Tag Archives: Coptic literature

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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Ps-Theophilus of Alexandria, Sermon on the Cross and the Good Thief

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Alin Suciu

In preparation for Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (CSCO), Scriptores coptici series (Université catholique de Louvain/Catholic University of America). The homily “On the Cross and the Good Thief,” attributed to Theophilus of Alexandria, is preserved in four Sahidic manuscripts. This is … Continue reading →

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Tezaurul literaturii creştine în limba coptă

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Prima parte a interviului “Tezaurul literaturii creştine în limba coptă”, apărut în revista on-line Oglindanet. Oglindanet: Dragă domnule Alin Suciu, v-aş ruga să ne descrieţi, pe scurt, zona studiilor copte în cadrul, mai vast, al literaturii creştine vechi. Alin Suciu: … 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 →

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The Borgian Coptic Manuscripts in Naples: Supplementary Identifications and Notes to a Recently Published Catalogue

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

Excerpts from the draft version of the article “The Borgian Coptic Manuscripts in Naples: Supplementary Identifications and Notes to a Recently Published Catalogue.” An updated version was accepted for publication in Orientalia Christiana Periodica. Naples[draft-excerpta] The article is a review … Continue reading →

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À propos de la datation du manuscrit contenant le Grand Euchologe du Monastère Blanc

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

“À propos de la datation du manuscrit contenant le Grand Euchologe du Monastère Blanc,” Vigiliae Christianae 65 (2011) 189-198. The article is dedicated to the memory of Father Emmanuel Lanne, osb. Abstract: The most complete Sahidic manuscript of the Euchologion, … Continue reading →

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New Fragments from the Sahidic Version of the History of Joseph the Carpenter

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Alin Suciu

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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