Monthly Archives: December 2011

Orientalia Christiana Periodica Article

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

My article on the Coptic manuscripts in Naples has just been published in the latest issue of Orientalia Christiana Periodica: A. Suciu, “The Borgian Coptic Manuscripts in Naples: Supplementary Identifications and Notes to a Recently Published Catalogue,” Orientalia Christiana Pariodica … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Alin Suciu, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Naples | 2 Comments

Putting Together the Puzzle of a Christmas Story: A Coptic Document in Princeton and Its Related Fragments

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Because Christmas is coming, I choose to discuss in this post a Coptic text which deals with the birth of Jesus. A fragment of the work in question is preserved in the Princeton University Library and it is available in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, New Testament | Tagged Alin Suciu, Carl Schmidt, Christmas, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Cullen Story, John Rylands Library, Maurice Nahman, Princeton, Roelof van den Broek, Utrecht University Library, Virgin Mary | 1 Comment

New Fragments of the Gospels in Fayyumic

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Alin Suciu

The remnants of several Fayyumic Biblical codices which belonged to the White Monastery survive scattered in various modern collections. They were studied over the course of time by several scholars. For her part, Anne Boud’hors published some of the fragments … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Gospel of the Twelve, New Testament | Tagged Alin Suciu, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Christian Askeland, codicology, Fayyumic, Gospel of John, Gospel of the Twelve Apostles, New Testament, paleography, Vienna | 2 Comments

Articles on Ephraem the Syrian

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Alin Suciu

E.A.W. Budge, “On a Fragment of a Coptic Version of Saint Ephraim’s Discourse on the Transfiguration of Our Lord,” Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 9 (1886/1887) 317-329 (this is CPG 3939, In transfigurationem domini; the homily belongs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bibliographies, Ephrem the Syrian | Tagged Arabic, Bohairic, E.A.W. Budge, Ephrem Graecus, Ephrem the Syrian, Hemmerdinger-Iliadou, Ignazio Guidi, Jean Kirchmeyer, John Chrysostom, Michel van Esbroeck | Leave a comment

An Unknown Fragment from a Discourse of Shenoute in the Cleveland Museum of Art

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Alin Suciu

To Pierre Cherix A few days ago, I read an interesting, but little-known, article concerning the conservation of two Coptic parchment fragments. The article was published in 2004 by Paul Hepworth and Maurizio Michelozzi in the journal The Paper Conservator … Continue reading →

Posted in Shenoute of Atripe | Tagged Alin Suciu, Cleveland Museum of Art, homily, Pierre Cherix, Shenoute of Atripe, Walters Art Museum, White Monastery | 1 Comment

New Blog on Christian Culture in the Middle East

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Adam McCollum, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian manuscripts at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML), announced his new blog on various aspects of the Christian culture in the Middle East. Adam promised he will show us many manuscript images! … Continue reading →