CONSERVATION WORK ON THREE COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS FROM SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA
CONSERVATION WORK ON THREE COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS FROM SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA

Summary/Abstract: The three Coptic manuscripts discovered by a Polish mission in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna in 2005, two on papyrus and one on parchment, were protected provisionally on the spot and transported to the lab facilities of the National Museum in Alexandria in March 2006 for further comprehensive treatment. The Sheikh Abd el-Gurna Book Conservation Project was implemented for further work on the manuscripts. The papyrus books were disinfected and the cards could be separated (except for the final three quires of the papyrus codex with stamped leather cover). The parchment block was separated into cards at once. As a result, the contents of all three books could be fully documented and identified by specialists. Fiber degradation has been stopped and the books are now in safe storage, awaiting the next phase of conservation work. An analysis has also been prepared concerning the final presentation of the books.

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