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text contains a fragment of an antiphon or hymn commemorating
different saints or, although this does not seem highly probable,
commemorating St. Makarios, bishop of Thou (died ca. 450, 27
ttaottg). The Greek text is too faint to be read at all.
The other card (N.85/93) is a selected fragment from the
liturgical book of Hermenia. It belongs to the sufficiently well
represented set of Coptic liturgical texts called Hermeneiai, which
are in fact a selection of aptly chosen quotes from the psalms, with
each paragraph beginning with one and the same leading word.10
The word lepoycAAHM is repeated in our text. The Naqlun text
should be dated to the 11th century in all probability.11
Two fragmentarily preserved colophons from the
10th century (N.79/93, N.80/93) belong to two different codices.
Another fragment of a card (N.89/93) with particular verses
numbered and separated from each other by a horizontal line,
come most probably from the 10th century. It appears that they
were part of a codex, although the pagination on either side, in the
corner of the top margin, have not survived. I have been unable to
identify this text satisfactorily.
Similarly I have not been able to identify another largely
preserved text, written down in two columns and most probably
consisting of: (1) two cards from one quaterion with preserved
pagination, still connected (89/93); (2) one badly preserved card
without pagination (N.87/93); (3) 6 small pieces (N.l/93, N.5/93,
N. 12/93, N. 19/93, N.29/93, N.32/93). It is to be dated to the
9 /10 1 century on paleographical grounds.

10 H. Quecke, Untersuchungen zum koptischen Stundengebet,
Louvain 1970, 97-100, 272-274; id., Psalmverse als "Hymnen" in der
koptischen Liturgie, Cohiers de la Bibliotheque Copte 9, Christianisme
d'Egypte, Paris-Louvain, 1995, pp. 101-114.
11 W. Stegemann, Koptische Palaographie, Heildelberg 1936, Taf. 23.

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