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Gospel of Mary

A fragment of the Gospel of Mary, discovered in 1896. This very important and well-preserved codex was apparently discovered in the late-nineteenth century somewhere near Akhmim in upper Egypt. It was purchased in 1896 by a German scholar, Dr. Carl Reinhardt, in Cairo.
A fragment of the Gospel of Mary, discovered in 1896. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

A gospel is an account that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

The capital of Egypt since 1168 CE, located near the ancient city of Memphis.

A text of pages bound leaf style, like a modern book—as opposed to a scroll, which has no discrete pages.

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