Liturgical text (P.Duk.inv. 668)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Liturgical text, [6--]
Subject: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Early works to 1800.
	Marriage service --Egypt --640-1250.
	Literary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Liturgical manuscripts --Egypt --640-1250.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Psalms CL. Greek. Septuagint.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 29 x 5 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 28.8 x 4.3 cm.
	71 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso, inverse to the text on the
	recto. Two or three different hands are discernible.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm. on the verso. Lower margin
	of 3.5 cm. on the verso. Otherwise very small margins
	on all sides.
	P.Duk.inv. 668 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF75 9.
	Papyrus liturgical text from Egypt. A cheat sheet for
	use in the liturgy with texts for various occasions.
	Includes a prayer(?) or hymn(?) or only the opening
	lines of some (a so-called heirmologion); Psalm 150
	from the Septuagint, the Greek Old Testament, somewhat
	abbreviated; an acclamation to be used at a wedding;
	another prayer, hymn, or heirmologion; and yet another
	prayer, hymn, or heirmologion, which repeats some
	of the material from the first hymn. Sometimes Mary
	is the subject of the hymns. Twice the notation mystikos
	(to be prayed or sung in a low voice?) occurs.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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