New publication: An Ancient Homiliary from ʿUrā Masqal: A Digital Reconstruction

5 September 2025

As a latest instalment of the Beta maṣāḥǝft working papers a new study has been published: Massimo Villa, An Ancient Homiliary from ʿUrā Masqal. Part 1: A Digital Reconstruction, Beta maṣāḥǝft working papers, 6 (Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, 2025), 1–105. DOI 10.25592/uhhfdm.17927. Part 2: Codicological and palaeographical features is currently in preparation.

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