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Text 1381

Provenance
Nag' el-Sheima
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery K
Excavation no.
77265
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
1.5–2
Description
fragment of rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper right corner with portions of upper and right margins
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Bietak – Schwarz 1987, pl. 58
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Bietak – Schwarz 1987, pp. 184–5, pl. 58
Other editions
 
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Text 1382

Provenance
Nag' el-Sheima
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
sector H/III, surface find
Excavation no.
76517
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 26; W: 21.5; Th: 4.6–5.8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
0.9–1.1
Description
fragment of slab; epigraphic field framed by double incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; portion of left margin preserved
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Bietak – Schwarz 1987, pl. 41
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Bietak – Schwarz 1987, p. 89, pl. 41
Other editions
 
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Text 1383

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
rocks on east bank
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sai, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
rock
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by King Ioannes (or commemorating him?)
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised in rock
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲓ̄ⲱ̄ⲩ̄ ⲃ̄ⲥ̄ⲗ̄̄
ⲓ̄ⲱ̄ⲩ̄ ⲃ̄ⲗ̄ⲥ̄
Transcription
"King Ioannes" (l. 1)
"King Ioannes" (l. 2)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲃ̄ⲥ︦ⲗ̄): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Boyaval 1976c, pl. 1c
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 239 (no. 1)
Other editions
Sayce 1910, p. 266 (no. 5), pl. 41.5; SB 1 3896; SEG 26 1807 [a]
Other publications
Boyaval 1976c, p. 62, pl. 1c
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Text 1384

Provenance
Sunnarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, north pastophorium
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Rupprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Luke 1:27–29
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 7; ii: 1 (?)
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of parchment sheet
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; no margin preserved
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Müller 1978, pls XVIII–XIX
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 55
Other editions
Müller 1978, pp. 142–143, pls. 18–19 (left; interpreted as Coptic legal document); Browne 1980a, pp. 173–178; Unger 1987, pp. 245–267; Browne 1989a, pp. 76–77, 93; Browne 1989d, pp. 293–296
Other publications
Dinkler 1970, p. 262; Müller 1970, p. 255, fig. 203; Dinkler, in: Dinkler – Grossmann 1971, pp. 124–125; Browne 1983a, p. 259; Browne 1989c, p. 73; Browne 1989e, pp. 4–5; Browne 1992c, p. 384; Browne 1994b, pp. 10–11; Browne 1995a, p. 452; Browne 2000a, p. 36; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 133 (no. 72)
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Text 1385

Provenance
Serra-East
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
small pit between foundations of a house
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: codex
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: patristic
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Ps.-Chrysostom, 'In venerabilem crucem sermo'
Date
1000–1199
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
double leaves: H: 15.6–18.1; W: 25.4–26.9
single leaf: H: 15.6; W: 13.7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black, red (title, marginal notes, certain names and words)
Lines
1: 18; 2: 23; 3: 24; 4: 23; 5: 24; 6: 25; 7: 22; 8: 24; 9: 23; 10: 24; 11: 23; 12: 24; 13: 24; 14: 25; 15: 26; 16: 26; 17: 25; 18: 25; 19: 26; 21: 25; 22: 25; 23: 24; 24: 22; 25: 16
Height of letters
 
Description
codex of 24 pages arranged in 2 quires of 3 double leaves, with single leaf separating quires; pagination on upper margin; page number 20 omitted by scribe; colophon at the end
Decorative elements
decorative motive on page 1, above text
State of preservation
codex complete, but severely destroyed; many and large lacunae, especially in lower part
Date
1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) Jesus at Serra-East (ⲥ[ⲉⲣⲣ]ⲉ ⲙ[ⲁ]ⲧⲧⲟⲛ̣ ⲓⲥⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲥ̣ⲓ̣ⲁ): 25, ll. 6–7
Serra-East (ⲥ[ⲉⲣⲣ]ⲉ ⲙ[ⲁ]ⲧⲧⲟ): 25, l. 6
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, pp. 20–31
Other editions
Browne 1984a; Browne 1989a, pp. 28–45, 87–89
Other publications
Knudstad 1966, p. 171, pl. 20b; Browne 1983d; Browne 1984b, pp. 26–30; Browne 1985b, pp. 1–2; Satzinger 1986, cols. 104–108; Browne 1986a, pp. 219–222; Browne 1988c, pp. 210–211; Browne 1992b, p. 32; Browne 1992c, p. 380; Browne 1994b, pp. 81, 82, 84, 85, 87–89, 90, 91; Browne 1995a, pp. 455, 456–457; Browne 1995b, pp. 239–241; Browne 1996c, pp. 5–13; Browne 1998b, p. 117; Browne 1998c, pp. 7–12, 27; Browne 2002c, pp. 296–297; Brakmann 2006, p. 292; Piovanelli 2012, passim; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, passim; Tsakos 2016, p. 641
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Text 1386

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.
P. 13998
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Revelations 6:8–9, 6:15–7:1
Date
1000–1399
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 4; W: 4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 7; ii: 8
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of parchment sheet; no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; portion of one side margin preserved
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 56
Other editions
Griffith 1913, p. 55 (no. 1); Browne 1981b, pp. 73–82; Smagina 1983, pp. 106–111; Browne 1984b, pp. 30–36; Browne 1989a, pp. 76–79, 93
Other publications
Browne 1984b, pp. 30–36; Browne 1992c, p. 384; Browne 1994b, pp. 52–54; Browne 1995a, p. 459; Browne 1998c, p. 25; Browne 2000a, p. 36; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 136 (no. 120)
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Text 1387

Provenance
Sunnarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, north pastophorium
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Rupprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Mark 11:6–11
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 11; ii: 11
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of parchment sheet
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; portion of one side margin preserved; two tine fragments associated with larger piece
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Müller 1978, pls XVI–XVII (1–2), XVIII–XIX (right)
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 55
Other editions
Müller 1978, pp. 140–142, pls. 16–17 (1–2), 18–19 (right); Browne 1981c, pp. 151–166; Browne 1989a, pp. 76–77, 93; Browne 1986b, pp. 49–52
Other publications
Dinkler 1970, p. 262; Müller 1970, p. 255, figs. 217–220, 223–224; Dinkler, in: Dinkler – Grossmann 1971, pp. 124–125; Browne 1983a, pp. 259–260; Browne 1992c, p. 384; Browne 1994b, pp. 9–10; Browne 1998c, p. 25; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 133 (no. 66)
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Text 1388

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
throne hall/mosque
Excavation no.
 
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
Dep. 640 ab (1)
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
Psalm 103:15–31
Date
1000–1299
Notes
verses alternatively in Greek and Old Nubian
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 13; W: 10.3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (Old Nubian), red (Greek)
Lines
i: 25; ii: 26
Height of letters
 
Description
parchment sheet
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete, but for lacuna in central upper part; all margins preserved
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2020a, fig. 4 (bottom)
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Source
Browne1987b, pl. on p. 85
Image
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 53
Other editions
Browne 1987b, pp. 76–81, pls. on pp. 84–85; Browne 1989a, pp. 72–75, 92; Browne 2002d, pp. 103–106
Other publications
Browne 1989c, p. 72; Browne 1992b, pp. 33–34; Browne 1992c, pp. 383–384; Browne 1994b, pp. 75–77; Browne 1995a, p. 458; Browne 1998c, p. 29; Browne 2000a, p. 36; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 32; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 130 (no. 35); Łajtar 2020a, p. 8, fig. 4 (bottom); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D7 (cf. pp. 192, 195), fig. 6 (bottom)
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Text 1389

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
throne hall/mosque
Excavation no.
 
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
Dep. 640 ab (2)
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
Daniel 3:31–34, 38–40
Date
1000–1299
Notes
verses alternatively in Greek and Old Nubian
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 4; W: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (Old Nubian), red (Greek)
Lines
i: 11; ii: 11
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of parchment sheet
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper margin largely preserved, as well as small portions of both side margins
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Browne1987b, pl. on p. 86
Image
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Source
Łajtar 2020a, fig. 4 (top)
Image
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 54
Other editions
Browne 1987b, pp. 81–83, pl. on p. 86; Browne 1989a, pp. 74–75, 92
Other publications
Browne 1992c, pp. 383–384; Browne 1994b, pp. 77–78; Jakobielski 2005, p. 32; Łajtar 2015–2016, pp. 130–131 (no. 41); Łajtar 2020a, fig. 4 (top); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D10 (cf. pp. 192, 195), fig. 6 (top)
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Text 1390

Provenance
Serra-East
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: apocryphal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Ps.-Chrysostom, 'In quattuor animalia'
Date
1000–1199
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
A: H: 7.1; W: 6.8
B: H: 4.2; W: 3.7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
A: i: 15; ii: 15
B: i: 10; ii: 9
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of 2 parchment sheets
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragment A almost complete, but for missing one upper corner; from fragment B only lower part survives; portion of one side margin preserved
Date
1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Browne 1988b, pl. 1
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, pp. 56–57
Other editions
Browne 1988b, pp. 215–219, pl. 1; Browne 1989a, pp. 78–79, 93–94
Other publications
Browne 1989c, p. 72; Browne 1992c, p. 384; Browne 1998c, p. 25; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, p. 30
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Text 1391

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Museum no.
MS Or. Quart 1020
Medium
manuscript: codex
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Stauros-Text
Date
probably 900–1099
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: ca. 12; W: ca. 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
cream & brown
Text colour
black with red elements (title, words 'cross' and 'Petrosi', some phrases, punctuation)
Lines
9–13
Height of letters
 
Description
4 continuous quires (36 pages); 1st quire consists of 3 double leaves; 2nd of 2 double leaves with single leaf inserted, 3rd of 3 double leaves, and 4th of 2 double leaves; pagination in upper margin
Decorative elements
on top of p. 1 guilloche ornament painted red, yellow, green, and brown; on inside of covering leaf painting of richly robed figure painted in red, green, black, and yellow; on lower margin of pp. 21 and 25 chalice painted black and red; red ink used for title, some words and phrases, punctuation, and filling of loops of letter phi
State of preservation
incomplete; margins generally in good state, some pages with numerous lacunae
Date
probably 900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
choiakishshil ([ⲭ]ⲟⲓⲁⲕⲉⲕ̄ϣⲓ): p. 34, l. 1; (ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ[ⲉ]ⲕ̄ϣⲓ) p. 35, l. 11–p. 36, l. 1
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): p. 34, l. 2
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): p. 34, ll. 3–4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁ): p. 34, l. 3
(Church of) Jesus at Serra-East (ⲥⲉⲣⲣⲉⲛ ⲙⲁⲧⲧⲟⲛ ⲓ̈ⲏ̇ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲥⲓ): p. 34, l. 11 – p. 35, l. 1
Serra-East (ⲥⲉⲣⲣⲉⲛ ⲙⲁⲧⲧⲟⲛ): p. 34, ll. 11–12
Source
Griffith 1913, pl. 2
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, pp. 14–20
Other editions
Griffith 1913, pp. 4–6, 41–53, pl. 2; Zyhlarz 1928, pp. 155–169; Browne 1983e, pp. 75–119, pls. after pp. 88, 98; Browne 1989a, pp. 22–29, 85–87
Other publications
Schäfer – Schmidt 1906, pp. 774–785; Junker 1906, passim; Schäfer – Schmidt 1907, pp. 606–612; Kraus 1930, pp. 33–36; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 176, 204; Vantini 1970, pp. 119–121; Müller 1975, pp. 95–100; Dinkler 1975, pp. 29–30; Rostkowska 1982, p. 210 (transcription and translation of colophon); Browne 1989c, pp. 72–73; Łajtar 1992a, p. 123 (no. 3); Browne 1992b, p. 32; Browne 1994b, p. 82; Browne 1994e, p. 258; Browne 1995a, pp. 455, 456; Browne 1998c, pp. 5–7; Browne 1999, p. 267; Browne 2000a, pp. 35–36; Emmel 2003, pp. 23–28; Emmel 2005, pp. 86–87; Brakmann 2006, p. 291; Vantini 2009, p. 150; Piovanelli 2012, passim; Van Gerven Oei 2014, passim; Weber-Thum – Weschenfelder 2015, p. 303; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, passim; Tsakos 2016, p. 641 photos at http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN724274057&PHYSID=PHYS_0001
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Text 1392

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
228518
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: hagiographic
Language
Old Nubian
Content
Martyrdom of Epimachos
Date
1000–1399
Notes
Browne 1992d is editio princeps prepared for the first time in 1986, but published only 6 years later
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 4.8; W: 5.6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 8; ii: 9
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of parchment leave; pagination in upper margin, in centre
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary, part of upper margin preserved
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496293
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Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496293
Image
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Latest edition
Browne 2004b, p. 56
Other editions
Browne 1989a, pp. 78–79, 93; Browne 1992d, pp. 74–77, figs. on pp. 75–76
Other publications
Browne 1992c, p. 384; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. F21
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