Eastern Christian Manuscript Page Group
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14th century AD. A pair of pages (4 folios) from a bilingual Coptic manuscript, written in Coptic Bohairic and Arabic, including an end piece; embellished with star, interlace and foliage motifs; the Coptic text reads: '??? = Jesus /?? = Christ / ?? = Son of ?? = God / ?', i.e. 'The One Who is (the only One Who exists).Cf. Institut du monde arabe, L'art copte en Égypte: 2000 ans de Christianisme : exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, du 15 mai au 3 septembre 2000, Paris, 2000, p.77, no.55.6.8 grams total, 19.5cm each (7 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously with Drouot, Boisgirard, 28 April 1997, lot 157 (part"). [2, No Reserve]
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Fine condition.
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Eastern Christian Manuscript Page Group
Estimate £400 - £600
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