Papyrus, Apps, and Signing الربدي والتطبيقات والإشارة
Just a little update on what I'm up to recently. شوية أخبار عن حياتي مؤخرا After the semester ended, I got to go with my Coptic Class to visit Manchester, where they keep the Coptic Limbo collection of papyrus (and some vellum and paper) texts. It was a really cool experience working with papyrus for the first time. Much of it was so fragmentary-- I have a newfound appreciation for the work scholars do with ancient languages. The materials are fragile and you have to work hard to fill in the gaps with missing or unclear letters. The personal letters, legal texts are particularly challenging because of the handwriting. We found some magical texts too, which were even more difficult to understand. We also got to see P52 , the oldest known remnant of a copy of the New Testament, in person! بعد نهاية التيرم جتلي فرصة اني ازور م...