Coptic manuscript
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
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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?
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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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.
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Well, maybe Ben will know, or Tes, which is not too far afield (further south). Good luck!
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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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.)Gold package, and original language material and ancient text material, SIL and UBS books, discourse Hebrew OT and Greek NT. PC with Windows 11
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Thank you very much for your advice.
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Veli Voipio said:
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.
Have joy in the Lord!
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Thank you, I will re post it with another title.
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