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1	D. The Translation of Saint Macarius.
2	Parchment. Three leaves® from a single ⲙⲃ. namely Cod. Tisch. XX1v, 22 (23 X 51) XXIV, 32
3	(34 x 25 cm.), and xx1v, 24 (32 X 23 cm.) :? the second and third leaves are clearly consecutive. The title
4	is enclosed in a narrow frame of double-strand cable-work. In the upper margin is a ‘rubric’ in informal
5	uncials stating the occasions on which the work was to be publicly read. As usual, the first line of the text
6	is in large ornate capitals; the hand of the remainder is identical with that of Nos. viii ⲃ, xx111 ¢, and XX1x,
7	and must therefore be assigned to the tenth century.®
8	After the title and exordium (Frag. 1) the text records the death of Macarius and his burial in a cave
9	near the Church which he had built. Attracted by the miracles wrought by means of his body, the men
10	of P-djidjbér resolve to steal the relics and convey them to their own town (Frag. 2). This they succeed in
11	doing. The remains of the saint installed in a new Church at P-djidjbér work fresh marvels. Subsequently,
12	when the town had been devastated by the Arabs and the shrine was neglected, a certain Joseph, archon
13	of Elmi, removed the body to his own town in the Year of the Martyrs 500, and built for it a new Church
14	(Frag. 3). For the sequel reference must be made to the summary in the Synaxarium,” where it is related that
15	in the days of the Patriarch John,® the monks of the Monastery of Saint Macarius went to Elmi and after
16	some difficulty were allowed to take possession of the body. On their return journey across the desert the spot
17	where a ‘ Cherubim’ had once taken the hand of Saint Macarius was supernaturally revealed. The remains
18	were enshrined in the monastic Church, where they still rest along with the bodies of Macarius of Alexandria,
19	Macarius of Tkoéou, and John the Little.
20	Possibly the narrative was composed and first pronounced in 830 A.D., at the Consecration of the restored
21	‘Sanctuary of Benjamin,” wherein presumably the relics of the saint were reinstalled after the Fifth Sack
22	of the Monasteries.’
23	1 Benjamin I is commemorated in the Coptic Calendar 6 The date (=830 A.D.) in Frag. 1, verso, is surely the
24	on Tubah 8, the day of the Consecration of the Church date of composition and possibly that of the ms. itself.
25	(see P.O. x, 196). 7 Mesoré 1g. Since the Arabic has not yet been published
26	2 Syncellus of Benjamin and his successor (661-677). see the Ethiopic version s.d. Nahase 20 (P.0., 1%, 355 ff.).
27	Note that his name is twice given as ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ. (The Coptic For the period (440 years) stated to have elapsed between
28	Diptychs have the corresponding genitive ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲩ.) In the death of Macarius and his translation, see below, p. 132,
29	the Hist. of the Patr. the Arabic form is ⲓ (Aghithta), note 6. This detail shows clearly that the summary in
30	for which Evetts gives Agathon. the Synax. is derived from our Coptic text.
31	3 See Leipoldt, l.c., pp. 303, 394, 396. 8 John IV, 775-799 A.D.
32	4 The first leaf in the ms. : the lower third is torn off. ⲟ See ⲣ. 132, note 6.
33	5 A large fragment has been torn off the lower part
34	diagonally from the outer to the inner edge.
35	131
36	x Verso
page 192
37	“Ip. 1]
38	* Verso
39	NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS
40	Frag. 1 (Cod. Tisch. xx1v, 22).
41	. . ⲉ
42	ⲥ ⲥ
43	ⲛϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲣⲱⲓⲥ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲓ︦ⲥ︦ⲗ︦
44	Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲙⲟⲓⲱⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲁ‐
45	ⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲙⲉⲓ ⲙ̄‐
46	ⲙⲟϥ
47	HIST ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ
48	ⲛⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲧ‐
49	ϫ
50	+ ⲡⲓϫⲓⲛⲓ ⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲙⲯⲁⲛⲟⲛ
51	ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲛ̄ⲇⲓ‐ I
52	+ ⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ miinmaTodopoc §
53	+ wimg ⲁⲃⲃⲁ [ⲙ]ⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥ‐ \|
54	ⲙ
55	+ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲓ︦ⲑ︦ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲃⲱⲧ ⲙⲉⲥⲱ‐
56	ⲥ
57	+ ⲣⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ \| ⲃⲉ ⲛⲓ ..... ⲱ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϥⲱⲓ ⲛ̄‐
58	ⲁⲙⲏⲛ \| ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲁⲫⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲁⲡ
59	we on ⲉ ⲥ aN Ⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲓⲥ TM ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲁⲩϣⲱ‐
60	ANHOWC ⲟⲨⲘⲏⲓ ⲉϩ ⲧⲓ
61	ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ‐
62	ⲡⲉ ⲡⲥⲁϫⲓ [ⲙⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ i ϥⲓ ⲧ
63	ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦-
64	ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲓⲯⲁⲗⲙ‐
65	. ⲙ︦ _ ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ [ⲙⲁ‐
66	ⲱϯⲇⲟⲥ ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ⲫⲏ] ⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙ̄‐ -
67	ⲥ.. ⲕⲁⲣⲓ ϣⲁ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲧ[ⲡⲁ‐
68	5 ⲙⲟⲥ] ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲁ[ⲥ] ⲧⲛⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ‐ ⲫⲟⲛϩⲥ : ⲉ
69	ⲓ ⲣⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲙ̃ⲡⲉϥⲗⲩⲙⲥⲁⲛⲟⲛ [ⲉⲑⲟⲩ‐
70	ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲑⲙⲏⲓ [ⲡ]ⲟ︦ⲋ︦ ⲡ[ⲉⲑⲛⲁ]ⲣⲱⲓⲥ :
71	S ⲁⲃ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲛ
72	ⲉⲣⲱ]ⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ [ⲟⲩⲁ]ⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̄‐
73	Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ [ⲡ]ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟ[ⲫⲏ‐
74	ϧⲏⲧⲟ]ⲩ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲗⲟ[ϥⲗⲉϥ ? ? ⲧⲏⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫⲁⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲩⲟ
75	[....... ϯ. ⲡ[..... ⲡ]ⲣⲟⲫⲏ‐
76	ⲧⲟ [ⲧⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲡϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲣ]ⲉϩ ⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲕⲁ[ⲥ
77	. . . ⲍⲟ ⲉⲩ[ⲟϯ ⲛⲁⲧ[ⲧ]ⲁⲕⲟ
78	Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥ [.. Jic ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡ .]̄
79	ⲉϥϯ ⲧ ]ⲱ̅[
80	1 Above in small informal uncials is the rubric: ⲉⲩⲱϣ
81	ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲡⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲑ ⲙⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲉⲩⲟϣ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ
82	ϯⲇⲟⲝⲁⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲙⲡⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ
83	ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ “Let them read it on the nineteenth day
84	of Mes6ré. Let them read it also after the Doxology in the
85	night of the Day (Phamen6th 27) of our Father Abba Makari
86	the Great.”
87	2 Small informal uncials by a later (?) hand.
88	“The Coming to Shiét of the glorious Relics of our righteous and Spirit-bearing Father, the great Abba Makari, which took
89	place on the nineteenth day of the month Meséré. In the Peace of God! Amen.
90	Verily it is a true saying of the holy Prophet and Psalmodist David who saith that: “All the bones of the
91	righteous the Lord keepeth them and not one of them shall perish”’2. . . Prophet. . .
92	ⲕ ⲕ ⲕ * ⲉ ⲕ︦
93	*“ He that keepeth Israel [shall neither slumber “The Lord will deliver all them
94	that love Him.”* The Lord also saith in the holy Gospels concerning the. ..: “A hair of your heads shall
95	not ⲣⲉⲓ. For lo, four hundred and forty years® are passed from the time when our holy Spirit-bearing
96	Father, the great Abba Makari, fell asleep, unto the day of the coming unto us of his holy relics. And according
97	to theword of the Prophet: “ He who is the Lord’s. . . the Lord will deliver his bones. . . without ⲣⲉ ⲏⲓ...
98	ⲙ ⲕ ⲕ ⲛ * *
99	1 i.e. Translation. 2 Ps. xxx1v, 20? 3 id., CXXI, 4.
100	4 id., CXLV, 20. 5 Matth. x, 30; Lk. x11, 7.
101	ruined in the Sack of the Monasteries in 817 A.D., was
102	actually restored by Abba James between 825 and 830 A.D.
103	6 Macarius died in 390 A.D. If this was the date accepted
104	by the author of our text, the date of the Translation would
105	be 830 ⲇ.. but Macarius was translated emp. John IV
106	(i.e. before 799 ⲇ.. cp. H.N.S. m1, § 1). Possibly the
107	date belongs not to the Translation under John IV, but
108	to the installing of the relics in the ‘Sanctuary of Benjamin’
109	at the Mon. of Macarius: this Church, which had been
110	(see Hist. of the Palr., ed. Evetts, p. 574). The text may
111	therefore have been composed and pronounced when that
112	Church was consecrated and the body of the Saint reinstalled
113	therein. But did the writer know the correct date of
114	Macarius’ death ?
115	7 Psalm xxxv, ⲓⲟ
page 193
116	TEXTS RELATING TO SAINT MACARIUS
117	Frag. 2 (Cod. Tisch. xx1v, 32).
118	i] ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉϥϯⲉⲣⲟⲩⲟⲧ ⲛⲁϥ Ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ
119	..ϫⲉ ϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̃ⲫⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁ‐ ⲙⲁ ⲡⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ
120	ϩⲙ ⲙⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁ‐ ⲁⲧϥ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲉ‐
121	ⲧ]ⲱⲣ ⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲏ̄‐
122	5 Ⲥⲑ]\|ⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲗⲟϫϥ ⲉϥ. 5 of»
123	ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
124	MINOT ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲓⲥⲧⲟ‐ ⲉⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲡⲏⲗⲉⲟⲛ
125	ⲣⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲛϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑ‐ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥ‐
126	ⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲡⲓⲱⲛ ⲫⲙⲁ- ⲙⲛⲏⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲩⲉⲣⲁ̃ⲡⲟ‐
127	ⲓⲟ ⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲁⲛⲧⲱ‐ ⲓⲟ ⲗⲁⲩⲓⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ‐
128	ⲛⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲡⲓ
129	ben ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲉ ...... ]ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄- ⲡⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲥⲙⲟⲧ
130	ⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫ[ⲟⲣⲟⲥ] ⲛ̄ⲓⲱⲧ Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲙⲁⲗⲓⲥⲧⲁ ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙ‐
131	ⲉⲧ ⲁ ⲡⲛⲉ[ⲩⲙ]ⲁ ⲉ[ⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϫⲟ]ⲩϣⲧ ⲡϫⲓϫⲃ[ⲏ]ⲣ ⲡϯⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲛ̄‐
132	15 ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲁϫⲱϥ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓ‐ 5 ⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ
133	fen Ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲏⲟ[ⲩ gles ⲡⲉ ⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲉ‐
134	ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥϫⲓⲛ̄ . . . ].n ⲡⲉ ⲙ̄- ⲱ̄ⲥ [ⲛⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲉ̀ϫⲱϥ
135	ng pom [J ⲧⲁ... le ⲟⲩⲟ[ϩ ⲁⲩⲛⲁ]ⲩ ⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲡⲁ‐
136	ϩⲁ ⲡϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧ . . . ⲙⲉⲓ ⲣⲁⲇϥ(ⲝⲟⲛ] ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓ‐
137	ϩⲟ ⲙⲙⲟϥ 20 ⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲉ‐
138	Ⲁⲩⲭⲱ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉ‐ ⲙⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲟⲓ ⲡⲓⲣⲁ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ
139	ϧⲟⲩⲛ ϧⲉⲛ [ⲟⲩ\|ⲥⲡⲏⲗⲉⲟⲛ ϧⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲉϥⲭⲏ
140	ⲑⲟⲩⲱ[ⲥ ⲛϯⲉⲕ]ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ̀ ⲑⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲥⲁⲣⲝ
141	ⲉⲧⲁϥⲕⲟⲧⲥ [ⲙ]ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲥϧⲏ‐ Ⲁⲩⲥⲉⲙⲡⲏⲧⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉ‐
142	25 ⲟⲩⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ[ⲉϥⲃⲓ]ⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩ‐ 25 PHOT ϫⲉ [ϩⲓ]ⲛⲁ ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲟⲗϥ ⲛ̄ⲟⲓ‐
143	ⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲓ̄ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϣⲁϥⲉⲩ ⲛ-
144	Ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲟⲩⲛ... ⲙⲁϩ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲥⲉϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉ ⲡϫⲓϫⲃⲏⲣ ⲡⲟⲩϯⲙⲓ
145	ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲡⲉ ⲛ[ⲟⲩⲥ]ⲁⲗⲡⲓⲅⲝ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ i ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁϥϣⲱ‐
146	ⲡⲓ ⲧ ⲩ
147	[ⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣⲅⲓⲛ ⲙ‐
148	[ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ
149	ϫ... ⲉ Rock! rejoicing. He was. . .to fulfil the command of the Almighty. For this cause he? ceased
150	not to. . . him until he brought him unto the feet of the Lord; according to that which the holy man Abba
151	Sarapion, the disciple of the great Abba Antonius, hath related unto ⲟ when our God-bearing Father
152	upon whom the Holy Spirit looked at all times,...And when his departing. ..unto the Lord... Whom he
153	loved, they laid his holy body in (a cave) near by the Church which he had built; even as it is written in
154	his holy life.*
155	So when the whole earth. . .[was] filled with. . . the trumpet of those marvels and the [wonders which were
156	performed], the Lord working them by his means, “for this cause there came from every place, not only
157	in Egypt but in distant lands, companies of faithful people who prayed in his cave and worshiped at his
158	tomb; and they who were sick in divers ways enjoyed healing. More especially the people of P-djidjbér,®
159	the village of our righteous Father, used also to come eagerly and to do reverence to him; and they beheld
160	the astonishing wonders which were wrought by means of his holy body after those (wonders) which they
161	had experienced through him while he was in the flesh. They made an agreement together to take him away
162	by stealth from the deserts and bring him to P-djidjbér, their village; and this came to pass. And then after a
163	ⲓ ⲓ.. the Rock on which Macarius dwelt: see 4.M.G. reputed author of the Life of Macarius; but ⲉⲛ
164	xxv, 88 f. (probably a rocky ridge NNE. of the present Appendix 111).
165	Dér Abi Makir). 4 op. cit., p. ⲓ.
166	2 1.e. the ‘Cherubim’ who watched over Macarius. 5 The modern Shabshir in the Province of Menff: see
167	3 See AM.G. xxv, 109 (Sarapion of Thmuis is the Amélineau, Géogr., pp. 187 £., s.v. Gigouir.
168	133
169	* Recto
170	* Verso
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171	* Recto
172	* Verso
173	NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS
174	Frag. 3 (Cod. Tisch. XX1v, 24).
175	ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲑϣⲟⲩϯ ⲉ [ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ...ⲉ ...ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩ‐
176	ⲁⲩⲓ̄ ⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲡ .\| ...] ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲕⲉⲛⲑⲟϥ ϩⲱϥ
177	ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲩⲉⲣϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲡϫⲓ\|ϫⲃⲏⲣ ⲛⲉ ⲁϥϣⲱϥ ⲡⲉ
178	ⲉⲧ ⲉϥⲭⲏ ⲛ̄ϧⲏⲧϥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲥ[ⲱⲙⲁ ϣⲁ]ⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲓ ϧⲉ ⲁⲡ‐
179	ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲛⲡⲁⲛⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛ̄‐ 5 Awe
180	ⲓⲱⲧ Ⲟⲩ]ⲟϩ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲡⲓ‐
181	ⲁⲩϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲟⲗϥ ⲛ̄ϭⲓⲟⲩⲓ̄ ⲫⲓⲗⲟϭ︦ⲣ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲉⲗⲙⲓ
182	ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧ ⲉϥⲭⲛ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉ [clemeypy ⲙ̃̄ⲫⲣⲱⲟⲩϣ ⲁⲛ ⲙ̄‐
183	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ ⲉ ϩⲁⲛ[ⲧ\|ⲉⲃⲡϣⲟⲩⲓ̃ ⲡⲓⲧ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉ ⲛⲁϥⲛ̄ϧⲏⲧϥ ⲛ̄‐
184	ⲓⲟ ⲁⲩⲟⲗϥ ⲉ ⲡϫⲏϫⲃⲏⲣ ⲓⲟ ϫⲉ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲙ̃ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣⲟ
185	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲩⲕⲱⲧ ⲡⲟⲩ‐ ⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁ‐
186	ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲥⲥⲉⲗⲥⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲕⲁⲣⲓ
187	ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲧⲁⲓ̄ⲟ︦ ⲁⲩⲭⲁϥ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲥ Ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲁϥϣⲉ ⲡⲁϥ ⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲱⲥ
188	ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲧⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲉ̄‐
189	15 ⲡⲉ ϣⲟⲡ pen ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̄ⲉⲩⲑⲉ‐ I5 ⲟⲗϥ € ⲉⲗⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ϩⲁⲛ‐
190	ⲛⲓⲁ̃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙ‐ ⲕⲉⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲟϣⲓ
191	ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̄-
192	ⲛⲉ ⲡⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϫⲁⲙⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲙⲁϯ § ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ
193	ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉⲟⲥ ⲛⲧ]ⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ‐
194	20 Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧϫⲟⲙ ⲙ̃ⲡⲡⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕ‐ ϩⲟ ⲣⲟⲥ]
195	ⲗⲏⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲉ[ⲙⲁϥ ⲁ ⲟⲩ‐ Ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲥⲁ]ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲟⲩ‐
196	ⲙⲏϣ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲡⲉⲙ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ϧ]ⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲁϥ‐
197	ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓ‐ ⲭⲁϥ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲥ \| ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉ‐
198	ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ[ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲙ̃‐
199	2 Ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ [ⲇⲉ TZ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲁⲩ‐ 2. . . le ⲫⲣⲱⲙⲓ
200	ⲁⲙⲁϩⲓ ⲛ[ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲁⲩ‐ Abt ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ] ⲙⲁⲕⲁ‐
201	ⲉⲣϩⲏⲧⲥ . .. [ps
202	[... [ I.c
203	[... [ I
204	30 [...
205	or...
206	*time they assembled together and went secretly to Shiét. . .since they already knew the place wherein lay
207	the body of our all-holy Father.! They went and took it away by stealth from the place wherein it lay and
208	placed it upon their beasts (camels) and carried it to P-djidjbér. And so they built a Church richly adorned
209	according to his renown and laid him therein ; because the land of Egypt was in great prosperity in those days,
210	for it was the time when the Romans were ruling.?
211	And through the power of the Paraclete which was with him, many signs and wonders were wrought by
212	his means in that Sanctuary. But after [three hundred and sixty years® the Saracens gained] dominion,
213	[they] began... *...down, and they. ... And P-djidjbér itself also was desolated save for a small (portion)
214	in just this ⲡⲉ. And when Joseph, the Christ-loving archon of Elmi,® saw that they could not take care
215	of the Sanctuary wherein was the body of our Father the Prophet, the great Abba Makari, he went reverently
216	with multitudes of clergy to remove it to Elmi. And multitudes also of devout persons were marching with
217	them in great tranquillity, in the five hundredth year of the holy Martyrs. And so straightway he built a
218	Church in his name: he laid him therein, because there was a multitude of believers. . .to the man of God,
219	our Father Abba Makar. ..
220	1 According to the Synax., Baremhat 27 (ed. Basset, remained at P-djidjbér until 784 ⲇ.. the figure given in
221	Pp. 905), John, the covetous disciple of Macarius, was bribed the Synax. must be emended from 160 to 360 years.
222	to reveal the secret. 4 i.e. the “domination of the Arabs” resulted in a
223	2 Cp. Abq Salih, fo. 23a (ed. Evetts, pp. 3 where devastation of the town. This may have taken place in
224	the Roman revenue from Egypt is reckoned at 20,000,000 the Coptic rebellion of 767 A.p. (Cf. Lane Poole, Hist, of
225	dinfrs, whereas underMuslim rule it fell to 3,000,000 dinars. Egypt in the Middle Ages, p. 32.)
226	3 The Synax. (l.c.) states that the body remained at 5 = Elmay in the Province of Menffieh (Amélineau,
227	P-djidjbér “about one hundred and sixty years, until the Géogr., pp. 162 f.). Monks from Elmi at the Mon. of
228	time of the domination of the Arabs.” If the body was S. Macarius are mentioned in the colophon of a Coptic
229	stolen when a disciple of Macarius was still living and Ms. (Zoéga, Cat., no. Lv, p. 107). 6 = 784 A.D.
230	134
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title: Evelyn-White, The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (1926) — OCR
dialect: mixed
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licence: public domain — Hugh G. Evelyn-White (d. 1924), completed by W. Hauser (d. 1959) and W. E. Crum (d. 1944), The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition 1926; public domain in the United States by age (published before 1930) AND in Canada by the LICENCES.md §7 author-death-year rule (died ≤ 1971); scan from archive.org, identifier monasteriesofwdi01evel, fetched 2026-09-23; the item states: nothing — no licenseurl, no rights, no possible-copyright-status (Princeton Theological Seminary Library scan; the alternate copy monasteriesofwad0000evel states nothing either; the Met's own MetPublications page could not be read by script, HTTP 429)
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XXIII D. The Translation of Saint Macarius — lines 14578–14891, pdf pp. 191-195 (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/L14578-14891/.

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