UNCIAL COPTIC CHRISTIAN FOLIO, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY EGYPT ...

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UNCIAL COPTIC CHRISTIAN FOLIO, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY EGYPT
Coptic and Arabic manuscript on paper, 17ll. of bold Bohairic script in black and red ink accompanied with Arabic rubric and translation on the right, the names “The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit” and ‘The Lord” appear in the text, folio 16.6 x 12cm, text 12.5 x 8.5cm

Bohairic, the Coptic dialect spoken in the western Nile delta has been used by the Coptic Orthodox Church since approximately the ninth century. The Coptic language is the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, but it is written in the Greek alphabet, except for seven letters. The majority of Coptic words are taken from the ancient Egyptian language, with only two thousand words borrowed from Greek.