The Manichaean codices of Medinet Madi / James M. Robinson.

By:

Robinson, James M. (James McConkey), 1924- [author.]

Publication details: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780227903896
0227903897

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

299.932 23

LOC classification:

PJ2196

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction: The fate of teh Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi, 1929-1989 -- Part 1. The acquisition and initial conservation and editing -- Part 2. The conservation by Rolf Ibscher -- Part 3. The Berlin holdings -- Part 4. The Dublin holdings.

Summary: "The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories, correspondence, and files in Berlin, Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable to the scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition, conservation, and editing of these important works, including their movements between dealers, collectors, scholars, and the military in Egypt, London, Dublin, Berlin, Schondorf, Göttingen, Warsaw, Leningrad, Los Angeles, Claremont, and Copenhagen"--Publishers website

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"The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories, correspondence, and files in Berlin, Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable to the scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition, conservation, and editing of these important works, including their movements between dealers, collectors, scholars, and the military in Egypt, London, Dublin, Berlin, Schondorf, Göttingen, Warsaw, Leningrad, Los Angeles, Claremont, and Copenhagen"--Publishers website