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| 1 | XXXI. LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS |
| 2 | Parchment. Two leaves (Cairo, no. 12), 34 x 24 cm., paged! -ⲅ̄ and -ⲓ︦ⲃ︦ and forming a single sheet— |
| 3 | evidently from a quire of eight leaves or sixteen pages. For the hand see Plate VIII. The only stop used is |
| 4 | = (black), occasionally inserted by the original scribe. |
| 5 | The text opens with an account of the effect on the ecclesiastical situation at Alexandria of Marcian’s |
| 6 | death, and the consequent election of Timothy (Aelurus) as Patriarch ⲇ..) After a lacuna of two leaves |
| 7 | (four pages), the return of Timothy from exile ⲇ..) and his subsequent alleged® banishment owing |
| 8 | to the intrigues of the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople, are described. The appointment of Timothy |
| 9 | Salophacialos as his successor is then noticed. The fragment closes with part of an anecdote relating to a priest |
| 10 | of Caesarea who visited Timothy in his exile. |
| 11 | The greater part of the text is identical with two passages in the Syriac Life of Peter the Iberian Ⲣⲙ |
| 12 | our fragment is certainly not from a Coptic version of that work. For (1) the two leaves or four pages pre- |
| 13 | ceding our first leaf could have covered only a small fraction of the life of Peter up to the death of Marcian; |
| 14 | (2) the whole of our text is relevant to the history of Timothy, Peter being mentioned only in connection |
| 15 | with the election of that Patriarch; (3) the concluding incident in our fragment, which is found also in the |
| 16 | Syriac Plerophoriae of John Rufus,’ concerns Timothy alone and not Peter (in whose Life it is not found), |
| 17 | while the Coptic ignores a short paragraph occurring in the Syriac Life® and dealing with Peter alone. |
| 18 | It is certain, then, that the two Coptic leaves belong to a Life of Timothy Aelurus and not of Peter. That |
| 19 | the Coptic writer has pillaged the Life of Peter and the Plerophoriae for his material is most probable.” He |
| 20 | may very possibly be no other than that Abba George who wrote histories of the Patriarchs from Cyril ⲓ to |
| 21 | Alexander Il “in the desert of the holy Abi Makar in Wadi Habib.” For not only was Abba George syncellus |
| 22 | of the Syrian Simon I, and so in a position to learn what Syriac writers had recorded concerning his period ;® |
| 23 | but we are expressly told that he “informed us of what happened in the time of Marcian, the unbelieving |
| 24 | prince, and the troubles that overtook our fathers. . .”? |
| 25 | (Cairo, no. 12). © |
| 26 | ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲁ̀ⲧⲟ‐ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ é ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ |
| 27 | ⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲛⲓ- ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̄‐ |
| 28 | Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓ̄ⲃⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲗⲟⲅⲅⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ |
| 29 | ⲉⲧⲁϥϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄‐ |
| 30 | 5 ⲁϥⲧ[ⲱ]ⲛϥ ⲛⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲁϥⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ 5 ϭ⳪ϭⲁⲩⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲙ̃][ⲡⲁⲓ |
| 31 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲉ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲡⲉⲛϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦︦ⲥ︦ ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ ⲉϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲱ‐ |
| 32 | ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲥⲱⲕ JAMO ⲁϥⲉⲛϥ € ⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲙ̄ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉ w- |
| 33 | ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛ̄- ⲧⲉⲙⲉⲣⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲓⲱⲥ |
| 34 | ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉ ϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ APH ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲑⲁϣϥ = |
| 35 | ⲓⲟ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ‐ 10 Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲉⲣⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲓ(ⲛ) |
| 36 | Ⲑⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉ ϯⲟ[ⲓ]ⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ̃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲓ‐ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ |
| 37 | ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲉ ϯⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ MMWOT ⲉ̄ ⲉⲣ ⲫⲁⲓ |
| 38 | ⲙ̃ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲉⲣϩⲉⲙⲓ = |
| 39 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡ[ⲉ]ⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ Ⲁⲩϩⲱ[ⲗ]ⲉⲙ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉ̀ⲧⲧⲁⲓ‐ |
| 40 | 5 ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦[ⲙ]ⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲓ ⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ |
| 41 | 1 That numeration is by pages is certain. The usual 5 § xxxvin (ed. Nau, P.O. vii, ⲣ. 63). Note that the |
| 42 | number of parchment sheets in the quire is four (=eight Syriac is briefer than the Coptic. |
| 43 | leaves or sixteen pages). 6 Raabe, op. cit., p. 70 (“Das war fiir den seligen Petrus |
| 44 | 2 Timothy was elected in 457 and died in 477 A.D.: see .. .erfreuen konnte”’). |
| 45 | Nau in P.O. vi, p. 20, note 1. 7 If so, he probably used Greek versions of these works. |
| 46 | 3 See below, p. 167, note 3. A fragment of a Coptic version of the Plerophoriae has been |
| 47 | 4 Raabe, Petrus der Iberer, pp. 64. ϭⲟ. (see published by Crum (Theological Texts, no. 13, pp. 62 ff.), who |
| 48 | references in the margin of my translation). Peter, son adduces evidence to show that this work was substantially |
| 49 | of the king of the Iberians, was born in 409 ⲇ... was the work of Peter, the extant Syriac being a redaction |
| 50 | delivered as a hostage to Theodosius II in 422, ordained edited only by John Rufus. ⲓ |
| 51 | priest in 447 and bishop in 454. In 455- at any rate he 8 George may himself have been a Syrian. |
| 52 | was in Egypt: he died 488 A.D. (see Nau, P.O. viii, p. 203, ⲟ Concerning George, see Hist. Patr., ed. Evetts, pp. |
| 53 | col. 3). Concerning Peter see also Synax., Kihak I (ed. 344 f. |
| 54 | Basset, p. 290) and O. von Lemm, Iberica (Mém. de ! Acad. |
| 55 | Imp. des Sciences de S. Pétersbourg, Series viii, t. vii, p. 6). |
| 56 | 164 |
| page 225 | |
| 57 | LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS |
| 58 | ⲉ̃ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱ ⲁⲩⲭⲁ ϫⲟⲙ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁ‐ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ |
| 59 | ϣⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲑⲗⲓϯ[ⲧ]ⲥ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ |
| 60 | ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲇⲓⲱⲅⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲉⲁⲩ‐ |
| 61 | ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ ⲉ ϩⲱⲃ |
| 62 | ⲙⲡⲁⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ = |
| 63 | ⲉⲣϣⲗⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉ[ⲃ]ⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓ[ⲙ]ⲕⲁϩ ⲛ[ϩ]ⲏⲧ Xe ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ[ⲙ̃]ⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲡⲁⲝⲓⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϯ‐ |
| 64 | 20 Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲱⲛϧ ⲛ̄ⲕ[ⲉⲥ]ⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ [ⲡ]ϫⲓⲛⲑ[ⲣ]ⲟⲩ‐ 20 ⲙⲉⲧⲡ[ⲣ]ⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲑⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ a- |
| 65 | ϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲁ ...ϫ ]. ⲟⲡ ⲛ]ⲁ[ⲧⲱ]ⲗⲅⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲅⲛⲏⲥⲓⲟⲥ |
| 66 | ⲉϩⲣⲏ[ⲓ] ⲙⲡⲉⲡⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ .[..].[ . . ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̅]ⲣ[ⲉ]ϣⲭⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲉ ϯⲁⲥⲕⲓⲥⲓ̄ⲥ |
| 67 | ⲙ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲉⲡ [ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ[ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲙⲁⲓⲏ |
| 68 | ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ]|ⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲓ‐ |
| 69 | ϫⲉ ⲙ̃ⲡⲉϥϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲉ̃ⲣⲱ[ⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑ‐ |
| 70 | ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ = |
| 71 | 2 ⲣⲉϥⲧⲏⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ov . . . . 25 Ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁ̃]ⲃⲃⲁ ⲧ[]ⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 72 | ⲉ ⲛⲉ[ⲛϫⲓ]ϫ ⲙ̃ⲡ[ⲓ]ⲗⲟⲓ ⲙⲟⲥ [ . . |
| 73 | ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥ]ⲉⲣⲕⲟⲥ[ⲙ]ⲓⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ |
| 74 | ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲙⲥⲛⲟ[ϥ = |
| 75 | ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲙ̃]ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙ̄ⲫ‐ |
| 76 | Ⲁ[ⲟⲓⲡ]ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ & ⲡⲓⲥⲏ[ⲟⲩ ⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲩⲟ [ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 77 | ⲣⲉϥⲭⲟϩ ⲛ]ⲁⲕⲣⲓⲃⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁϩ[ϯ |
| 78 | 30 ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟ]ⲥ ‐ |
| 79 | ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲙⲓ...] Asal... Ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲉⲛϥ ⲇⲉ [ⲉ] ϯⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲟ[ⲡ]ⲧϥ |
| 80 | ⲛⲓⲕⲉⲭⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙⲏϣ ⲡ- |
| 81 | ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣ[ⲟⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ |
| 82 | 30 Ⲁ[ⲅ]ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ fixe ⲫⲙⲏϣ[ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ |
| 83 | ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ] ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲉ̃ⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟ‐ |
| 84 | ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ [ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲉ‐ ⲩϯ ⲉⲣ]ⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲁ ϯ‐ |
| 85 | ⲛⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲟⲕⲧⲱⲕⲉ[ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲧ]ⲏⲣⲥ ⲥⲭⲉⲇⲟ[ⲛ] ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 86 | 35 mem ⲡⲕⲉⲥⲉⲡⲓ ⲛ̄[ⲛⲓϯⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧ[ⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉ‐ 35 ⲥⲟⲡ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩ‐ |
| 87 | ⲑ]ⲟⲩⲁⲃ [ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲡ[ⲓⲗ]ⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉ[ⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ |
| 88 | ⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩϣⲉⲡ. |
| 89 | a |
| 90 | . . ."Marcian' died suddenly without sickness. Then the blessed Peter the Iberian, who was at Ⲣⲉ ⲉ |
| 91 | at that time, arose in haste and went forth from Pemdje and returned to Rakoti. It was our Lord Jesus the |
| 92 | Christ Who led him and brought him thither according to a dispensation, that he might become a support |
| 93 | unto the people and a strength of the orthodox faith. Now this was the dispensation. When the news reached |
| 94 | the city Rakoti concerning the death of Marcian—he who had been the author and originator of all these woes |
| 95 | of the multitude of the orthodox, who no longer had strength by reason of the increase of the afflictions which |
| 96 | were laid upon them and the persecutions which overtook them since they despaired through grief of heart— |
| 97 | they lived again because they had found a season of repose: [they gave thanks] unto our Savior that they had |
| 98 | received a favor of this sort at His hands, in that He was not wroth with them in delivering them in [anger 7] |
| 99 | into the hands of the pestilential ) and bloodthirsty wolf. Thereon, since they saw that the season was such |
| 100 | as they prayed that they might find (7), the multitude of the monks assembled, both they who were in the |
| 101 | city. ..and the others also who were there, the multitudes of the place which is called Pi-Ennaton and |
| 102 | Oktokaidekaton* and the rest of the holy monasteries, together with all the believing people *of the city of |
| 103 | Rakoti. And there was amongst them there the great ascete and prophet, Abba Longinus,® the Father of the |
| 104 | monks, who was unto them a guide and a leader in this good work, urging them at the bidding of God not |
| 105 | to be neglectful but to hasten to finish that which they purposed. |
| 106 | Then as they were deliberating together, they sent certain who had the power to do this thing with |
| 107 | authority, and they dragged the honored confessor—nay rather the very martyr—Timothy® from the |
| 108 | desert while he was unaware of anything of this kind. For he had previously been held worthy of the dignity |
| 109 | of the priesthood—he and Anatolius, his true brother and his rival in the ascetic life—at the hands of the |
| 110 | great Cyril, the Archbishop of Rakoti. For our Father Abba Timotheos was a man adorned with every form |
| 111 | of the grace of Christ like the Apostles, and moreover with a keen zeal for the orthodox faith. |
| 112 | Now when they brought him into the city, and took him into the Church which is called the Caesareum,’ |
| 113 | almost all the city was assembled together, men and women and their children together with the holy monks. |
| 114 | Two leaves (four pages) missing. |
| 115 | ⲓ Emperor, 450-457 A.D. A Sahidic Life of Longinus (and Lucius) is extant (Morgan |
| 116 | 2 =Oxyrhynchus, the modern Behnesa. MSS., xxxvi, 87° ff). Five of his sayings are found in the |
| 117 | 3 The Syriac has ‘destructive.’ Apophth. Patr. (P.G. Lxv, 266ff.). |
| 118 | 4 The Syriac adds Eikoston and explains in a note (see 6 i.e. Timothy Aelurus, Patriarch 457-477 A.D.: he is |
| 119 | Raabe’s edition, p. 64) that these monastic centres were otherwise credited with having contrived his own eleva- |
| 120 | nine, eighteen, and twenty miles distant respectively from tion by working on the credulity of the monks. |
| 121 | Alexandria. Cp. Cauwenbergh, Etude sur les Moines 7 A pagan temple or heroon dedicated to Caesar, sub- |
| 122 | d Egypte, pp. 66 ff. sequently transformed into a Christian Church (in which |
| 123 | 5 Of Cilicia, Superior of El Zajag (Pi-Ennaton). For Hypatia was murdered: Socrates, H.E. vi, 15). For its |
| 124 | his history see Synax., Amshir 2 (ed. Basset, pp. 730 ff.). site see E. Breccia, Alexandrea ad Aegyptum, p. 45. |
| 125 | 165 |
| 126 | “(p. 5) |
| 127 | =Raabe, p. 64 |
| 128 | *p.6 |
| 129 | =Raabe, p. 65 |
| page 226 | |
| 130 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
| 131 | (Cairo, no. 12). |
| 132 | I0 |
| 133 | MMIMARSPIOC ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ‐ |
| 134 | ⲭⲓⲣⲟⲇⲟⲛⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ |
| 135 | ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲧϩⲉⲙⲥⲟϥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ϫⲉ |
| 136 | ϩⲓⲛⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲙϯ |
| 137 | ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ̃ⲕⲁⲩϩ |
| 138 | ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲓⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲙ̃ⲧⲟⲛ |
| 139 | ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ |
| 140 | Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲁ ⲙⲱ‐ |
| 141 | ⲓⲧ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲙⲟϩ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ϩⲓ ⲑⲉ‐ |
| 142 | ⲗⲏⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ nape ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲉϥⲟϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ‐ |
| 143 | pen ⲛⲓⲁⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ϩⲏⲗ ⲉⲩϭⲓⲱⲙⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ |
| 144 | ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲥϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϫⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲧ |
| 145 | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙ[ⲣ]ⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲟⲓ |
| 146 | ⲙⲫⲉ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ |
| 147 | 15 Ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉ‐ |
| 148 | ⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟ[ⲡ]ⲏ ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ϯ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ |
| 149 | Ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϥϣϥⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲑⲟ‐ |
| 150 | ⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ € ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ |
| 151 | ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ = |
| 152 | 20 Ⲁϥⲑⲣⲟⲩⲗⲓⲃⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ϧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 153 | 25 |
| 154 | 30 |
| 155 | 35 |
| 156 | ⲡⲓϣϯ ⲙ̃̄ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲉ- |
| 157 | ⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲩⲟ |
| 158 | ⲇⲉ ⲫⲁ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓ [ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 159 | ⲫⲁ ⲣⲱⲙⲏ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁ‐ |
| 160 | ⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲡⲙⲟⲑ]ⲉⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉϥⲕⲁⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁ‐ |
| 161 | ⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲡⲉϥϣⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉϥⲡⲁⲣ‐ |
| 162 | ⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲟⲡ ⲛϣⲫⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ϫⲫⲓⲟ |
| 163 | ⲛ̄ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ |
| 164 | Ⲉϥⲉⲣⲁⲛⲁⲑⲉⲙⲁⲧⲓ ⲥⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲛ̄ⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥⲓⲁ̀ |
| 165 | ⲛ̄ⲑⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϧⲁⲣⲁⲧϥ |
| 166 | ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ |
| 167 | ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛϯⲥⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲥⲉ‐ |
| 168 | ⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲭⲁⲗⲕⲏⲇⲱⲛ |
| 169 | Ⲉⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲏ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ |
| 170 | ⲡ]ϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲭⲣⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ |
| 171 | ⲛⲣⲱⲙ ⲛ̄ⲁⲛ[ⲟ]ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ |
| 172 | 1 sic apparently, for ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ. |
| 173 | 166 |
| 174 | ⲓ︦ⲃ︦ |
| 175 | ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲱⲡ ⲉⲧⲟϩⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙ- |
| 176 | ⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲩϯ ϩⲟⲙⲧ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ |
| 177 | ϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ ϩⲁⲧ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲕⲏⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ |
| 178 | ⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̃ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟ(ⲛ) |
| 179 | ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲉⲣⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓⲍⲓⲛ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ⲙ̄‐ |
| 180 | ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲩ‐ |
| 181 | ⲫⲱⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉⲩⲟϣ ϧⲉⲛ |
| 182 | ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲩⲟⲗϥ ⲉ ϯ‐ |
| 183 | ⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁ̃ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ |
| 184 | ⲓⲟ ϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲅⲅⲣⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥϣⲫⲏⲣ |
| 185 | ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅ[ⲡ]ⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲣⲉϥϯ [ⲉ]ϫⲉ(ⲛ) |
| 186 | ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ |
| 187 | ϫⲱⲕ [ⲉ]ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲉ ⲁϥϭⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡ[ⲓ]ⲭ‐ |
| 188 | ⲗⲟⲙ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ- |
| 189 | 15 Ⲉⲧⲁⲩϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲅ[ⲁ]ⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ |
| 190 | ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ϩⲡ]ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ϩⲓ‐ |
| 191 | TEM ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲅⲙⲁ̃ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩ‐ |
| 192 | ⲁⲩⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓ‐ |
| 193 | TIM ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ = |
| 194 | 20 Ⲟⲩⲟϩ [ⲛ]ⲥⲉⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲉϥ‐ |
| 195 | ⲙⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧ(ⲕ)ⲉ[ⲕ]ⲑⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉ̄‐ |
| 196 | ⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡ[ⲉ] ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ |
| 197 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟ[ⲩⲡ]ⲣⲟⲥⲏ̄ⲅⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ |
| 198 | ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲕⲉⲣⲁ(ⲛ) |
| 199 | 2 ⲇ[ⲉ] ϫⲉ ⲥⲁⲥⲁⲗⲟⲫⲁⲕⲓⲁ[ⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ |
| 200 | ⲉϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲫⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲕ[ⲏⲟⲩ]ⲧ |
| 201 | ⲡⲛⲓ ⲭⲁⲗⲕⲏⲇⲱⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ |
| 202 | Ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩ[ⲟ]ⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉ (ⲛ) |
| 203 | ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲫⲟⲗⲓⲟⲥ |
| 204 | 3ⲟ ⲉϥϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲉ|ⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ‐ |
| 205 | ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲡⲉ |
| 206 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲉⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲉϥⲧⲁⲓ‐ |
| 207 | ⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲥ |
| 208 | ⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲉϥϥⲁⲓ ϧⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲣⲓⲥⲓ |
| 209 | 35 ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ |
| 210 | ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧ[ⲉⲛ] ⲡⲉϥ[ⲛ]ⲓϣϯ |
| 211 | 1 sic. |
| page 227 | |
| 212 | LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS |
| 213 | [The Emperor! commanded that they should restore] “the blessed Timothy, who was elected by God, |
| 214 | and seat him upon his throne, that in this way the city might regain strength after the troubles which were |
| 215 | past and that the people might rest in peace. And when he returned into the city, every street was filled |
| 216 | with joy and delight and gladness; and a great multitude of the unbelievers was coming to receive baptism. |
| 217 | And if we may speak briefly, the city of the people of Rakoti was Heaven in all those days. |
| 218 | Now when the blessed Timothy had occupied the Bishopric for three? years, once more the envious demon |
| 219 | could not endure to behold the salvation of men. He caused the Bishops who were in every place, especially |
| 220 | they of Constantinople and Rome,® to rage in this manner with a great hatred, because the life of the blessed |
| 221 | Timothy, his disposition, his renown, and his outspokenness were a shame and rebuke unto them, since he |
| 222 | daily anathematized publicly—he, and the Bishops who were under him, and the clergy, and the monks, |
| 223 | and the laity—the unholy Council which was held at Chalcedon. They made a great to-do by means of bribe- |
| 224 | giving and the advocacy of lawless men—for they found ⲉ rulers who were in power at that time amenable |
| 225 | to them through covetousness—and did not cease from their wicked and evil design until they had caused |
| 226 | the blessed Timothy to be exiled again, and had shed much blood among the people. And so he was removed |
| 227 | into exile again, to a city, Gangra, the place wherein his fellow-confessor and champion of the orthodox |
| 228 | faith, *Dioscoros, ended his days when he had won the crown of Confessorship.* |
| 229 | For when they had cast out the blessed Timothy from his throne by means of the King’s decree and of |
| 230 | violence, and had caused him to be exiled, they set another in his place by the King’s edict, namely, one of |
| 231 | the priests who was styled, indeed, Timothy, though his other name was Salophacialos®, and who also |
| 232 | had adopted the corrupt faith of the Chalcedonians. |
| 233 | Now there was a priest in Caesarea named Apholios® who celebrated in the Church of the orthodox: he |
| 234 | was a holy man and very reverend, honored in the sight of all as a chosen one, who had endured a multitude |
| 235 | of afflictions steadfastly for the orthodox faith by reason of his great. . . |
| 236 | 1 6. Basiliscus, who had driven Zeno from the throne: |
| 237 | see Evagrius, H.E. 111, 4. This restoration of Timothy was |
| 238 | In 475 A.D. |
| 239 | 2 The Syriac (Raabe, ⲣ. 69) reads “seven.” Timothy |
| 240 | occupied the throne after restoration from 475-477; but |
| 241 | there is evidently some confusion here between the first |
| 242 | and second exile of Timothy. According to Evagrius, H.E. |
| 243 | Ⲡⲓ. 11, Zeno purposed to banish Timothy, but spared |
| 244 | him because of his advanced age; and the exile to Gangra |
| 245 | and substitution of Salophacialos (narrated below) followed |
| 246 | Timothy's banishment in 460 ⲇ... when he had actually |
| 247 | held the Archbishopric for three years. |
| 248 | 3 sc. Anatolius and Leo I. |
| 249 | 4 The absence of the short paragraph which follows in |
| 250 | the Syriac (Raabe, p. 70) relating to Peter the Iberian is |
| 251 | significant and goes to show that our fragment is from a |
| 252 | Life of Timothy rather than of Peter (see Introductory |
| 253 | Note). |
| 254 | 5 In Evagrius, A.E. 11, 11, the second name is given as |
| 255 | Salophacialos: the duplication of the first syllable in the |
| 256 | Coptic may be a mere error. |
| 257 | 6 In the Syriac Mss. of the Plerophoriae (see Nau’s note, |
| 258 | P.O. vii, 63) the name is variously given Apolonos and |
| 259 | Apios; but in § xxix, where the same priest is mentioned, |
| 260 | the mss. give Altds and Apoldos, of which the last most |
| 261 | nearly approximates to the Coptic. |
| 262 | ⲣ. 11) |
| 263 | = Raabe, ⲣ. 69 |
| 264 | =Raabe, p. 70 |
| 265 | = Plerophoriae |
| 266 | § xxvin |
| page 228 | |
| 267 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
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XXXI. Life of Timothy Aelurus — lines 17252–17623, pdf pp. 224-228 (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/L17252-17623/.
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