Author Archives: Brent Nongbri

The New Facsimiles of the Beatty Biblical Papyri

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Brent Nongbri

My first post of 2021 was a notice that new facsimiles of some of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri had appeared. At the time, I had not seen the books in person, and all I could do was note their … Continue reading →

Posted in Chester Beatty Papyri, Codices, Codicology, Frederic Kenyon | 4 Comments

Christianity Today on the Hobby Lobby vs. Obbink Case

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

Christianity Today has just published an article summarizing recent events in the case of Hobby Lobby vs. Obbink. The article, which contains some details from the most recent court documents, can be found here.

Posted in Antiquities Market, Dirk Obbink, Oxyrhynchus Papyri | 1 Comment

Update on Hobby Lobby vs. Obbink Case

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

A number of people have notified me in recent days that attorneys for Hobby Lobby have requested a certificate of default in their case against Dirk Obbink, who has apparently not responded the summons served in September. A couple days … Continue reading →

Posted in Dirk Obbink, Oxyrhynchus Papyri | 6 Comments

New Book on the Faddan More Psalter

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the Faddan More Psalter, a parchment codex containing the Psalms in Latin that was found in an Irish bog in 2006. John Gillis noted in the comments that he has a … Continue reading →

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Chancery Writing and Greek Literature

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

Having spent some time in my last post looking at P.Berol. inv. 11532 and its remarkable handwriting, I am reminded of a couple classic articles by formidable palaeographic experts. The first is a long and in depth study of this … Continue reading →

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Parchment Book Covers for Papyrus Rolls

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

In a series of earlier posts, I examined some of the vocabulary used to describe papyrus rolls, especially those deluxe literary rolls described by Latin poets. One additional feature of these rolls that is sometimes mentioned is a parchment cover. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book covers, Palaeography, Voluminology | 3 Comments

The Faddan More Psalter

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

One of the most interesting manuscripts to come to light in recent years is the Faddan More Psalter, a parchment codex in a leather cover that contained the Psalms in Latin. It was discovered by a worker harvesting peat for … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeological context, Book binding, Book covers, Codices, Codicology, Faddan More Psalter | 13 Comments

Update: Hobby Lobby vs. Dirk Obbink

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

An anonymous commenter links to the resource below, which appears to show some developments in the civil case against Professor Obbink. I have not accessed the documents in the linked here, as they are behind a paywall: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/40480193/Hobby_Lobby_Stores_Inc_v_Obbink

Posted in Dirk Obbink, Green Collection | 4 Comments

New Site for Posts on Codices and Codicology

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

Back in the summer, I mentioned that I would be starting a new research project this autumn, The Early History of the Codex: A New Methodology and Ethics for Manuscript Studies (EthiCodex). For the last few weeks, I’ve been in … Continue reading →

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The Next Book

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Brent Nongbri

I’m excited to say that my colleague Liv Ingeborg Lied and I recently signed a contract with Yale University Press to co-author a book tentatively titled Working with Manuscripts: A Guide. The goal of the book is to demystify manuscript … Continue reading →

Posted in Working with Manuscripts | 5 Comments