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Artefact ID40
TM IDTM 108860
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Utrecht, University Library Copt. Ms. B3.11 + Copt. Ms. B4.12-14

Remains of a papyrus codex containing the Acts of Andrew and the Apocryphal History of Joseph in Coptic (Sahidic dialect). 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Hagiographic), Coptic language
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
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Accession number

Utrecht, University Library Copt. Ms. B3.11 + B4.12-14

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Quispel, G. 1956. "An unknown fragment of the Acts of Andrew (Pap. Copt. Utrecht N. 1)." Vigiliae Christianae 10:129-148.

• Zandee, J. 1961. "Iosephus contra Apionem. An Apocryphal Story of Joseph in Coptic."  Vigiliae Christianae 15 (4):193-213.

Additional bibliography

• van den Broek, R. 1984. "De apokriefe Handelingen van Andreas. Fragmenten. HS Kopt. Ms. 1." in: K. van der Horst et al. (eds.), Handschriften en oude drukken van de Utrechtse Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht: 202-204.

• van den Broek, R. and J.-M. Prieur 1989. "Le Papyrus Copte Utrecht 1. Édition du texte copte par R. van den Broek et traduction annotée par J.-M. Prieur." In Acta Andreae, edited by J.-M. Prieur. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols: 653-671.

• van den Broek, R. 2017. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the Utrecht University Library. Utrecht: Utrecht University: 75-76 [no. 17].

• MacDonald, D.R. 1990. The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals. Society of Biblical Literature, Texts and Translations 33. Atlanta/GA: 242-253.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 40", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/40
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