Discourses
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2002536
Description
- Title
- Discourses
- Creator
- Shenoute
- Published / Created
- [8th/9th century]
- Publication Place
- Egypt
- Abstract
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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
- Description
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In Sahidic Coptic
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." - Provenance
- Formerly owned by the White Monastery, Sohag, Egypt. Purchased from H. P. Kraus on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1988.
- Extent
- 4 leaves and one fragment: 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
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Coptic
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Coptic MS 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Egypt 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Theological treatise. Psalms.
- Subject (Topic)
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Subjects
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Theological treatise. Psalms
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Egypt > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Dayr al-Abyaḍ (Sūhāj, Egypt) > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Shenoute, Discourses. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13039953
- Object ID (OID)
- 2002536
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