The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

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Author(s): James M. Robinson
Publisher: James Clarke & Co; The Lutterworth Press
Year: 2014

Language: English
City: Cambridge
Tags: Manichaean, Gnostic, Medinet Madi, Manichaeism

Front Matter
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
ABSTRACT: The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi
INTRODUCTION: The Fate of the Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi, 1929–1989
The Acquisitions of Carl Schmidt
The Acquisitions of Chester Beatty
The Conservation by Hugo Ibscher
Beatty, Ibscher, and Polotsky
The Effects of World War II
The Conservation of the Material in the State Museums of the Former East Berlin
The Conservation of the Material in Schondorf/Göttingen/West Berlin
The Conservation of the Material in London/Dublin
Inventories of Individual Codices
P Synaxeis (Berlin Part)
P Kephalaia, Volume One
P: Acts
P: Letters
P: Homilies (Berlin Part)
The Wooden Covers
Codex A: Psalms
Codex B: Synaxeis
Codex C: Kephalaia, Volume Two
Codex D: Homilies (Dublin Part)
Scholars, Collectors, Dealers, and Others
Bibliography
Back Matter