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International Association for Coptic Studies
David Tibet (Current 93)
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International Association of Papyrologists
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Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC)
Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses, Université Laval
Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale
Sources Chrétiennes
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Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
Orientalia Christiana Periodica
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Tag Archives: Vienna
New Fragments of the Gospels in Fayyumic
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
A Coptic Codex of the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah (Guillaumont Codex A)
The Coptic version of the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah became known due to Antoine Guillaumont edition of several fragmentary Sahidic witnesses.[1] A few years before this edition appeared, Guillaumont published in Mélanges Crum a list of the available Coptic manuscripts … Continue reading
A Further Fragment from the Apocryphal Acts of John in Coptic: Once Again Concerning the Sotheby-Bolaffi Fragments
I have already discussed several times the ten Coptic fragments which were sold by Sotheby’s in July 2009. I was in Vienna when the auction took place and, as Cornelia Römer was at that time the director of the papyrus … Continue reading
About Some Coptic Fragments on the Dormition of the Virgin
(This post would have been impossible without the invaluable help of David Tibet, aka Anok Pe) My friend Hans Förster has recently published with Walter de Gruyter a volume that brings together a number of Coptic fragments on the Dormition … Continue reading
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Tagged Alin Suciu, apocrypha, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cambridge, codicology, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Dormition of the Virgin, Early Christianity, Egyptian Church, Evodius, Hans Förster, paleography, Sahidic, Vienna
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An Encomium on the Archangel Gabriel of Unknown Authorship
In a recent issue of Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, Hans Förster published the editio princeps of P. Vindob. K 9670, a Sahidic parchment folio from the collection of the National Library in Vienna.[1] The fragment seems to come from an … Continue reading
The Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: A Complement to the Coptic Version
The series of the Homilies on Hebrews (CPG 4440; PG 63, coll. 9-236) was traditionally ascribed to John Chrysostom’s last years in Constantinople (403-404). However, this assumption has been challenged recently by Pauline Allen and Wendy Mayer,[1] the two scholars … Continue reading
Coptic Fragments from Cyril of Alexandria’s Scholia on the Incarnation of Monogenes
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
Notes on the Canons of Pseudo-Athanasius
I recently tried to reconstruct codicologically a White Monastery manuscript on the basis of several parchment sheets spread among several libraries. I have not yet managed to identify their content, but the text suggests that they belonged to certain church … Continue reading
New Writings Attributed to John Chrysostom in Coptic
In an article which will be published soon, Sever Voicu identified the first Sahidic fragments from the pseudo-Chrysostomic piece In Psalmum 50, hom. 2 (CPG 4545; Clavis coptica 0486; Greek text in PG 55, coll. 575-588). Voicu found a cluster … Continue reading
New Coptic Fragments from a Homily by Severus of Antioch (Attributed Also to Gregory of Nyssa and Hesychius of Jerusalem)
Severus, the “Monophysite” patriarch of Antioch, was one of most gifted theologians of his time.[1] He came to the Episcopal See of Antioch in 512, under the rule of the anti-Chalcedonian emperor Anastasius, and was in charge of the bishopric … Continue reading
Two Coptic Fragments Containing Extracts from Isaiah of Scetis: A New Manuscript Witness of the Asceticon
A few days ago, Dr. Heinzgerd Brakmann drew my attention to a Coptic parchment folio from the collection of the National Library in Paris. The leaf survived dismembered from its original binding and is currently bound as folio 147 in … Continue reading
New Fragments from the Sahidic Version of the History of Joseph the Carpenter
Published in Le Muséon 122 (2009) 279-289. Suciu-New Fragments Historia Josephi Abstract: Focused on the figure of Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus Christ, the so-called History of Joseph the Carpenter is one of the most renowned writings preserved in … Continue reading
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