Title: Homily, [8--] Subject: Adam (Biblical figure). Coptic Church --Sermons --640-1250. Literary papyri --Egypt --640-1250. Material: 1 item : parchment, three fragments of which two join, mounted in glass. Note: Dimensions of fragments are 17.4 x 6.2 cm. or smaller. 65 lines. Written in two columns on the larger fragment. Right margin on the front of the smaller fragment of 2 cm.; left margin on the back of 2 cm. P.Duk.inv. 242 was formerly Duke Coptic MS. 15. Homily from Egypt, written on parchment in brown ink. Mentions Adam. In Coptic. Descriptive database available in repository.
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