Psalter leaves and Matthew leaf, 1700s or 1800s?

Contributor:

Stanitz, John D. (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner); Dayr Anbā Anṭūniyūs (former owner)

Date:

1700

Description:

4 leaves from a Coptic psalter written for the monastery of Saint Anthony on the Red Sea in Egypt, in 14-15 long lines on paper, with 2 headings in Arabic and rubrication and simple ornamentation added in red ink on 2 leaves and green ink used on an initial on 1 leaf. 1 leaf from a different manuscript (on different paper and in a different hand, perhaps more recent), containing the text of Matthew 25.14-24 in Coptic, in 23 long lines, with a narrow column in Arabic to the right of the Coptic text, and simple ornamentation added in red ink.

Language:

Coptic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Dayr Anbā Anṭūniyūs, the monastery of Saint Anthony on the Red Sea (f. 1-4; Stanitz).; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 16.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs185.html

Subject:

Coptic monasteries -- Egypt; Coptic monasticism and religious orders; Psalters -- Specimens; Psalters; Coptic monasteries

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Coptic manuscripts; Manuscripts, Digital; Specimens

Physical Description:

5 leaves : paper; 210-214 x 159 (170 x 110) mm (f. 1-4); 210 x 152 (160 x 100) mm (f. 5)

Geographic Subject:

Egypt

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. leaves.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Coptic, with headings (f. 1-2) and commentary (f. 5) in Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 185

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)