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Creator
Title
Discourses.
Created
Egypt, [8th/9th century]
Physical Description
4 leaves and one fragment: parchment; leaf 1 = 178 x 222 mm; leaf 2 = 202 x 187 mm; leaf 3 = 160 x 210 mm; leaf 4 = 193 x 200 mm; frag. 1 = 14 x 6mm
Language
Coptic
Notes
Script: Large uncial script.
White Monastery codex ZD, pp. 193-200. Black ink. Most text is well-preserved; some pages are faded. Two columns per page. Lack of decoration/rubrication. Small fragment contains ink, but no discernible letters. Leaf 1, r = Theological exposition concerning the cross and idolatry with a quotation from Ps 97:7. Leaf 1, v = Mentions heaven and the fires of Gehenna. Leaf 2, r = Mentions a mountain or monastery (ptoou), the sea, and potentially an entourage (komitaton). Leaf 2, v = Coptic page numeration: 198. Mentions a king, the Lord, and land, and sin. Also mentions “those who know the apostles say this: 'God [is] in Christ, who reconciles the world to him.' The interpretation of these things...those who hear me a few times in the midst of every crowd.” Leaf 3, v = Mentions a synagogue and a discourse ("I answered, saying to them: 'It is good...'"). Leaf 4, r = Discourse on "lift[ing] up our cross" and endless prayer. Mentions the kingdom of Christ. Leaf 4, v = Mentions the Lord, grace/gift, a procession out, and "the one who made them."
In Sahidic Coptic
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Chance Bonar.
Provenance
Formerly owned by the White Monastery, Sohag, Egypt. Purchased from H. P. Kraus on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1988.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on a theological discourse of Shenoute (Discourses, book 8) concerning the cross, hell, the kingdom of Christ, etc. Quotes some biblical material as part of a larger argument.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 26, 2017
References
Shenoute, Discourses. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Shenoute, Discourses. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Egypt - 9th century.
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