XL PREFACE
in matters relating to the Coptic church, owe him a large debt of gratitude for his gencrosity. My thanks are alse due to the Curators of the Bodleian Library for their loan to me of the manuscript A; and to the Earl of Crawford and Balearres for the use of the MSS. B and B, and for
his kind permission to. print any part of them.
relating to Saint George, and the English translation of them was in type, M. Amélineau has published a very interesting little work entitled Contes et Romans de L/ kg
As a large number of the sheets of this book were printed o P { was unable in my edition to note the variations in our translations, and as they agree substantially, there was per-) haps little need to do so. 1 must m justice to myself state that the publication of my edition of the Coptic texts and | the English translation of themwas delayed nearly a ye through my absence from England on the two missions to. Kgypt and Mesopotamia which the Trustees of the British Museum did me the honour to entrust to me.
Tinally I dedicate this book to Mr. P. Le Page Renouf in recognition of many kindnesses shown to me, and as , mark of respect for the distinguished Mgyptologist who first threw scientific light upon the difficult subjects of Iigyptian grammar and mythology.
London, September 8. 1888.
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