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Miscellaneous Identifications IV: A Missing Quire of the Arabic Apocrypha Codex among the New Finds

1. This is the fourth post in a series in which I document identifications associated with the work of early Christian Arabic scribes. You can find the first three posts here (I), here (II), and here (III). This post is about a further membrum disjectum of a Christian Arabic parchment manuscript produced in the Sinai Monastery… Continue reading Miscellaneous Identifications IV: A Missing Quire of the Arabic Apocrypha Codex among the New Finds

Reuniting James Intercisus: A Mingana Leaf Rejoins Sinai Ar. 369

A guest post by Habib Ibrahim* 1. While working on the Arabic dossier of James Intercisus,1 a Syrian-Persian saint of the 5th century, I came across a fragment in the Mingana Collection in Birmingham that belongs to an Arabic manuscript from Sinai. The single leaf preserved under the shelfmark Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Mingana Collection,… Continue reading Reuniting James Intercisus: A Mingana Leaf Rejoins Sinai Ar. 369

Miscellaneous Identifications II: The Christian Arabic Undertext of the Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest

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

Collecting Clues: A Forged Colophon and the Trade in Sinaitic Manuscripts

1. Imagine an old manuscript falls into your hands. You realise it is valuable and you want to turn it into money. You may even know someone potentially interested in buying the manuscript. Its monetary value is directly related to its age. The only problem is you don’t know exactly how old the manuscript is.… Continue reading Collecting Clues: A Forged Colophon and the Trade in Sinaitic Manuscripts