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The Earliest Manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron (British Library, Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150))

The Earliest Manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron (British Library, Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150)) In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150)). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the earliest known manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron . Since a complete manuscript of the text survives in a tenth-century paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to compare the text of a Coptic hagiographical work as it was fairly close to the date of its composition, in this case probably the sixth century, with a much later version of the same text. A detailed analysis allows conclusions about both the reliability of the medieval witness and the nature of the changes that the text underwent in the course of its transmission. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

The Earliest Manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron (British Library, Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150))

Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 69 (4): 368 – Sep 16, 2015

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Brill
Copyright
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-6032
eISSN
1570-0720
DOI
10.1163/15700720-12341209
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Abstract

In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150)). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the earliest known manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron . Since a complete manuscript of the text survives in a tenth-century paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to compare the text of a Coptic hagiographical work as it was fairly close to the date of its composition, in this case probably the sixth century, with a much later version of the same text. A detailed analysis allows conclusions about both the reliability of the medieval witness and the nature of the changes that the text underwent in the course of its transmission.

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Vigiliae ChristianaeBrill

Published: Sep 16, 2015

Keywords: British Library, Or. 7558 (89) (93) (150); Life of Aaron ; transmission of Coptic literature

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