Text 1492

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (church 293), nave, dust above pavement
Excavation no.
QI 1964 4/4
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA74114
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
liturgical: hymn
Language
Greek
Content
hymn to Virgin Mary
Date
probably 900–1199
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 9.6; W: 8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black; red (rubrics)
Lines
i: 19; ii: 19
Height of letters
 
Description
fragmentary sheet of parchment
Decorative elements
decorative lines (strokes and dots) separating hymns
State of preservation
fragmentary; small portions of side margins preserved
Date
probably 900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Frend – Dagras – Konoyiannis 1992, pl. 1a–b
Image
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Latest edition
Frend – Dragas – Kontoyiannis 1992, pp. 119–122 (no. A.I), pl. 1a–b
Other editions
 
Other publications
Crisci 1996, p. 125 (on palaeography); Łajtar 2014a, p. 393; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 128 (no. 17+23); Tsakos 2016, p. 643 with n. 20; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI71 (cf. p. 187); I. Banganarti 1, pp. 122–123 (no. 3)
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