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The "Berlin Codex" is a single-quire (a quire is a set of leaves which are stitched together - for more information see Bookbinding ) Coptic codex bound with wooden boards covered with a Leather that neither resembles Tanned leather, nor does it resemble Parchment or Alum -tawed skin (i.e. skin that has been dressed with alum to soften and bleach it) .

Bound together among the texts in the Berlin Codex are two sections of a fragmentary '' Gospel Of Mary ,'' the '' Apocryphon Of John '', '' The Sophia Of Jesus Christ '', and the '' Act Of Peter ''. These texts are often discussed together with the earlier Nag Hammadi texts.


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