A Coptic gnostic treatise; contained in the Codex Brucianus [Bruce Ms. 96. Bod. Lib. Oxford]
Baynes, Charlotte A
A Coptic gnostic treatise; contained in the Codex Brucianus [Bruce Ms. 96. Bod. Lib. Oxford] - Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press c1933 - xxv, 229p.; illus.; indices
Sophia : see index.. Symbolism of Numbers : see index (decad, ennead, five, four, monad, three, triple, twelve) Trans. from the Coptic; trans. and commentary by Charlotte A. Baynes.
Preface. Intro. notes. I Historical. II Descriptive:. 1 The Coptic text. 2 The transcript. 3 The translation and commentary. 4 The treatise. Plates and transcript. Translation and commentary. Indices:. I Greek words. II Contracted words. III Proper names. IV Words of uncertain derivation. V Subject index.
'Makes accessible, by means of photographic reproductions, a little-known Coptic text with translation and elucidation--by showing the relationship of its teaching to other systems of the Christian Gnosis.''
Coptic/English
Hardcover
Codex Brucianus, fol. 94-147
Gnosticism--Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Coptic
Apocalypse in literature
Sophia
Numbers, Symbolism of
A Coptic gnostic treatise; contained in the Codex Brucianus [Bruce Ms. 96. Bod. Lib. Oxford] - Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press c1933 - xxv, 229p.; illus.; indices
Sophia : see index.. Symbolism of Numbers : see index (decad, ennead, five, four, monad, three, triple, twelve) Trans. from the Coptic; trans. and commentary by Charlotte A. Baynes.
Preface. Intro. notes. I Historical. II Descriptive:. 1 The Coptic text. 2 The transcript. 3 The translation and commentary. 4 The treatise. Plates and transcript. Translation and commentary. Indices:. I Greek words. II Contracted words. III Proper names. IV Words of uncertain derivation. V Subject index.
'Makes accessible, by means of photographic reproductions, a little-known Coptic text with translation and elucidation--by showing the relationship of its teaching to other systems of the Christian Gnosis.''
Coptic/English
Hardcover
Codex Brucianus, fol. 94-147
Gnosticism--Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Coptic
Apocalypse in literature
Sophia
Numbers, Symbolism of