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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AlinSuciu‘Spiritual Treasure in Five Languages’: Pentaglot Biblical Manuscripts from Egypt in a Global and Transregional Perspectivehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/96NPLRFDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/96NPLRFDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/96NPLRFDJacopoGnisciSophiaDege-MüllerJonasKarlssonVitagraziaPisaniManuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and ReadersBerlinWalter de Gruyter2025425-466Studies in Manuscript Cultures 46This essay examines a set of pentaglot manuscripts originating in the diverse monastic communities of Wādī al-Naṭrūn, Egypt, probably dating from the thirteenth century. These substantial paper codices feature biblical texts on parallel columns in five key languages of the non-Chalcedonian churches: Ethiopic, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic and Armenian. Despite their importance for understanding Christian multi-ethnic communities in Muslim-era Egypt, these manuscripts have been largely overlooked. This article explores the pentaglot manuscripts through a multidisciplinary and transcultural lens, integrating philology, history and cultural studies. It aims to shed new light on the origins, purposes and uses of these manuscripts, which reflect the cultural hybridity and communal life of Ethiopian, Syrian, Coptic and Armenian monks in Islamic Egypt, by investigating the migration and diaspora communities in the region.
Suciu, Alin. “‘Spiritual Treasure in Five Languages’: Pentaglot Biblical Manuscripts from Egypt in a Global and Transregional Perspective.” In Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and Readers, edited by Jacopo Gnisci, Sophia Dege-Müller, Jonas Karlsson, and Vitagrazia Pisani, 425–66. Studies in Manuscript Cultures 46. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2025.
Alin Suciu, ‘Spiritual Treasure in Five Languages’: Pentaglot Biblical Manuscripts from Egypt in a Global and Transregional Perspective, in Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and Readers, ed. Jacopo Gnisci et al., Studies in Manuscript Cultures 46 (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2025), 425–66.