Beta
Ra 1245
ca. 996–1004
| Parchment, 30, 275 × 218
mm (text area: 215 x 145 mm),
1 col.
| Scribe:
Aurillios Biktor.
| Provenance: Edfu.
Ps 8:6–7, 20:4–5.
| This codex was evidently copied for a monastery dedicated to St Mercurius. It contains the text of his martyrdom, select Psalm verses for his feast day, and a bilingual (Greek and Sahidic) Gospel lectionary.
Catalogues
Fraenkel, D./Rahlfs. A., Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments, 2d edn, I.1, Göttingen 2004, 212–213.
Layton, B.: Catalogue of Coptic Literary Manuscripts in the British Library Acquired Since the Year 1906, London, 1987, 146–148.
Online Sources
British Library manuscripts online