The codices together in the home of Maria Dattari in Garden City,(Cairo, Egypt) On the left, the Cairo leaves of Codex I, with page 50 on the top (with page 73 below, visible in the lacuna at the left). Beneath on the right are leaves of Codex...
Munīr saw the codices as a child in the home of his father al-Qamṣ Basīlīyūs and led James M. Robinson to Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān, Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid and Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Manuscript studies; Case bindings (gathered matter components); Nag Hammadi codices. V
Codex V opened at pages 64-65, showing Codex XIII, 50 protruding from the left at the bottom. Photograph taken by Jean Doresse in the home of Maria Dattari.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Manuscript studies; Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel); Nag Hammadi codices. II
Codex II, opened at page 50-51 (the conclusion and subscript title of the "Gospel of Thomas"). The hand is that of Marianne Doresse. Photo was taken by Jean Doresse in the home of Maria Dattari.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Manuscript studies; Case bindings (gathered matter components); Nag Hammadi codices. I
Codex I (the Jung Codex) with the cartonnage in the inside of the front cover. The papyrus reused to stiffen the cover mentions Chenoboskeia. Photograph was taken by Jean Doresse in the home of Maria Dattari.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Manuscript studies; Case bindings (gathered matter components); Nag Hammadi codices. VI
Codex VI, opened at the centre of the quire, pages 38-39, showing Codex XIII, 46 protruding along the left side, and, on the left at the bottom, XIII, 44, The hand is that of Marianne Doresse. The chicken feather was used by Doresse to indicate the...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Manuscript studies; Nag Hammadi codices. IV
Codex IV, opened with page 49 on the left, and, on the right, page 37 at the top and left, and page 41 at the right. Photograph was taken by Jean Doresse at the home of Maria Dattari.
Bottom of the Graeco-Roman polished red ware bowl of the fifth century C. E., used as the lid of the jar in which the Nag Hammadi codices were secreted. Acquired from Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ at Chenoboskeia (al-Qaṣr). Salib received the bowl from...
Buildings; Carriages and carts; Dwellings; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Signs and signboards; Storefronts
The informal headquarters of the Nag Hammadi expedition was the home of Abrām Bibāwī, who lives on the second floor just above the pharmacy operated by his brother.
Graeco-Roman polished red ware bowl of the fifth century C. E., used as the lid of the jar in which the Nag Hammadi codices were secreted. Acquired from Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ at Chenoboskeia (al-Qaṣr). Salib received the bowl from Khalīfah Alī...
