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Coptic Encomion on *Antony ( 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098) from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum, attributed to John, bishop of Shmun/Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), written in the late 6th/early 7th century. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07009

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives

We have not examined this text.

Non Liturgical Activity

Composing and translating saint-related texts

Source

The parchment codex M 583 with the Encomion on Antony by John of Hermopolis 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:
Garitte, G., "Panégyrique de saint Antoine par Jean, évêque d’Hermopolis," Orientalia Christiana Periodica 9 (1943), 100–134 and 330–365.

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

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00098Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356Certain


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