Five volumes of Paul Ernest Jablonski's Coptic manuscripts, 18th-19th century. Includes a psalter, parts of the Bible, and liturgies.
Coptic manuscripts of Paul Ernest Jablonski
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Radcliffe Or. d. 1-2, e. 1-3, f. 1
- Dates of Creation
- 18th-19th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Coptic, and Sanskrit.
- Physical Description
- 10 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Paul Ernest Jablonski (1693-1757) was one of the earliest Coptic scholars. The Library's admission registers show him to have visited Oxford in 1718 to work on the manuscripts.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
The manuscripts were purchased by the Radcliffe Trust following Jablonski's death. They were deposited in the Bodleian in 1894.
Note
Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series, with references to the oriental and other manuscripts (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 31742-6.
The manuscripts are also summarily described in the card catalogue, arranged by language, located in the Oriental Reading Room.