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<dl><dd>Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002</dd>
<dd>97 leaves : 178 x 130 (120 x 85) mm, bound to 205 x 142 mm</dd>
<dd>Glossary of Coptic vocabulary taken primarily from the New Testament, but also including the Psalms, defined in Arabic. Begins with a prayer, followed by pages of vocabulary words in two columns and labeled with headings. The corners of the leaves have been rounded</dd>
<dd>Manuscript codex</dd>
<dd>Layout: 15 lines per page in two columns</dd>
<dd>Script: Written in Coptic and naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized</dd>
<dd>Decoration: Rubrications in red; simple finispiece of geometric pattern in black (f. 95v)</dd>
<dd>Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 15th or 16th century</dd>
<dd>Shelfmark: MS Or 396</dd>
<dd>Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934</dd>
<dd>Text is unbound, though the leaves are sewn together in quires of 10 and held in a later folder of red textile over pulpboard with stamped central mandorla, cornerpieces, and frame</dd>
<dd>Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description</dd>
<dd>Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR</dd>
<dd><b>Columbia University Catalog: </b>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642706">http://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642706</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;go to CLIO&lt;/a&gt;</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Coptic language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Arabic -- Early works to 1800; Manuscripts, Arabic; Coptic manuscripts; Coptic language</div>
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