| The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A.S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow Contributor(s): Elanskaya, A. I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004095284 ISBN-13: 9789004095281 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $479.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Coptic Published: January 1994 Annotation: This volume contains the first complete publication of the collection of Coptic literary manuscripts now in the A.S. Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, Moscow. The collection formed in 1870-1908 by Vladimir Golenischev is of great value since it covers almost the entire field of early Christian literature in Egypt and substantially aids to fill up serious lacunae in many well-known literary works, to say nothing of the texts hitherto unknown. Important is also the fact that "Coptica Golenischeviana largely derives from the library of St. Shenoute's monastery at Sohag, this virtual National Library of Christian Egypt, the source of the riches of the museums and libraries of Paris, Vienna, Berlin etc. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 270.109 |
| LCCN: 93042892 |
| Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae |
| Physical Information: 1.55" H x 6.51" W x 9.61" (3.16 lbs) 732 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: This volume contains the first complete publication of the collection of Coptic literary manuscripts now in the A.S. Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, Moscow. The collection formed in 1870-1908 by Vladimir Golenischev is of great value since it covers almost the entire field of early Christian literature in Egypt and substantially aids to fill up serious lacunae in many well-known literary works, to say nothing of the texts hitherto unknown. Important is also the fact that Coptica Golenischeviana largely derives from the library of St. Shenoute's monastery at Sohag, this virtual National Library of Christian Egypt, the source of the riches of the museums and libraries of Paris, Vienna, Berlin etc. |