Two Coptic Encomia on *Athanasios (bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373, S00294) from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum, attributed to Constantine of Siout (c. 550–640, Upper Egypt), written in the late 6th/early 7th century. Skeleton entry
Evidence ID
E07006
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives
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Non Liturgical Activity
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Source
The parchment codex M 583 with the two Encomion on Athanasios by Constantine of Siout comes from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum and now belongs to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. The colophon dates the production of this manuscript to the year AD 822–823.For details see T. Orlandi, Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari online at
http://www.cmcl.it/entrata.html/
Bibliography
Text and translation:T. Orlandi, Constantini Episcopi Urbis Siout Encomia in Athanasium Duo, CSCO 349/Copt. 37 and 350/Copt. 38 (Louvain, 1974).
Mentioned in:
Emmel, S., "Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world," in: R. Bagnall (ed.), Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300–700 (Cambridge, 2007), 83–102, p. 95.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
29/10/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00294 | Athanasios, bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373 | Certain |
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