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Godlewski, Włodzimierz; Parandowska, Ewa: Naqlun 1993
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tions of the Pierpoint Morgan Library in New York^ and the
Coptic Museum in Cairo. The Hamouli texts are dated by
colophons to the 9^-10^ centuries, providing a specific time
horizon for part of the texts from the II.DB building.
Among the non-literary texts: letters and documents, there
is one which is particularly noteworthy. It is a letter written on a
scrap of parchment card, from the monastery clerks KXrjptKoa p
rotav vek\ovl to Apa Khael, dated to the 16 of the month Paone
in 992. Rolled into a tube, the letter was wrapped in a rag and tied
with string. It will remain a mystery whether it ever reached its
addressee.
THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL
Conservation and documentation work was conducted inside
the church on the western wall of the present narthex and on the
southern wall of the hums of the altered church. This choice was
dictated by intensive renovation being carried out by the monks
inside the building as well as in adjacent structures. The work
which has already been carried out has altered significantly the
conditions in which the paintings are to be seen and has broadened
the range of possible conservation work. The old ceiling beams
have been removed and the paintings have been fully protected
from humidity in the winter season. Egyptian conservators
proceeded with preservation procedures immediately after the
6 H. Hyvemat, A Check List of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York 1919. For full page illustrations with representations of the
cross, see J. Leroy, Les manuscrits coptes et coptes-arabes illustres, Paris 1974,
pp. 57-61, pl. 3.2; M. Cramer, Koptische Buchmalerei, Recklinhausen 1964,
pp. 40-51, Fig. 32, 50-51.
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Coptic Museum in Cairo. The Hamouli texts are dated by
colophons to the 9^-10^ centuries, providing a specific time
horizon for part of the texts from the II.DB building.
Among the non-literary texts: letters and documents, there
is one which is particularly noteworthy. It is a letter written on a
scrap of parchment card, from the monastery clerks KXrjptKoa p
rotav vek\ovl to Apa Khael, dated to the 16 of the month Paone
in 992. Rolled into a tube, the letter was wrapped in a rag and tied
with string. It will remain a mystery whether it ever reached its
addressee.
THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL
Conservation and documentation work was conducted inside
the church on the western wall of the present narthex and on the
southern wall of the hums of the altered church. This choice was
dictated by intensive renovation being carried out by the monks
inside the building as well as in adjacent structures. The work
which has already been carried out has altered significantly the
conditions in which the paintings are to be seen and has broadened
the range of possible conservation work. The old ceiling beams
have been removed and the paintings have been fully protected
from humidity in the winter season. Egyptian conservators
proceeded with preservation procedures immediately after the
6 H. Hyvemat, A Check List of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York 1919. For full page illustrations with representations of the
cross, see J. Leroy, Les manuscrits coptes et coptes-arabes illustres, Paris 1974,
pp. 57-61, pl. 3.2; M. Cramer, Koptische Buchmalerei, Recklinhausen 1964,
pp. 40-51, Fig. 32, 50-51.
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