Scrolls of bishop timotheos, the: two documents from medieval nubia
Auteur :
Plumley, J. Martin
Éditeur :
Egypt Exploration Society
ISBN :
9780856980442
Date de publication :
31 déc. 1975
Dimensions :
31,2 x 24,0 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
836 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Discovered in 1964 at Qasr Ibrim, the scrolls are a key find from that season’s Egypt Exploration Society work. They are notable for being the finest surviving medieval letters of a Coptic Patriarch to a bishop, showing that the Christian Church persisted in Lower Nubia into the late 14th century.