Coptic Prayer Book Leaves: Overview of Text

Authors

Bronwyn Dorhofer, Portland State UniversityFollow

Files

Streaming Media

Description

PSU student Bronwyn Dorhofer presents her research on a selection of pages from an 18^th-century prayer book, an Agpeya, written in Bohairic Coptic and Arabic. This manuscript on paper was transcribed for the purpose of hourly prayers and hymns and it is likely that the text would have been read and sung by a Coptic priest in a church setting as part of daily ritual. Cresting the top of each prayer page are hand-drawn archways reflecting the interlaced geometric patterns in Islamic designs.

Dimensions: 19.5 x 13.7 cm Origin: Egypt

Portland State University Library, Special Collections, Mss. 40

Publication Date

2012

Subjects

Coptic manuscripts

Disciplines

African History | History of Religion

Rights

This video is made available for educational and non-commercial use only. It may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Portland State University. For more information, please contact Portland State University Library Special Collections at 503.725.9883 or specialcollections@pdx.edu

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12612

Recommended Citation

Dorhofer, Bronwyn, "Coptic Prayer Book Leaves: Overview of Text" (2012). Gift of the Word. 6.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12612