ETHIOPIC AND COPTIC BIBLICAL MSS. (Eighth Century.)

The Ethiopic version of the Old Testament is considered to have been made
from the Septuagint, as early as the fourth century. The Psalms
were published at Rome in 1513 by Potken, and subsequently
reprinted by Bishop Walton in his Polyglot Bible. The British Museum
possesses but very few (six) Ethiopic MSS.
The only

entire copy of the Coptic Bible, is stated to be in the possession
of M. Marcel.

Ethiopic and Coptic Biblical MSS.

The Ethiopic version of the Old Testament is considered to have been made from the Septuagint, as early as the fourth century. The Psalms were published at Rome in 1513, by Potken, and were subsequently reprinted by Bishop Walton in his Polyglot Bible. The British Museum possesses but very few (six) Ethiopic MSS. The only known entire copy of the Coptic Bible is stated by M. Quatremere to be in the possession of M. Marcel. The great resemblance between the Coptic characters (which supplanted those of Ancient Egypt) and those of the Greek alphabet will not fail to attract attention.

THE

UNIVERSAL ANTHOLOGY

A COLLECTION OF THE BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN,
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

EDITED BY

RICHARD GARNETT

KEEPER OF PRINTED BOOKS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, 1851 TO 1899

LEON VALLÉE

LIBRARIAN AT THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, PARIS, SINCE 1871

ALOIS BRANDL

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