Recently, I reported that one of the Coptic fragments which were
auctioned by Sotheby’s in July 2009 contains a portion from
Metastasis Iohannis. This apocryphal writing, originally written
in Greek, is actually an extract from the Acts of John (chapters
106-115). Those who read this blog regularly know how much I
enjoy reconstructing from scattered pieces the torn leaves of
Coptic manuscripts. In my previous article on Metastasis
Iohannis, I showed that a parchment scrap kept in the Louvre
Museum in Paris (call number E 10 015) and the Sotheby-Bolaffi
fragment are two bits of the same mutilated codex leaf.
Fortunately, a few days ago, I found two other scraps of
parchment which should be integrated into that lacuna. Both are
in the Louvre Museum and are inventoried together with other
small pieces of Coptic manuscripts under the call number E 10
094. Here they are: And now a new Photoshop montage showing the
place of the new pieces in the puzzle. I should like to repeat
here some issues related to the histor