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275 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 14,234–14,577, pdf pp. 187-191 of New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Evelyn-White 1926) — a witness of The Vision of Benjamin, or the Consecration of the Church of Saint Macarius, by Agathos the Priest (ruling WORK-1: a container is read inside the compositions it holds). Only this range is shown here; the whole file holds every part. Fragment only: this is the only copy of the work served on this site, and it is a fragment of the work.
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| 1 | C. AGATHOS THE PRIEST |
| 2 | The Vision of Benjamin or The Consecration of the Church of Saint Macarius. |
| 3 | Parchment. Two leaves and a fragment from one ms. Frag. 1 (Cod. Tisch. XX1v, 23), 33 X 24 cm., is the |
| 4 | first leaf in the Ms., the whole recto being occupied by a long but much-damaged descriptive title enclosed |
| 5 | within a narrow border or frame of two-strand cable-pattern. In the upper margin is a ‘rubric’ in small, |
| 6 | informal uncials ⲉⲩⲱϣ ⲛ̄ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲏ︦ ⲛ̄ⲧⲱⲃⲓ ⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲓⲕ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲧⲥⲕⲩⲡⲏ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓⲁⲙⲓⲛ, directing that the work should |
| 7 | be read on the anniversary of the dedication of the Sanctuary of Benjamin.! Frag. 2 (C.U.L. 6 |
| 8 | 34.5 X 10cm. is the outer edge of a leaf numbered on the verso ve. Frag. 3 (Cairo, no. 2) is a complete |
| 9 | leaf, unnumbered, measuring 35 x 28 cm. The margins are intact. |
| 10 | The hand (see Plate 111 ⲃ) a large, bold, but rather coarse uncial, is identical with the hand of No. xxix |
| 11 | and apparently of Hyvernat, Album, Plate xxmi: it may be assigned to the mid-tenth century. The |
| 12 | written column (in Frag. 3) measures 27.5 x 17-18.5 cm. Guide-lines are ruled for alternate lines of the |
| 13 | text. The holes made by the pins which held the ruler in place? are visible in the right margin of the |
| 14 | recto. Spaces for stops were left by the scribe but have not been filled in by the rubricator. On Frag. 1, |
| 15 | verso (ll. 8-10), however, cross-hatching is used to distinguish a Biblical quotation. |
| 16 | The fragments belong to a narrative describing the Consecration of the Church in the Monastery of Saint |
| 17 | Macarius by Benjamin I on Tobi 8, circa 655 ⲇ.. and the visions seen by the Archbishop on that occasion. * |
| 18 | After a eulogy on Benjamin (partly preserved in our Frag. 1), the author, Agathos,® the syncellus of the |
| 19 | Patriarch, relates that the monks of Saint Macarius came to Alexandria and begged the Archbishop to come |
| 20 | to Shiét to consecrate the Church which they had newly built. Benjamin’s journey into the desert and the |
| 21 | actual Consecration is then described. During the ceremony the Archbishop notices an old man of remarkable |
| 22 | appearance in the Church and is informed by a ‘ Cherubim’ who appears in the Sanctuary that this is none |
| 23 | other than Saint Macarius. Frag. 2 relates the amazement of Benjamin at this vision, and certain warnings |
| 24 | uttered by the Cherubim to which Macarius warmly replies. In the night following the Consecration the |
| 25 | Cherubim reappeared to Benjamin and delivered to him seven Canons or rules governing the service of the |
| 26 | new Sanctuary. Frag. 3 commences with Benjamin's warning to all who shall transgress these Canons, and |
| 27 | goes on to relate how Benjamin was informed by the ‘ Cherubim’ of the date of his death, and how the Arch- |
| 28 | bishop requested his syncellus, Agathos, continually to remind him of the warning. |
| 29 | No Coptic fragments of the conclusion are preserved. But the whole narrative is extant in a very slightly |
| 30 | abbreviated Arabic version incorporated by Severus of Ashmunén in his History of the Patriarchs.® Since |
| 31 | Severus himself states that the Monastery of Saint Macarius was one of the sources whence he derived his |
| 32 | material, it is very probable that our fragments belong to the very Ms. consulted by the historian or by |
| 33 | his literary assistants:? the same copy may have been consulted by the compilers who wrote the summary |
| 34 | of the above narrative which appears in the Synaxarium.® |
| 35 | 1 Concerning this Sanctuary see H.N.S. 1m, ii, § 4; 6 ed. Evetts, pp. 239 fl. |
| 36 | AALCM. 1, iv, § 5. 7 Cp. Introduction, §2. (References to the parallel |
| 37 | 2 From the Tischendorf collection. passages in the Arabic as edited and translated by Evetts |
| 38 | 3 See Introduction, § 7. are added in the margin of my translation of the Coptic |
| 39 | 4 See ⲛ. Hist. of the Patr. (ed. Evetts), fragments.) |
| 40 | pp. 239 ff.; Synax., Tébi 8 (ed. Basset, pp. 522 ff). 8 Probably the compilers of the Synax. made consider- |
| 41 | 5 For the form of this name see p. 131, note 2, able use of the Library in the Monastery of Saint Macarius. |
| 42 | 127 |
| page 188 | |
| 43 | * Recto |
| 44 | x Verso = Hist. |
| 45 | Patr., p. 239 |
| 46 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
| 47 | Frag. 1 (Cod. Tisch. Xxx1v, 23). |
| 48 | ⲟⲩ . ⲛ... ⲟⲩⲱ|ⲛϩ ⲛ̄ⲟ[ⲩⲟ|ⲡⲧⲁ̀ⲥⲓⲁ HH YAP ⲈⲦⲈ] NOT- |
| 49 | Ⲁϥⲉⲓ. ⲉⲧ ⲁϥⲉϯⲣⲑⲉⲱⲣⲓⲛ ⲙ̄‐ ⲛⲟⲩⲥ ϧⲉ[ⲛ ⲛⲓⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ |
| 50 | ⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ] ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ϣ]ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲗⲁ[ⲙⲡⲣⲩ|ⲛⲓⲛ ⲡⲉ pe(n) |
| 51 | ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ [ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲃ]ⲉⲛⲓ‐ ⲡⲓⲱⲟⲩ [ⲉⲑ]ⲟⲩⲁ[ⲃ] ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ |
| 52 | 5 ⲁⲙⲓⲛ ⲡⲓⲁ[ⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡϯⲟⲥ 5 ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲟ[ⲩ]ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ |
| 53 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲛⲓϣϯ [ⲛ̄ⲃⲁⲕⲓ] plako- ⲡⲉⲧϩⲟⲗϫ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲩ ⲙ̃ⲫⲣⲏϯ |
| 54 | ϯ ⲛ̄ϯⲡ︦︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲓⲕⲏ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ |
| 55 | ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲁ̃ⲅⲓⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯ‐ ⲫⲟⲛϩⲥ ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ HH ϫⲉ ϫⲉⲙϯ‐ |
| 56 | ⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲕⲁⲑⲟⲗⲓⲕⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲁ̃ⲡⲟⲥ‐ ⲡⲓ ⲁ̃ⲡⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲗϫⲉ ⲡⲉ |
| 57 | ⲓⲟ ⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲏ ⲛⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓ‐ ⲧⲟ NOT x |
| 58 | ⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ Ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲡⲉ ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲁⲙⲓⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲁ- |
| 59 | ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁ‐ ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲁϧ |
| 60 | ⲕⲁⲣⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ five ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ |
| 61 | ϣⲓⲏⲧ Ⲡⲓⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ |
| 62 | 15 Ⲉϥⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙ̃ⲙⲟⲛ ⲥⲩⲛⲏ̄ⲑⲱⲥ ⲛⲉ‐ 5 ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟ‐ |
| 63 | ⲙ ⲉⲩⲡⲣⲉⲡⲱⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲥϯⲙⲁϯ ⲝⲓⲁ̃ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲏ︦‐ |
| 64 | ⲡⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲥⲧⲁϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲥ‐ ⲙⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ[ⲅⲣ]ⲁⲫⲏ ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙ- |
| 65 | ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ.. . . ..ⲃ ⲛ- ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ ⲉ[ⲧⲉⲛ‐ |
| 66 | ⲡϯⲙⲁϯ ⲙ̄ⲫϯ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ new ⲡⲉϥ‐ ϩⲟⲩ |
| 67 | ϩⲟ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲡⲉⲛϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡ︦ⲭ︦ⲥ︦ 20 Ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫ ...ⲛϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⲙ̃̄ⲙⲩⲥ‐ |
| 68 | ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲡ︦︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉ]ϥⲧⲁⲛ‐ ⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲡⲕⲁ]ϯ |
| 69 | ⲃⲟ] ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲁⲡⲟⲗⲁⲩⲓ[ⲛ ⲙ̃ⲙ]ⲱ‐ |
| 70 | ⲉϥⲉⲣⲉⲥⲑⲁ]ⲡⲉⲥⲑⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲑⲉ‐ ⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲓ̄ϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉϥ‐ |
| 71 | ⲱⲣⲓⲛ...) ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ̃ⲙⲁⲓ‐ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲥⲡⲁⲑⲟⲥ ⲛⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ |
| 72 | 2 ⲙⲉⲧϣⲏ]ⲣⲓ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ ϩⲱⲥ 2 ⲡⲭ︦︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲁ̀ⲅⲱⲛⲟⲑⲉⲧⲏⲥ ⲙ̃[ⲙⲏⲓ |
| 73 | ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲏⲥ [ⲉϥⲉⲣ]ⲑⲉⲱ̄ⲣⲓⲛ ⲙ̄- ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲥⲁⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓ‐ |
| 74 | ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ]ⲉⲙ [ⲛⲓϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲛⲓ]ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲃⲉⲛ |
| 75 | ⲉⲧⲥⲁⲡϣⲱ[ⲓ ...... ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡϯ ⲙ̃‐ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲥⲉⲙ[ⲛⲓ] ⲡⲉϥⲛⲁⲓ] ⲉϫⲉⲛ) |
| 76 | af. . Jn ........ ]ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲁ̀ⲅⲓ‐ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲁⲅⲁⲗ[ⲗⲉⲥ]ⲑⲉ ⲣⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁ(ⲛ) |
| 77 | 3ⲟ ⲁⲍⲓⲡ ⲙⲙⲟϥ [ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩ]ⲙⲣⲏⲛⲏ 3ⲟ ⲙ̃ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲙⲡⲁ[ⲓ]ⲱⲧ |
| 78 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ] ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ] |
| 79 | *A...appearance of a Vision. . .bebeld and related (?) by our holy Father, ⲃ- |
| 80 | bishop of the great city Rakoti, touching the Consecration of the great Catholic and Apostolic Church? of the great |
| 81 | God-bearer and Spirit-bearer, our Father Abba Makari of the holy Mount of Shiét; when be declared unto us in |
| 82 | customary and seemly wise that the ordinance and the institution and ibe consecration (of the Church) [were in |
| 83 | accordance with ?] the good pleasure of God the Father and of His Son, Our Lord Jesus the Christ, and of the |
| 84 | Holy Spirit the Giver of Life; when be perceived and bebeld how our Father, the lover of sonship, Abba Makari, as |
| 85 | a champion® was bebolding it (the Consecration) along with the Powers of the Heavens above ; also the. . . when |
| 86 | il (the Consecration) was being performed. In the Peace of God! Amen. |
| 87 | “They whose minds are in the Heavens are wont to shine with the pure glory of the Father of Lights, and |
| 88 | there is nothing so sweet in their sight as spiritual love; as it is written: “Taste and see that the Lord is |
| 89 | sweet.””* Such an one was Benjamin, the all-virtuous Father and learned Archbishop, the scholar indeed and |
| 90 | the glory of Orthodoxy; who understood the meaning of the Scriptures, the faithful dweller in the desert; he |
| 91 | who comprehended (?) many mysteries of the wise and enjoyed them, because he crucified his flesh and its |
| 92 | passions® unto (?) Jesus the Christ, the true Ordainer of the contest, He Who is above every one and |
| 93 | establishes His mercy upon them who rejoice in His Name; like my father. .. |
| 94 | 1 Benjamin I, 622-661 A.p. For his history see Hist. of and Monastery with the See of the ‘Apostle’ S. Mark.. |
| 95 | the Patr., pp. 223 ff. 3 Macarius pleaded the cause of his ‘sons’ in reply to |
| 96 | 2 This Church was in the Monastery of S. Macarius. The the strictures of the ‘Cherubim’ (Hist. of the Patr., p. 244). |
| 97 | epithet ‘Catholic’ is here equivalent to ‘ Cathedral,” ‘ Archi- 4 Psalm xxx, 9 (xxx1v, 8). On the marginal direc- |
| 98 | episcopal’ (see Crum, in P.S.B.A., 1905, ⲣ. 171) : * Apostolic’ tion “Translate it” (i.e. the citation) see Crum in P.S.B.4. |
| 99 | is used in virtue of the intimate connexion of the Church XXIX, ⲣ. 303. 5 Cp. Galatians v, 24. |
| 100 | 128 |
| page 189 | |
| 101 | TEXTS RELATING TO SAINT MACARIUS |
| 102 | Frag. 2 (C.U.L. 4 Ww |
| 103 | ...... .. . ⲁⲓⲧⲟⲙⲧ ⲙⲡⲉ[ⲣⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲍⲓⲛ ⲛ̄ⲛⲁϣⲏ‐ |
| 104 | ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥⲭⲏ ⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲱ ⲡⲁⲛⲏⲃ |
| 105 | pen ⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲛⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲉϥ‐ Ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲫ‐ |
| 106 | ⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲥⲙⲏ ⲣⲓ ϧⲉ[ⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲁϩ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϫ |
| 107 | 5 ⲛϩⲟϯ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲥ‐ 5 ⲙⲡⲉⲣ[ⲧⲁⲕⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲡ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 108 | ⲥⲉⲛⲥⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲙⲁϣϫ ⲉⲥ‐ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ[ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛ̄ϧⲏⲧϥ |
| 109 | ϯϩⲉⲗⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ] Ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲅⲁ[ⲣ ϯⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲙⲉⲛ‐ |
| 110 | Ⲛⲁϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ Ine ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ̄ⲧ[ⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϫⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡ |
| 111 | ⲡⲓⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲙ] ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲩⲇⲡⲁⲧⲏⲣⲓⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 112 | ⲓⲟ Xe ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲁⲣⲉϣⲁⲛ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲟ‐ ⲓⲟ ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲙ ...... ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲏ‐ |
| 113 | ϣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ]ⲉⲧⲥⲟⲩ‐ ⲣⲓ [ |
| 114 | Ton... ⲕⲁ]ⲧⲁ ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲩ‐ ⲉⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉ[ⲧⲙⲁⲓⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧ... |
| 115 | ⲑⲉⲥⲓⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲁϥⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛ̄ϧⲏⲧⲥ ⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏ[ⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲛ‐ |
| 116 | ⲛϫⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲥϩ ⲑⲛⲁⲣⲧ ⲉ............. |
| 117 | ⲓ. ........ ... ⲧ]ⲟⲩ 5 ⲓⲉ ⲕⲉⲟⲩⲓ ϩ[....... .. ⲉⲛ‐ |
| 118 | ⲁⲩⲡⲁϩⲱⲗ ⲉϧⲟⲩ]ⲡ ⲡⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲧⲟⲗⲏ |
| 119 | ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ ⲫⲙⲁ ⲙ̃ⲡ]ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ Ⲉⲛⲑⲟϥ ncfegar ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲗ ⲉ ⲡ‐ |
| 120 | ϣⲱⲓ ⲉ The ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲙⲙⲏⲡⲓ ⲉ |
| 121 | ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛ[ⲧⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲣⲟϥ |
| 122 | ϩⲟ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉ[ⲣⲟϥ....... |
| 123 | ϫⲉ ϥⲛⲁⲉⲣⲡ[ⲱⲃϣ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ |
| 124 | ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲙ̃|ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ |
| 125 | ⲣⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ]ⲅⲉ ⲫⲟⲩⲱⲓ‐ |
| 126 | ϩⲟ ⲡⲓ] |
| 127 | Ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣ]ⲧⲉⲙⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ |
| 128 | ⲉ ⲛⲉϥϩⲱⲛϩⲉⲛ ] ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲩϣⲧⲉⲙⲙⲟ‐ |
| 129 | ϣⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲉϥⲉⲡ]ⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲙ̃ⲙⲟⲛ‐ |
| 130 | ⲧⲟⲩ ⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲥⲉ[ⲛⲁ‐ |
| 131 | 2 ϩⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗⲣ]ⲉⲛ ϯⲁⲅⲉⲗⲏ [ⲟⲩⲟ]ϩ 2 elpe ⲫϯ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ ϯ‐ |
| 132 | ]ⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϣⲉ [. Jo ⲙ]ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲛ[ⲛⲓⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ |
| 133 | ⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟ]ⲛⲟ‐ ϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲉϥ‐ |
| 134 | ⲓ ⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲙⲫ[ⲏ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉ ⲧⲁⲥⲑⲱⲟⲩ |
| 135 | ⲁⲛ |
| 136 | ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϥⲛⲁⲡ[ⲁϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ |
| 137 | ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲗⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ[ⲧⲉ ⲁⲙⲉⲛϯ |
| 138 | ⲙⲓⲁ] |
| 139 | Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̄ϫ]ⲉ [ⲡ]ⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲁⲃ‐ ⲉⲩⲙⲉⲧⲥⲛⲟⲙ |
| 140 | 3 ⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ... Ⲓⲉⲧϣⲁⲛ 30 Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ϧⲉ[ⲛ ⲛϫⲓⲛⲧⲁⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ |
| 141 | [ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲧϥ [ⲙⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ |
| 142 | RAGE ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ) ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ [ⲁⲓⲕⲁϯ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ‐ |
| 143 | ] ϣⲏⲣⲓ 7 |
| 144 | [Thereupon] 1 marveled at him as I beheld him remaining in the midst of his sons and rejoicing greatly, |
| 145 | and (I marveled at) the dread voice of that holy one! which resounded in my ears and dismayed me. |
| 146 | Then said the Cherubim unto me, “ If his sons walk in the straight way according to (?) my counsel wherein |
| 147 | Abba Makari walked and. . ., they shall enter in with him into the palace of the King and delight themselves |
| 148 | with him in the realms of light. But they who harken not unto his precepts and walk not according to his |
| 149 | commandment, shall have no portion with him, but shall be cast forth from the flock and [shall have no portion |
| 150 | in 7] his inheritance.” Then the righteous Abba Makari said unto him: ““. . . *Put not thy seal? upon my sons |
| 151 | with this word, O my lord. But if there be a grape sound in a cluster, destroy it not, for there is a blessing of |
| 152 | God upon it.? For I trust in Christ the beloved of my soul that if my sons keep one single commandment. . ., |
| 153 | which is the love of brethren [shown ?] to one another in pity; or (if they keep) another one [of my] command- |
| 154 | ments, but shall raise up their eyes to Heaven once in a day unto the Christ Jesus and [pray unto Him 7], |
| 155 | we trust in Him that He will not forget them, but will deliver them from the punishments of Amenti. For |
| 156 | God, the Lover of mankind, seeketh after the repentance of sinners and desireth not the death of sinners, but |
| 157 | (rather) to bring them to repentance.” |
| 158 | Then when I heard these things at the mouth of the holy Abba Makari, I understood his love for his sons. |
| 159 | 1 sc. the ‘Cherubim.’ (Notices et Extraits, XXXIX, ⲣ. 334). It is again used in a |
| 160 | 2 Cp. Rev. xx11, 10. fragmentary text published by Crum (Theological Texts, |
| 161 | 3 Isaiah Lxv, 8. The saying is again put in the mouth no. IX, p. 41). |
| 162 | of Macarius in the ‘Translation of the Forty-nine Martyrs’ |
| 163 | 120 |
| 164 | *(p. 15) |
| 165 | = Hist. Pair. |
| 166 | p. 24. |
| 167 | Xp. 16 |
| page 190 | |
| 168 | * Recto = Hist. |
| 169 | Patr., pp. 2 |
| 170 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
| 171 | Frag. 3 (Cairo, no. 2). |
| 172 | ⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ ⲉⲧϭⲁⲗⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ |
| 173 | ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲥⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲥⲉ‐ |
| 174 | ⲑⲏⲧ ⲁⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϩⲗⲓ |
| 175 | ⲉⲃⲏⲗ € ⲥⲉⲗⲥⲓⲗ ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲣⲁⲩϣ |
| 176 | ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲕⲏⲥ ⲉⲧϫⲏⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉ(ⲛ) |
| 177 | ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲛⲁ‐ |
| 178 | ⲛⲉⲩ |
| 179 | Ⲙⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲁϧ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥ‐ |
| 180 | ⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲓ ⲙⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ |
| 181 | ⲓⲟ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ |
| 182 | ⲫⲁⲓ |
| 183 | Ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲙⲉⲩⲓ̄ ⲱ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ |
| 184 | ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲫⲟⲣⲓⲥ‐ |
| 185 | ⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲅⲉⲛⲉⲁ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲙ̄‐ |
| 186 | 15 ⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗ[ⲁ ϯⲕⲉ]ϯ ⲧⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ |
| 187 | ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲩ‐ |
| 188 | ϭⲱⲣⲡ ⲡⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫⲏ |
| 189 | ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ϩⲱϯ ⲡⲉ ⲛ‐ |
| 190 | ⲧⲟⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϧⲁⲓ̄ⲏ︦ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ‐ |
| 191 | 20 ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ |
| 192 | Ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡⲁⲓ ⲕⲁⲛⲱ(ⲛ) |
| 193 | DEN ⲟⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲁⲓⲭⲁϥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ |
| 194 | ⲛ[ⲏ] ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲓ̄ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 195 | ⲧⲟⲩϩⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁ ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓ‐ |
| 196 | 2 ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲙⲉⲛⲣⲉ ⲡⲱ‐ |
| 197 | ⲟⲩ dt ⲉⲧⲟⲟ‐ |
| 198 | ⲥⲓ |
| 199 | Ⲁϥϫⲱ [ⲙ]ⲡⲁⲓ ⲕⲉⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ |
| 200 | ⲫⲁ ϯⲙⲟⲣⲫⲏ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲉ‐ |
| 201 | 3ⲟ ϣⲱⲡ ϯⲙ̃ⲡϣⲁ ⲣⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ϫⲉ |
| 202 | ϩⲱϯ ⲡⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 203 | 1 |
| 204 | ⲥ. ⲇⲩⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ. 2 Text uncertain. |
| 205 | ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϫⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ |
| 206 | ⲉⲣⲕⲁⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲛ ⲉ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 207 | ⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲁ̃ⲅⲓⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ |
| 208 | ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲕ‐ |
| 209 | ϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲁ ⲡⲭ︦︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲉⲕ‐ |
| 210 | ⲙⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ |
| 211 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲭⲛⲁⲙ̃ⲧⲟⲛ AMOK ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 212 | ⲛⲓⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲓ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦︦︦ |
| 213 | ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲧⲏ‐ |
| 214 | ⲓⲟ ⲣⲟⲩ |
| 215 | Ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲛⲏⲃ ϩⲁⲣⲁ |
| 216 | ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲁⲁⲓⲧ ⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲣⲱ ⲉⲑ‐ |
| 217 | ⲣⲉϥϣⲟⲛⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉ̄‐ |
| 218 | ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉϥ‐ |
| 219 | ⲓ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̄ϧ|ⲏ]ⲧϥ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ |
| 220 | ϧⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟ‐ |
| 221 | ⲃⲓ |
| 222 | Ϥⲥ̀ⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲛⲏⲃ ⲡⲭ︦︦ⲥ︦ |
| 223 | ⲫⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 224 | ϩⲟ ⲡⲁⲡ︦ⲡ︦ⲁ︦ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲓ̄ⲣⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡⲉϥⲛⲁⲓ |
| 225 | ⲛⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁ‐ |
| 226 | ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲁⲑⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ |
| 227 | ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩ‐ |
| 228 | ⲃⲓⲙ |
| 229 | 2 ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲓⲙⲟⲩϯ é ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ⲡⲓ‐ |
| 230 | ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ |
| 231 | ϫⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲁ̀ⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ⲥϧⲁⲓ |
| 232 | ⲙⲡⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ |
| 233 | ⲉ ⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲁⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ |
| 234 | 30 ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙ̄ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁ‐ |
| 235 | ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲓⲓⲣⲓ ⲙ̄ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ̄ ⲡⲛⲁⲛⲟⲃⲓ |
| 236 | ⲉ added above the line by a later hand. |
| 237 | [Know, my brethren, that not one of these! shall receive the lot of Jacob; and the] power which rests |
| 238 | upon it (sc. the Sanctuary) and its altar: they are concerned with naught save the ornament of meekness |
| 239 | and gentleness, which is perfect in every good grace; even as the Epistle of the Apostle Paul beareth us |
| 240 | witness in the discourse on this same vocation.? Lo,? think not, my brethren, that I have decreed this ex- |
| 241 | communication because of this generation, but. . . because of that (generation) which will come,* even as was |
| 242 | showed unto me by him (sc. the ‘Cherubim’ or Seraph?) who declared unto me, “1 fear that they shall become |
| 243 | (such) in the last days.” For this cause I have written this Canon® strongly. I establish it because of those who |
| 244 | will come after a time, that they may turn away from the glory of men and love the glory of God most High. |
| 245 | 1 i.e. violators of the Canons of Benjamin which im- |
| 246 | mediately preceded this fragment (see Hist. of the Patr., |
| 247 | Pp. 250). 2 See Galatians v, 22 ff. |
| 248 | 3 In the Arabic this and the following paragraphs are |
| 249 | inverted. |
| 250 | 4 The Arabic has “Nay rather | have written them |
| 251 | because there will come another generation in the last times |
| 252 | which will deserve what I have written,” etc. This may be |
| 253 | no more than a natural expansion of a compressed clause, |
| 254 | but it is equally possible that after I. 15 one or two lines |
| 255 | have dropped out of the Coptic. |
| 256 | 130 |
| 257 | 5 A ‘Cherubim’ or Seraph appeared to Benjamin during |
| 258 | the Consecration of the Church (see Hist. of the Pair. |
| 259 | PP. 244.) It was perhaps to commemorate this appearance |
| 260 | that a Seraph was painted on the NE. soffit of the dome |
| 261 | in the (ninth cent.) Haikal of Benjamin in the Church of |
| 262 | S. Macarius (see above, p. 122, note 2). : |
| 263 | 6 Clearly the Coptic contained the Canons of Benjamin. |
| 264 | If these are interpolated, the interpolation is earlier than |
| 265 | the tenth century, the date of these fragments. |
| page 191 | |
| 266 | TEXTS RELATING TO SAINT MACARIUS |
| 267 | Again, this word also spake he of the glorious form unto me, if indeed 1 am worthy of it: “The time of |
| 268 | the day of “thy passing out of the body (will) coincide with the day of the Consecration of this Church! |
| 269 | that thou mayest depart unto Christ Whom thou lovest. And thou shalt rest with all the righteous in Jerusalem, |
| 270 | the city of all them who rejoice.” I said unto him: “My lord, shall God then make me worthy that He may |
| 271 | take me unto Him upon this same holy day, that He should speak of my visitation upon it—me, His sinful |
| 272 | servant ? Praised be my Lord the Christ, the beloved of my soul and spirit, that He hath wrought His great |
| 273 | mercy upon me.” And straightway the Cherubim vanished from before me. |
| 274 | Then ⲓ called unto Agathos® the Priest and said unto him: “My son, Agathos, write down this day of |
| 275 | this Consecration and remind me of it daily, that may be mindful of my sins.” |
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- Evelyn-White, The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (1926) — OCR
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XXIII C. Agathos the Priest, The Vision of Benjamin, or The Consecration of the Church of Saint Macarius — lines 14234–14577, pdf pp. 187-191 (Evelyn-White, The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (1926) — OCR). corpus/incoming/w-boh-evelyn-white-wadi-natrun-i-1926/monasteriesofwdi01evel.pdf (staged 2026-09-23 by worker W-BOH; provenance, terms as fetched and SHA-256 in corpus/incoming/w-boh-evelyn-white-wadi-natrun-i-1926/README.md); OCR by tools/batch_ocr.py (A5d, tools/run_a5d.sh), model coptic+eng; page files: L0/ocr/Incoming/monasteriesofwdi01evel/pages. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/hagiography/new-coptic-texts-from-the-monastery-of-saint-macarius-evelyn-white-1926/evelyn-white-the-monasteries-of-the-wadi-n-natrun-part-i-new-coptic-texts-from-t-69082f/L14234-14577/.
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