Hello,
I have this old manuscript as soon in the pictures and trying to find what is it about.
Could somebody offer an advice?
Thank you
All the best,
Olvia
Welcome to the forums!
Not sure what you're needing.
Just from the image, it looks like a recent special edition, complete with the little hole punches. Probably fondly valued in Egypt among the Coptics.
On the Logos side, you won't get far with reading assistance, or background. Logos used to offer a lexicon in coptic that you could use. I don't see it now. But I have it in my library for such as this.
Coptic, as you probably already know, is a transition between the old Egyptian demotic, as it encountered greek. And its entry into Logosland, is largely the degree to which it reflects old greek mss's (which it tracks, more than the syriac, as you'd expect).
What is your interest?
Thank you for your reply, very kind of you.
Actually the manuscript could be as old as 17th century and I am interested to know what is about or where I could find somebody that could translate a small part of it.
Well, maybe Ben will know, or Tes, which is not too far afield (further south). Good luck!
For me this book in the picture has Ethiopic/Amharic/Geʽez script/font.
You probably can find an Ethiopian to check this.
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Regarding to the Coptic, I found these:
This one contains a dictionary: https://www.logos.com/product/5965/sahidic-coptic-collection
This one contains an English translation: https://www.logos.com/product/7315/bohairic-coptic-collection
These may help with Coptic.(These items are from my with list. They have been there fora log time, but Logos has not given a deal with these products.)
Thank you very much for your advice.
For me this book in the picture has Ethiopic/Amharic/Geʽez script/font. You probably can find an Ethiopian to check this.
Which would be Tes on this forum. Not sure whether he will look into a thread about Coptic, though. Maybe the title should be changed to include Amharic and/or Ethiopian.
Thank you, I will re post it with another title.
