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The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi
by James Robinson pra
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Clarke Lutterworth
List Price: USD $52.5
ISBN 10: 0227172760
ISBN 13: 9780227172766
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In 1929 seven Manichaean papyrus codices, with previously unknown contents, were discovered by Egyptian peasants in the Fayyum. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library then in London, now in Dublin, and by Carl Schmidt for the Papyrus Collection of the State Museums of Berlin. H.J. Polotsky began editing the Berlin part, but then had to escape the Nazis by immigrating to Israel. Charles R. C. Allberry began editing the London part, but was shot down by the Nazis while serving as an Air Force pilot. The Dublin part had been taken to Berlin for conservation by Hugo Ibscher, the only expert capable of handling leaves stuck together by moisture over the centuries. then came World War II, when most of the material ended up in Leningrad. It was retruned to Berlin only in 1958, except for the lew leaves that had been separated off in Warsaw on the way to Leningrad.

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