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Informationen zum Autor Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2013). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California. Hany N. Takla is the founding president of the Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society. Klappentext Christianity and monasticism have long flourished in the northern part of Upper Egypt and in the Nile Delta, from Beni Suef to the Mediterranean coast. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in northern Egypt over the past two millennia. The studies explore Coptic art and archaeology, architecture, language, and literature. The artistic heritage of monastic sites in the region is highlighted, attesting to their important legacies. Vorwort The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in northern Egypt from the fourth century to the present day Zusammenfassung Christianity and monasticism have long flourished in the northern part of Upper Egypt and in the Nile Delta, from Beni Suef to the Mediterranean coast. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in northern Egypt over the past two millennia. The studies explore Coptic art and archaeology, architecture, language, and literature. The artistic heritage of monastic sites in the region is highlighted, attesting to their important legacies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Language and Literature 1. John of Barullos (540–615), Fr. John Paul Abdelsayed 2. The Relationship between the Monks of Northern Egypt and the Patriarchs of the Egyptian Church, David Brakke 3. Saint Minas Monastery in Arabic Sources, Sherin Sadek El Gendi 4. The Bashmurite Revolts and the ‘Bashmuric Dialect,’ Frank Feder 5. Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex, Mary Ghattas 6. The Pachomian Federation and Lower Egypt: The Ties that Bind, James E. Goehring 7. The Relations between the Coptic Church and the Armenian Church from the Time of Muhammad Ali to the Present (1805–2015), Mary Kupelian 8. Saint Barsoum the Naked and His Veneration at al-Ma‘sara (Deir Shahran), Bishop Martyros 9. The Traditions of the Holy Family and the Development of Christianity in the Nile Delta, Ashraf Alexandre Sadek 10. The History of Dayr al-Khandaq/Anba Ruways and the Cathedral of Saint Mark Adel F. Sadek 11. The Perception of St. Athanasius of Alexandria in Later Coptic Literature, Ibrahim Saweros 12. The Discovery of Papyri from Turah at Dayr al-Qusayr (Dayr Arsaniyus) and Its Legacy, Caroline T. Schroeder 13. Nitria, Mark Sheridan 14. Yuhanna al-Samannudi, the Founder of National Coptic Philology in the Middle Ages, Adel Sidarus 15. The Arabic Version of the Miracles of Apa Mena Based on Two Unpublished Manuscripts in the Collection of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society in Los Angeles, Hany N. Takla 16. Life of Pope Cyril VI (Kyrillos VI), Teddawos Ava Mine and Youhanna Nessim Youssef 17. The Veneration of Anba Hadid and the Nile Delta in the Thirteenth Century, Asuka Tsuji 18. Kellia and Monastic Epigraphy, Jacques van der Vliet 19. Butrus al-Sadamanti al-Armani (Peter of Sadamant “the Armenian”), Fr. Awad Wadi 20. Julius of Akfahs: The Martyrdom of John and Simon, Youhanna Nessim Youssef 21. The Bohairic Martyrs Acts as a Genre of Religious Discourse, Ewa D. Zakrzewska Art, Archaeology, and Material Culture 22. Remnants of a Byzantine Church at Athribis, Tomasz Górecki 23. Architecture in Kellia, Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou 24. Art in Kellia, Karel Innemée 2...
