Coptic fragments from the Life of Apa *Thomas (presumably the ascetic and patron saint at Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), S01695), of unknown Egyptian provenance, mentioning a vision of *Mary (Mother of Christ S00033) resulting in the making of a new member of the monastic community; datable to the 7th/8th c.
Evidence ID
E07041
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives
Pushkin Museum in Moscow, I.1.b.274; 630; 633 (5664, 5744, 5711)
Fragment 633, col. 2:
ⲛⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲥϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϭⲓ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲁⲥϩⲟⲡⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ · ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓ̣ⲱ̣ϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϣⲱϥ̣ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ · ⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲩϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ
ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ϩⲁⲧⲏ̣ϥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲁ̣ϩ̣ⲥ̣ (?) ⲙⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ[ⲡ]ⲁⲩⲏⲧ
‘After the Virgin said these words, she hid herself from them. Apa Ioannes shaved his head. He had the holy garment put on him and placed himself within the congregation of the father of the community.’
Text and translation: A. I. Elanskaya, lightly modified.
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
MiraclesApparition, vision, dream, revelation
Source
These papyrus fragments at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, I.1.b.274; 630; 633 (5664, 5744, 5711), are dated on palaeographical grounds to the 7th/8th century.Bibliography
Text and translation:Elanskaya, A.I., The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 131–135.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
2/11/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Certain | S01695 | Thomas, Apa Thomas, patron saint at Wadi Sarga | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ | Certain |
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