1. This is the second post in a series in which I document identifications associated with the work of early Christian Arabic scribes (you can find the first post here). Quite inadvertently, the material that I would like to present in this post has even led to three and not just one identification: the identification… Continue reading Miscellaneous Identifications II: The Christian Arabic Undertext of the Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest
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Miscellaneous Identifications I: A New Fragment by the Scribe Antony David of Baghdad
1. The collection of Arabic manuscripts from St Catherine’s Monastery is of particular importance for our understanding of early Christian Arabic manuscript production. According to André Binggeli, it functions like a prism through which we must look at the production of manuscripts not only on Mount Sinai, but also in other places with which the… Continue reading Miscellaneous Identifications I: A New Fragment by the Scribe Antony David of Baghdad