Coptic historian, University of Utah
Aziz S. Atiya
1898–1988
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The Book of Abraham and the Joseph Smith Papyri
Coptic historian, University of Utah
Atiya, not a Latter-day Saint, was searching Coptic files at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1966 when he recognized a damaged vignette as the original of Facsimile 1, glued to a backing sheet with the missing figures drawn in. Ten other fragments and an 1856 bill of sale signed by Emma Bidamon, Lewis Bidamon and Joseph Smith III were with it. He arranged the contact that led to the Museum's 1967 transfer of the fragments to the Church.
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Atiya recognizes Facsimile 1 at the Metropolitan
Aziz S. Atiya, searching for Coptic material at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, opened a file containing eleven papyrus fragments. One was the original of Facsimile 1, glued to a backing sheet on which the missing arms, torso and head had been drawn in. An 1856 certificate of ownership was with them.
The Metropolitan transfers eleven fragments to the Churchhinge
In a ceremony in the museum's Egyptian section, director Thomas P. F. Hoving presented the eleven pieces and the Bidamon letter to N. Eldon Tanner of the First Presidency. The collection was sent to Brigham Young University for study, and photographs were published in the Improvement Era in January and February 1968.
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