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Two Extracts from Proclus of Constantinople in a Coptic Fragment in Louvre

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Alin Suciu

(Thank you, David Tibet, for the useful suggestions, especially regarding the Coptic text!) Proclus of Constantinople was held in high regard in Coptic Egypt. His fame was largely due to the fact that Proclus allied himself, from the beginning, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Patristics, Proclus of Constantinople | Tagged Alin Suciu, Christology, Coptic Manuscripts, Cyril of Alexandria, Louvre, Nestorian crisis, Patristic literature, Patristics, Proclus of Constantinople, Sahidic | 5 Comments

Coptic Fragments from Cyril of Alexandria’s Scholia on the Incarnation of Monogenes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Alin Suciu

In July 2009, during a research visit at the Papyrussammlung of the National Library in Vienna, Cornelia Römer drew my attention to ten Coptic parchment fragments that were on offer by Sotheby’s at that time. As Dr. Römer was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyril of Alexandria, Patristics | Tagged Alin Suciu, Coptic Manuscripts, Cyril of Alexandria, Egyptian Church, Nestorian crisis, paleography, Patristic literature, Patristics, Sotheby's, Vienna | 4 Comments

The Identification of the Coptic Fragments Auctioned at Sotheby’s

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Sotheby’s auctioned recently ten Coptic parchment fragments which were purchased for 28,750 GBP. Surprisingly, in the only picture available thus far can be recognized a portion from Cyril of Alexandria’s Scholia on the Incarnation of Monogenes, an important dogmatic work … Continue reading →

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An Unknown “Apocryphal” Text from the White Monastery

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

I recently edited together with Einar Thomassen a parchment folio owned by the Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen. The Schøyen leaf (MS 1991) was immediately followed in the codex by another dismembered fragment which ended up in the Bibliothèque Nationale in … Continue reading →