Tag Archives: Bolaffi

Two Other Scraps from a Parchment Leaf Containing the Apocryphal Acts of John in Coptic

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Recently, I reported that one of the Coptic fragments which were auctioned by Sotheby’s in July 2009 contains a portion from Metastasis Iohannis. This apocryphal writing, originally written in Greek, is actually part of the Acts of John (chapters 106-115). Those … Continue reading →

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A Further Fragment from the Apocryphal Acts of John in Coptic: Once Again Concerning the Sotheby-Bolaffi Fragments

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Alin Suciu

I have already discussed several times the ten Coptic fragments which were sold by Sotheby’s in July 2009. I was in Vienna when the auction took place and, as Cornelia Römer was at that time the director of the papyrus … Continue reading →

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The “Sotheby’s Coptic Fragments.” Supplementary Identifications

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Alin Suciu

I just found out that in December 2009, Federico Bottigliengo presented in the bulletin Il collezionista ten fragments of Coptic manuscripts. Now, among the pictures published therein, someone can recognize the same White Monastery parchment folio which was sold in … Continue reading →

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