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Coptic Manuscript

Type Object Region Egypt Time c. 400–1300

Coptic manuscripts are hand-copied religious and literary texts from Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monasteries and churches, written in the Coptic alphabe…

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  1. c. 600–1000Egyptian monasteries · EgyptEgyptian monasteries long undertook the copying, collation, and preservation of Coptic biblical and liturgical texts, forming a manuscript production tradition lasting several centuries and serving as the core vehicle of knowledge transmission in the Coptic Church.
  2. 1051Egypt · EgyptIn the 1050s the Fatimid regime pursued a relatively tolerant policy toward the Coptic community, and Coptic manuscripts continued to be copied and preserved in monasteries and churches; some manuscripts also carried Arabic interlinear glosses, reflecting a trend of linguistic transition.

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