Besa, abbot of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt, in a Coptic letter To an Erring Monk refers to the monastery as a house of God and vineyard of the saints; written in the late 5th century.
Evidence ID
E02930
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment codex
Literary - Letters
Major author/Major anonymous workBesa,
Besa,
Besa, Letter to a monk
Ed. Kuhn 11.6.6:
ⲡⲉⲙⲁ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲏ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡⲉ
‘For this place is the house of God and the vineyard of the saints.’
Text and translation: Kuhn 1956, p. 26 (text), p. 25 (trans.).
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
The discourses and letters of Besa come from nine different parchment codices found in the library of the White Monastery, dating to the 7th/8th and 8th/9th centuries.Bibliography
Edition:Kuhn, K.H., Letters and Sermons of Besa, CSCO vol. 157 (text) and CSCO vol. 158 (trans.) (Leuven, 1956).
Discussion:
Behlmer, H., Heilige Schriften als Waffe der Rhetorik. Autoritative Texte und ihre literarische Verarbeitung im Werk des ägyptischen Klostervorstehers Besa (in preparation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
9/6/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | Certain |
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