COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL19010049
image_number
JRL19010049
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Coptic P Add 50
reference_number
Coptic P Add 50
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Letter of Christ to Abgar
title_larger_entity
Letter of Christ to Abgar
Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
7th-8th century
date_created
7th-8th century
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
Recto
page
Recto
Page/Sheet
false
Description:
A wooden tablet bears a Coptic version of Christ's to King Abgar. There are ten complete lines of text, and another half line on the lower right. Nail holes in the wood, probably used to hung over a wall or a doorway.
description
A wooden tablet bears a Coptic version of Christ's to King Abgar. There are ten complete lines of text, and another half line on the lower right. Nail holes in the wood, probably used to hung over a wall or a doorway.
Description
false
Language Code:
cop-EG
language
cop-EG
Language Code
false
Language:
Coptic (Sahidic)
language_name
Coptic (Sahidic)
Language
false
Subject:
Wooden tablets
subject
Wooden tablets
Subject
false
Subject:
Coptic language--Writing
subject
Coptic language--Writing
Subject
false
Subject:
Abgar letters
subject
Abgar letters
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Tablets
class
Tablets
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
class
Correspondence
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Wood
support
Wood
Support
false
Creation Site:
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
location_creation_site
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
Creation Site
false
Discovery Site:
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
location_discovery_site
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
Discovery Site
false
Time Period Covered:
400–799 CE
temporal_coverage
400–799 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
spatial_coverage
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Jesus Christ
people_covered
Jesus Christ
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Abgar V, King of Edessa, 4 B.C.-50 A.D
people_covered
Abgar V, King of Edessa, 4 B.C.-50 A.D
People Covered
false
Item Height:
117 mm
item_height
117 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
460 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
References:
Crum, W. E., 'New Coptic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 5, no. 5 (1920), pp. 497-503
references
Crum, W. E., 'New Coptic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 5, no. 5 (1920), pp. 497-503
References
false
References:
Giversen, S., 'Ab Abgarum. The Sahidic version of the letter to Abgar on a wooden tablet'. i: Acta Orientalia 24 (København 1959), 71-82
references
Giversen, S., 'Ab Abgarum. The Sahidic version of the letter to Abgar on a wooden tablet'. i: Acta Orientalia 24 (København 1959), 71-82
References
false
Notes:
Listed in Trismegistos: 111687
notes
Listed in Trismegistos: <A href="http://www.trismegistos.org/text/111687">111687</a>
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2019-01-02
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false