DBMNT

Medium: manuscript: codex
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical: lectionary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of lectionary with Matthew 1:18–25, Philippians 2:12–18, Matthew 5:13–20, Romans 11:25–31, Hebrews 5:4–10, John 16:33–17:26, Hebrews 9:1–15, Matthew 1:18–25, Galatians 4:4–7, Matthew 2:1–12, Romans 8:3–7
Date: 1000–1399
Notes: acquired in Egypt in 1906

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: 1) H: 18; W: 21
2) H: ca. 16; W: ca. 25
3) H: 20.5; W: 24.1
4) H: 18.2; W: 23.7
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream with brown stains in places
Text colour: black with red elements
Lines: p. 100: 17
p. 101: 18
p. 102: 10
p. 103: 11
p. 104: 16
p. 105: 18
p. 106: 22
p. 107: 20
p. 108: 17
p. 109: 18
p. 110: 16
p. 111: 16
p. 112: 16
p. 113: 17
p. 114: 15
p. 115: 14
Height of letters

Description: 4 consecutive double leaves of one codex (pp. 100–115): (1) with pp. 100–101 and 114–115; (2) with pp. 102–103 and 112–113; (3) with pp. 104–105 and 110–111; (4) with pp. 106–109; pagination in upper margin, preserved are nos. 100–113; text in one column; sections separated by horizontal lines and dots
Decorative elements: loops of letter phi (p. 100) filled with red ink; red ink used in rubrics; middle dots and colons written with black and red ink; horizontal lines and dots separating sections of lectionary
State of preservation: incompletely preserved; lower part of all double leaves missing; numerous lacunae; the outer double leaf (no. 1) most severely damaged (of pp. 114–115 preserved only central part of inner margin); the inner double leaf (no. 4) in the best condition with almost complete upper and outer margins and large part of inner margins of pages; double leaf no. 2 preserved in two non joining fragments

Dating formulae: I
[ⲭⲟ]ⲓ̣[ⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ :] ⲕ̣ⲉ̣ :
II
[ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲉ︥
VI
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲍ︥ :
VII
[ⲭ]ⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲍ︥ :
XIII
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲏ︥ :
: ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : : ⲕ︤ⲇ︥ : :
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲑ︥ :
XVI
[ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲗ̄ :]
Transcription: "Choiak 25", "Choiak 27", "Choiak 28", "Choiak 24", "Choiak 29"
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁ︦ⲕ-ⲛ︦
Weakdays
Feasts

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, pp. 8–14
Other editions: Griffith 1913, pp. 24–41, pl. 1; Browne 1982a; Browne 1987a, pp. 75–92; Browne 1989a, pp. 14–23, 84–85

Other publications: Schäfer – Schmidt 1906, pp. 774–785; Junker 1906, pp. 437–442; Schäfer – Schmidt 1907, pp. 603–606; Metzger 1968, pp. 111–122, pl. 2; Browne 1981a, pp. 145–150; Browne 1982c, pp. 11–13; Browne 1984b, pp. 29–30; Browne 1985b, pp. 2–5; Satzinger 1986, cols 104–108; Browne 1989c, pp. 63–67; Browne 1989f, pp. 48–50; Browne 1992b, p. 31; Browne 1994b, pp. 1–6, 19–27, 33–35, 40–43, 45–47, 48–49; Browne 1995a, pp. 450–451; Browne 1998c, pp. 4–5; Browne 2000a, pp. 27–33; Browne 2001b, pp. 255–257; Brakmann 2006, pp. 290–291; van Gerven Oei 2011, p. 239; Ochała 2013, passim, esp. pp. 187–190, 203–211; Van Gerven Oei 2014, passim; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, passim; Ochała 2015, passim, esp. pp. 4–7, 28–33; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 132 (no. 54); Tsakos 2016, p. 641 photos available at: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000DDB900000000

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