Collection Kahle MSS - Paul Eric Kahle Collection

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Kahle MSS

Title

Paul Eric Kahle Collection

Date(s)

  • 1940s-1955 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

6 boxes and 4 slip index boxes

Context area

Name of creator

(1923-1955)

Biographical history

British Coptologist. Born, Bonn 1923. Died, Charlbury, Oxon 1955. Lady Wallis Budge Fellow, University College, at the time of his death. MA. D.Phil. Published material relating to the monastery of Deir el-Balaizah.

Archival history

In possession of his father, Professor P. Kahle, who presented the material in 1960.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Professor P. Kahle in 1960 (Kahle MSS 1/1-33, 2/1-12 & 16-18 and 3/1-3).
Group of copies and notes on New Testament Faiyumic Texts (Kahle MSS 2/13) presented by Professor R. McL. Wilson on 22/07/2009. Two typescripts (Kahle MSS 2/14-15) transferred from the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library) on 24/06/2014 after being found in one of the library books.

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Scope and content

Card indexes, photographs, notebooks, notes, copies, correspondence, typescripts, and negatives.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Kept as received.

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

Language of material

  • English

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

No problems.

Finding aids

Catalogue.

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Existence and location of originals

These are originals.

Existence and location of copies

None.

Related units of description

Griffith Institute Archive:
-Wilson MSS. (continuation of the work in Kahle MSS. 20).

Publication note

-Material used in the publication of <i>Bala׳izah: Coptic Texts from Bala׳izah in Upper Egypt</i>, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1954).

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  • Shelf: 0420