New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, P. CtYBR inv. 1788 qua

Images:  Beinecke

Other identifiers: CLM 880

Physical description: papyrus, 35 × 13.1 cm, 1 leaf

Language: Coptic (Sahidic)

Date: 9th cent.

Provenance: unknown; purchased from Hans P. Kraus in New York in 1964

Contents: Book of Mary’s Repose

Additional contents: none

Studies/Editions:

MacCoull, Leslie S. B. “More Coptic Papyri from the Beinecke Collection.” APF 35 (1989): 25–35 and pl. 4 (preliminary edition, pp. 30–32).

Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Kraus, 1964 (pp. 35–36 with image).

Sellew, Philip. “An Early Coptic Witness to the Dormitio Mariae at Yale: P. CtYBR inv. 1788 Revisited.” BASP 37 (2000): 37–69 (manuscript description, pp. 54–59).

Other online databases: PAThs

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 13 September 2026.