Ok 2 things, I know this is important, Can someone explain to me what this would mean as far as discovery? I'm a newbie at religion and so I'm really curious from a Christian POV (pnt of view).
On a second note :
"The second had 50 pages and a cover made of skin adorned with ornaments" ---> PETA is gonna be pissed at us for using skin! :)
Depending on what the books contain and their age it could mean nothing or alot. If they are manuscripts of Christian scripture they would provide more confirmation of already existing scripture and if they are older than any of the known manuscripts they may provide corrections of errors. Even if they aren't scripture but records of some kind it would add to the knowledge of the time they're dated to.
It says the manuscripts date to the 6th century AD. Romans persecuting coptics in the 5th century would be Romans from the Christian era....so perhaps the coptic manuscripts will give some insight into the problems of that era. An idea of what those problems were would probably give some idea why Christian N. Africa fell so easily to Islam a century or so later. This is all speculation, so don't hold me to it too closely.