Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1940s-1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
6 boxes and 4 slip index boxes
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Card indexes, photographs, notebooks, notes, copies, correspondence, typescripts, and negatives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Language of material
angličtina
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Catalogue.
Allied materials area
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 Bala׳izah: Coptic Texts from Bala'izah in Upper Egypt, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1954).