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This is one of the most fascinating biblical manuscripts in existence! What you are seeing is an excerpt from the Book of Psalms written in 5 languages that was used in the Miaphysite churches.The languages are (from left to right)Armenian,Arabic,Coptic(Bohairic),Syriac and Ethiopic(Ge'ez).This is housed in the Vatican library in Rome.(The composition of this manuscript is dated to about the 10th century.) Coptic Language, Armenian Manuscripts, Book Of Solomon, Vatican Library, Semitic Languages, Ancient Writing, Ancient Languages, Book Of Psalms, Writing Systems

This is one of the most fascinating biblical manuscripts in existence! What you are seeing is an excerpt from the Book of Psalms written in 5 languages that was used in the Miaphysite churches.The languages are (from left to right)Armenian,Arabic,Coptic(Bohairic),Syriac and Ethiopic(Ge'ez).This is housed in the Vatican library in Rome.(The composition of this manuscript is dated to about the 10th century.)

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manuscript written in the Coptic language, used by priests and scholars in Egypt. The alphabet consists of 25 letters derived from Greek and 6 that are descended from old Egyptian hieroglyphics. There is also an Arabic translation to the right Coptic Language, Manuscript Writing, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Map Crafts, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Hand Type, Letter A Crafts, The Alphabet, Egypt

A manuscript written in the Coptic language, used by priests and scholars in Egypt. The alphabet consists of 25 letters derived from Greek and 6 that are descended from old Egyptian hieroglyphics. There is also an Arabic translation to the right. I think it is about 300 years old. I wonder who wrote this and where they were sitting when they did...

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