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<span>Fol.103r, from a codex containing the correspondence of Christ with Abgar, the King of Edessa, two texts by the fourth or fifth century ascetic writer Paul of Tamma, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Ruth. </span><span>Egypt, late sixth or early seventh century</span>
Fol.103r, from a codex containing the correspondence of Christ with Abgar, the King of Edessa, two texts by the fourth or fifth century ascetic writer…
<span>Parchment fragment. Verso. Book of Jeremiah<br /></span><span>White Monastery, Sohag (Egypt), tenth century</span>
Parchment fragment. Verso. Book of Jeremiah. Sahidic Dialect. White Monastery, Sohag (Egypt). Tenth century.  Fragments of the same manuscript are…
Fol. 292r, containing text of the Biblia Latina.
Italy, thirteenth century" title="Fol. 292r, containing text of the "Interpretation of Hebrew Names", from Biblia Latina.
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Fol. 292r, containing text of the "Interpretation of Hebrew Names", from Biblia Latina.Italy, thirteenth century
Fol. 266v, initial Biblia Latina.
Italy, thirteenth century" title="Fol. 266v, initial "P" opening St. Paul's Epistles to the Galatians, from Biblia Latina.
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Fol.266v, historiated large initial "P", decorated with bright colors and a gold leaf, opening St. Paul's Epistles to the Galatians,  from Biblia…
Fol. 9r, beginning of the Gospel of Luke with the <em>Glossa Ordinaria</em><br /><span>Park Abbey, Louven, twelfth century</span>
Fol. 9r, beginning of the Gospel of Luke with the Glossa Ordinaria. The central column is the main biblical text, with the Glossa Ordinaria arranged…
Fol. 1r, containing the beginning of Jerome's Preface to the Four Gospels, from a manuscript of the Gospel of Luke with the <em>Glossa Ordinaria</em><br />Park Abbey, Louven, twelfth century
Fol. 1r, containing the beginning of Jerome's Preface to the Four Gospels,  oening with a decorated intiatial "P", from a manuscript of the Gospel of…
Selection of manuscripts from the Early Abbasid period
In this video, explore a selection of manuscripts from the early Abbasid period (cf The Qur'an : Early transcription)
Seventeenth-century Armenian style binding covering <span>a manuscript of the Four Gospels</span><br /><span>Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161</span>
Front cover, of seventeenth-century Armenian style binding consisting of blind-tooled leather in a diaper pattern of diamonds, lozenges, and flowers…
Fol. 275r, containing the colophon of a manuscript of the Four Gospels<br />Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161
The colophon indicates that this manuscript was written in the Church of Mother of the God in Edessa (Urfa) in 1161 by the priest Vasil from an…
<p>Beginning of the Gospel according to Mark, from a manuscript of the Four Gospels<br />Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161</p>
Large intial "U" opening the Gospel according to Mark, from a book of the Four Gospels. Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161
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