Monthly Archives: November 2011

G. Garitte, Le calendrier palestino-géorgien du Sinaiticus 34

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Here is a useful book for those interested in the hagiographical traditions of the Eastern Churches: Gérard Garitte, Le calendrier palestino-géorgien du Sinaiticus 34 (Xe siècle) (Subsidia hagiographica, 30; Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1958). download the book here Picture in … Continue reading →

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A Coptic Codex of the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah (Guillaumont Codex A)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Alin Suciu

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 →

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A Fragment from a Homily Attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Alin Suciu

In 1937, Joseph Buchanan Bernardin edited and translated into English a Sahidic homily entitled On the Passion of Christ and the Judgment (CPG 2184), attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria.[1] This homily is entirely preserved in codex M595, ff. 100v-108r, a … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Anne Boud’hors-Chartres BM n° 906

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Alin Suciu

This is a preliminary report by Anne Boud’hors concerning a Coptic parchment leaf which hopefully we will publish soon. Plus de la moitié des 2000 manuscrits de la Bibliothèque municipale de Chartres ont disparu dans un incendie consécutif à un … Continue reading →

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Concordance of the Sahidic New Testament

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Alin Suciu

An invaluable resource for the study of Coptic literature: the concordance of the Sahidic version of the New Testament, published in the Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium series. L.-Th. Lefort, Concordance du Nouveau Testament sahidique, I. Les mots d’origine grecque (CSCO, … Continue reading →

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Abba Isaiah of Scetis: Bibliography

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Vailhé, H., “Un mystique monophysite: le moine Isaïe,” Échos d’Orient 9 (1906) 81-91 The monk Augustinos, Tou hosiou patros hemon abba Esaiaou logoi 29 (Jerusalem, 1911; 2nd ed. S. Schoinas, Volos, 1962) Nau, F., “À propos d’un feuillet d’un manuscrit … Continue reading →

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