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62 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 15,552–15,637, pdf pp. 203-204 of New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Evelyn-White 1926) — a hymn of the collection Hymns found in editions (WORK-4 / WORK-11: a collection, not a composition), section Ode on the translation of Ephraem Syrus to Scetis (Evelyn-White XXVII). Only this range is shown here; the whole file holds every part.
| ref | L0 witness (OCR) |
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| 1 | XXVIl. THE TRANSLATION OF EPHRAEM SYRUS TO SCETIS |
| 2 | Cotton-paper. Leaf, 25 x 17 cm., numbered ⲕ︦ⲅ︦ (folio number) from the Difndr (No. XXXVIiI F). |
| 3 | The text, containing the last seven stanzas of an Ode, celebrates the translation of a Saint’s body to the |
| 4 | Monastery of Abba Pishoi (Bishoi). That the Saint can be no other than Ephraem appears certain; for the |
| 5 | Calendar of Abu’l Barakit! commemorates Ephraem the Syrian on Tobi 7, and the Monastery of Anba |
| 6 | Bishoi still claims to possess Ephraem’s body.? It is quite possible that the relics of the Saint were actually |
| 7 | carried for safety into Egypt during the period of the Mongol invasion (thirteenth century), if not earlier. |
| 8 | ke |
| 9 | ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ » ϣⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥ‐ ⲑⲏ |
| 10 | ⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ |
| 11 | ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲓ‐ |
| 12 | ϣⲟⲓ + ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ |
| 13 | ⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ s |
| 14 | Ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲁⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ‐ |
| 15 | ⲑⲙⲏⲓ + ⲡϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫϯ ⲡⲉⲑⲛⲁ‐ |
| 16 | ⲛ |
| 17 | ⲣⲱⲓⲥ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ > ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 18 | bY ϥ - |
| 19 | ⲙⲏⲧ 5 ⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϩ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 20 | Ben ϩⲁⲛϩⲱⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ‐ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲗⲟϥⲗⲉϥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ |
| 21 | ϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ : ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ- ⲁⲛ |
| 22 | ⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲓⲙⲏ + ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 23 | ϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲉⲧϭⲟ‐ |
| 24 | ⲓⲟ ⲥⲓ + ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲧⲟⲙⲓ €- ⲧⲟ |
| 25 | Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲭⲱ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲁⲥ |
| 26 | ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ + ϧⲉⲛ |
| 27 | ⲟⲩⲕⲩⲃⲱⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ϣⲉ ⲉϥ‐ |
| 28 | ⲣⲟϥ ⲥⲱⲧⲡ + ⲁⲩⲭⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 29 | Bote ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲫⲟϩ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲓ‐ |
| 30 | ⲙⲁ ⲉⲧ ⲁ̃ ⲫϯ ⲥⲉⲃⲧⲱⲧϥ |
| 31 | ⲛⲁϥ + ⲁⲩϭⲟϫⲓ avi ⲉ̄ⲃⲟⲗ |
| 32 | ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ |
| 33 | ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲓϣⲟⲓ » |
| 34 | g Ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ϣⲉⲛⲉⲣ‐ |
| 35 | ⲓ ϧⲁϫⲱϥ * ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲏϣ 15 ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ + ϧⲉⲛ |
| 36 | ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲩ + ⲥⲟⲩ ⲍ̄ ⲙ̀ⲡⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ ⲧⲱⲃⲓ » |
| 37 | Ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲣⲯⲁⲗⲓⲛ ϧⲁ ⲧⲉϥ‐ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲫϯ ⲓ̄ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛⲛⲓϣ‐ |
| 38 | ϩⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⲛ̀‐ ϯ ⲙⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ » ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥ‐ |
| 39 | ⲉⲩⲫⲟⲙⲓⲁ + nem ⲇ︦ⲁ︦ⲇ︦ ⲉⲩⲕⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ : |
| 40 | 20 ⲡⲓϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲇⲟⲥ + ⲙⲡⲁⲓ 20 Ⲧⲱⲃϩ S |
| 41 | ! =ebpmpia (cp. Crum, Cat. Copt. MSS. in the John ⲛ CRE En |
| 42 | Rylands Lib., p. 210 note 1). |
| 43 | [They brought his] *pure [body] to the blessed Monastery of our Father Abba Pishoi in the desert of Shiét |
| 44 | with praises and hymns and great honors and many high distinctions as befitted him. When they drew |
| 45 | nigh to the place which God had prepared for him, the whole multitude which was there hasted and came |
| 46 | forth to meet him. They chanted before him in many praises with David the Psalmist, *saying on this wise: |
| 47 | “All the bones of the righteous the Lord God keepeth them, and not one of them shall perish.”’? And his |
| 48 | blessed bones were laid in an ark of choice wood? with the pure body of our Father Abba Pishoi. |
| 49 | This holy memorial took place upon the seventh day of the month Tébi, while God wrought great miracles |
| 50 | in his holy Oratory. |
| 51 | Pray, &c. |
| 52 | 1 PO. x, p. 262. Note, however, that the Coptic in 1656, but the monks made good the loss by drawing |
| 53 | Calendar also commemorates Ephraem on Abib 15 and a upon the monastic cemetery. |
| 54 | Translation (? at Edessa) on Amshir 3 (op. cit., X, 264, 275). 3 Psalm xxx1v, 20. |
| 55 | 2 Professor F. C. Burkitt informs me that Edessa still 4 i.e. a long chest or coffer, probably similar to the |
| 56 | claims to possess the relics of Ephraem. According to inlaid chest preserved at Dér es Suridn (see 4.4.C.M. 1v, |
| 57 | Thévenot, Voyage an Levant, 11, Ch. Lxx1, all the bodies Ch. 111, § 5) or that at the White Monastery (Hist. Pair., |
| 58 | of the Saints at Dér Anba Bishoi were accidentally burnt pp- 35.) |
| 59 | 143 |
| 60 | * (fol. 23%) |
| 61 | * fol. 23 |
| page 204 | |
| 62 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
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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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- 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
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- 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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- tesseract coptic+eng (models/coptic.traineddata v3c), 300 dpi, psm 3, 476 of 476 pages, mean word confidence 80.8 (Tesseract's own figure — NOT a CER, CLAUDE.md §1.3); apparatus language eng (genre_map). Raw page text: the edition's apparatus, translation and running heads are interleaved with the Coptic, and a Greek or Latin word can come out as Coptic letters. `=== page N ===` markers are PDF pages
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- Hagiography/New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Evelyn-White 1926)/Evelyn-White, The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I- New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (1926.ocr.L0.txt
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XXVII. The Translation of Ephraem Syrus to Scetis — lines 15552–15637, pdf pp. 203-204 (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/L15552-15637/.
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