The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories correspondence and files in Berlin Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable to the scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition conservation and editing of these important works including their movements between dealers collectors scholars and the military in Egypt London Dublin Berlin Schondorf Gèottingen Warsaw Leningrad Los Angeles Claremont and Copenhagen--Publishers website.