed parchment layer or possibly a board pastedown. The fragment of text is Coptic, and is Acts, vii written in a Fayyumic dialect. The use of recycled bits of parchment, leather, and later, paper as components of book boards was common practice with Coptic cartonnage boards. It was the practice on Coptic bindings to use a sheet of parchment, either plain or inscribed, as the board pastedown, or final lining of the inner side of the cover boards. These linings went edge to edge (flush with the board edges).
