The Amherst Papyri Being An Account Of The Greek Papyri In The Collection Of The Right Hon Lord Amherst Of Hackney F S A At Didlington Hall Norfolk

Author : Bernard P. Grenfell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331884590
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Amherst Papyri, Vol. 1 written by Bernard P. Grenfell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Amherst Papyri, Vol. 1: Being an Account of the Greek Papyri in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, F. S. An; At Didlington Hall, Norfolk The Greek Papyri preserved at Didlington Hall form probably the most important private collection of this kind which has yet been made. Though small in comparison with the vast numbers of papyri which have been acquired by many of the chief museums in Europe, Lord Amherst's' collection possesses the rare distinction of being thoroughly representative of the different classes and periods of Greek writing in Egypt, since it contains a number of important theological and classical fragments besides many well preserved documents of the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine times. With the exception of those described on page 66 of Mr. P. E. Newberryfs publication of Lord Amherst's Egyptian papyri, the Greek papyri have been bought for Lord Amherst by us at various places in Egypt during the last three years. The present volume is limited to the theological texts, of which the two most important, the Ascension of lsaz'an and the Christian hymn, were only obtained in 1899. The classical fragments and the non-literary documents will form the subject of a second and much larger volume, which we hope, if the pressure of other engagements permits, to publish next year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.