Images: Manchester, John Rylands Library, Copt. Ms. 72 (36), fol. 1; see links below for additional images
Other shelf number(s): none
Physical description: parchment, 32.5 × 24.5 cm., 2 cols.
Language: Coptic (Sahidic)
Date: ca. 8th cent.
Provenance: White Monastery
Reconstructed Contents:
pp. 17–18: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1316, fol. 78 ~ Gallica
pp. 51–54: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1311, fols. 30–31 ~ Gallica
pp. 124–140: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1314, fols. 112–119 ~ Gallica
pp. 271–282: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12915, fols. 11–16 ~ Gallica
pp. 287–288: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9514 ~ ONB
pp. 289+xxx: Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Or. 1699.X
pp. 327–328: London, British Library, Or. 3581A.168
pp. 349–360: Manchester, John Rylands Library, Copt. Ms. 72 (36) ~ (Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary); JRL
Unplaced:
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1305, fol. 132 ~ Gallica
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1313, fols. 77–80 ~ Gallica
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1321, fol. 56 ~ Gallica
Additional contents: John Chrysostom, De Baptismo; Peter of Alexandria, De Baptismo; Cyprian of Antioch, Confessio Cypriani Magi, Historia Cypriani Magi, and Metanoia Cypriani Magi; Proclus of Constantinople, Severianus of Gabala, De Nativitate; Severus of Antioch, Homilia cathedralis.
Catalogs/Editions:
Broek, Roelof van den. The Myth of the Phoenix according to Classical and Early Christian Traditions. EPRO 24. Leiden: Brill, 1972 (edition and translation of the portion on the Phoenix from the Manchester manuscript, pp. 44–47).
Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905 (text of BL Or. 3581A.168, pp. 114–15).
___________. Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library Manchester. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1909 (includes summary, p. 36).
Lantschoot, Arnold van. “A propos du Physiologus.” Pages 339–63 in Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum. Bulletin of the Byzantine Institute 2. Boston: The Byzantine Institute, 1950 (edition and translation of a portion of the Manchester manuscript, pp. 353–57).
Robinson, Forbes. Coptic Apocryphal Gospels. Translations Together with the Texts of Some of Them. TS 4.2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896 (translation of portions of the Manchester fragment, pp. 196–97, 235–36).
Other online databases: PAThs entry
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 30 October 2024.