Coptic Prayer Book Leaves: Video Exploration

摘要

PSU student Jordan Long wrote and narrated this video as part of PSU’s University Studies program for the Medieval Portland Capstone taught by Professor Anne McClanan. This five-minute presentation demonstrates that the hand-illuminated Agpeya in Portland State’s Special Collections is a rare example of a manuscript book created after the rise of printing, describes the technique, materials, and meanings of its illustrations and calligraphy, and identifies its liturgical use as a ritual text.Soundtrack: Choir of the Coptic Church, u22Litugical Hymns,u22 Chants from the Holy Land, vol. 35: Ecumenical Evening.Portland State University Library, Special Collections, Mss. 40