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135 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 17,624–17,808, pdf pp. 228-231 of New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Evelyn-White 1926) — a witness of Life of Apa Hor (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 | XXXII. LIFE OF APA HOR |
| 2 | Parchment. Two fragments from a single ms. Frag. 1 (Cairo, no. 60), 33.5 X 24 cm., is a complete initial |
| 3 | leaf containing the title of the work, framed in the usual border of red and yellow plaited pattern, and the |
| 4 | opening of the text. In the upper left corner of the recto appears what is possibly, but by no means certainly, |
| 5 | an imperfect page or folio number (Ac), indicating the position of the leaf in a volume of tracts. For the |
| 6 | hand (somewhat resembling the script of Hyvernat, Album, Plate xxxvn) see Plate X111 A. The stops used |
| 7 | are =and occasionally ~: the ink is reddish-brown. On the verso 1. 19) occurs the marginal direction ϣⲁ in |
| 8 | an informal but perhaps contemporary hand: for the meaning of this and the corresponding direction ⲱϣ |
| 9 | see Introduction, § 6. Frag. 2 (Cod. Tisch. xxiv, 5) is the upper half of a leaf measuring 16 x 22 cm. |
| 10 | (the left margin has been cut off). It is paged (7?) p=, doubtless in reference to the volume in which the tract |
| 11 | was included, and, as the heading shows, was the first leaf in a quire. |
| 12 | According to the Synaxarium® for Kihak 2, Hor was a native of Atripe in Upper Egypt. He became a |
| 13 | solitary and lived in the desert until Satan challenged him to go to Alexandria. He went to the city and there |
| 14 | busied himself with bringing water to the prisoners. While he was thus laboring, a child was run over in the |
| 15 | street and killed. The blame for this accident was laid on Apa Hér, who restored the child to life and then |
| 16 | fled from the city. At his death he beheld the usual vision of Saints waiting to receive his soul. |
| 17 | Hor is associated with Anba Harmina of Pemdje,? with whom he took a journey to the Monastery of Apa |
| 18 | Jeremias (at Sakkara).® Frag. ⲓ opens (most unusually) with a letter from Hor to a certain Jeremias. Now |
| 19 | since the name Hor is constantly associated with the names both of Jeremias and of Ambrosius (named |
| 20 | in Frag. 2) in invocations brought to light by Quibell in his excavations at the Monastery of Jeremias at |
| 21 | Sakkara,* there is no doubt that the Hér of our ms. was contemporary with the Jeremias of Sakkara, who |
| 22 | himself lived in the days of the Emperor Anastasius.5 |
| 23 | ⲓ ed. Basset, pp. 249 ff. Apa Hor (the name is common) see Crum, Theological |
| 24 | 2 d., pp. 205 ff. Texts, no. 277 (pp. 164 f.). |
| 25 | 3 Life of Harmina (Paris, B.N., Fonds Arabe, no. 148 f., 4 See Inscriptions nos. 26, 36, 76, 205 (ed. Thomson, ap. |
| 26 | 322). I am indebted to W. E. Crum for this valuable Quibell, Excavations at Saqqara, 111, 35, 40, 50; ⲓⲅ, 02). |
| 27 | reference. For a Coptic fragment relating to a certain 5 See John of Nikiu, Chronicle, Lxxx1x, §§ 4 fF. |
| 28 | 168 |
| page 229 | |
| 29 | LIFE OF APA HOR |
| 30 | Frag. 1 (Cairo, no. 60). |
| 31 | \ Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲉⲣⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍ[ⲉⲥⲑϯⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ |
| 32 | ⲛⲣⲱϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲣⲟϥ- |
| 33 | ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲙⲉⲡⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ̄ⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ϫⲉⲭⲁⲥ ⲉⲓⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏ[ⲙⲁ] ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ |
| 34 | ⲉⲧ[ⲧⲁⲓ]ⲏⲟⲩⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲓ‐ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲱⲧⲕ |
| 35 | ⲉ. ⲙⲟⲩⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲗⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ 5 Ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲁⲥⲡⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ ⲛ̄- |
| 36 | + ⲁⲛⲁ ϩⲱⲣ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̄‐ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲗ[ⲟ]ⲥ ⲉⲧⲥⲁϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲻ ⲛⲉⲙ |
| 37 | . ⲡⲉϥⲁⲅⲱⲛ ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲃ̄ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ- |
| 38 | + pen ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉϥ‐ Ⲡⲓ ⲫⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲙ̄ⲫϯ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲉ‐ |
| 39 | ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕ‐ |
| 40 | + wa] enefo] ⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲓⲟ ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲡⲓⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲛ̄ⲁ- |
| 41 | ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲕⲓ ⲡⲓⲁⲥ ⲭⲓⲧⲏⲥ [ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ |
| 42 | ⲉ |
| 43 | ⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲉⲛⲉⲁ- |
| 44 | Ⲕⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲕϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲁⲑⲣⲱⲟⲩϣ |
| 45 | ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲗⲓ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲃⲓⲟⲥ |
| 46 | 15 ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲛⲟⲩ- |
| 47 | HIP ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁϫⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ |
| 48 | ⲡⲉⲧⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛ‐ |
| 49 | ⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲣⲱ‐ |
| 50 | Ⲁⲕϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲙⲉⲩⲓ̄ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϭⲓ‐ |
| 51 | ⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁ̀ⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ |
| 52 | ⲥⲓ ⲉⲕⲣⲟⲧⲉⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲛϥ ⲛ‐ |
| 53 | 3 ⲭⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ €pe ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲱⲟⲩϣ ⲧⲏⲣϥ |
| 54 | Ⲣⲁⲧϩⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϯϯϩⲟ ϣⲁ ⲟⲩⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ |
| 55 | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ[ⲁ]ⲅⲓⲟⲥⲩ‐ ϩⲟ Ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥϫⲫⲓⲟ |
| 56 | ⲡⲏ ⲉⲑⲣⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩ[ⲓ] ϧⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ |
| 57 | ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟϣ [nem ⲛⲉⲕ‐ ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ‐ ⲉⲧⲉϥ‐ |
| 58 | ⲓⲟ ⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉⲑⲙⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣϥⲓⲣⲱⲟ[ⲩ]ϣ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ |
| 59 | Ⲉⲡ[ⲓⲇ]ⲏ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉ ⲧⲁⲗⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲁϩⲓ ⲛϣⲓⲉ |
| 60 | ⲛ̃][ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲥϩⲡ ⲛϩⲟ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ϩⲟ 25 ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲓⲏ = |
| 61 | ⲟⲩ[ⲟ]ϩ ⲥⲉⲉⲣⲕ[ⲱ]ⲗ ⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϣⲁ ⲛ̄ⲑⲟⲕ ϩⲱⲕ ⲁⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱ ⲛⲁϥ ⲣ[ⲉ]ⲛ |
| 62 | ϯⲛ]ⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲕϫⲱ MMOC ⲛⲁϥ |
| 63 | 15 Ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲛⲁϩϯ é ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉⲛⲁ‐ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ [Moje ⲉ[]ⲟⲩⲉϩ ⲛ̄ⲑⲟⲕ |
| 64 | ⲧⲏⲓⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲛ ⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϩⲟ‐ |
| 65 | ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ [ⲛ]ⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ- 30 ⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ |
| 66 | ⲛⲧⲁⲛⲁⲩ € ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲓⲱⲧ ⲛ̄‐ Ⲉ]ⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲉϩ ⲛⲥⲱϥ |
| 67 | ϩⲟ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ϩⲟ ⲁϥⲛⲓϥⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲕ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ |
| 68 | Ϫⲉ 01 ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲡ︦︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲃ |
| 69 | 1 For ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ, transcript. |
| 70 | “The Life of our beloved and holy Father, glorious in every grace, the perfect Monk. the holy Apa Hor; who |
| 71 | finished bis contest.on the second day of the month Khoiak. In the Peace of God! May his holy blessing be with |
| 72 | us all for ever. Amen. |
| 73 | Hér, the least (of men), who writes (this), unto my beloved and holy Father, the man of God, Apa Jeremias,? |
| 74 | greeting! Before all things I pray and beseech thy Holiness that thou make mention of me in thy many |
| 75 | prayers and thy continual supplications. For many times have [ desired to see thee face to face, but |
| 76 | I have been hindered until now. But I trust in God that through thy holy prayers this favor may be |
| 77 | granted me once more, that [ may behold thy Fatherhood face to face, “and that I may greet thee mouth |
| 78 | to mouth; in order that I may behold the habit of the Angels wherein thou art clad, and that thy greeting |
| 79 | may purify my members both inward and outward. |
| 80 | Ⲟ man of God! O matchless one (?)!? The monk of thine age! The perfect anchoret! The ascete of thy |
| 81 | generation! For verily thou art become free from care in all things of this present life; thy thoughts are on |
| 82 | high whilst thou reclinest in the bosom of Jesus and all thy care resteth upon Him. For thou didst hear Him |
| 83 | reproving certain and saying: “ Which of you by taking thought can add a cubit’s length to his stature 7"? |
| 84 | Thou also didst answer Him joyfully, saying unto Him: “I vex not myself, my Lord, while I rest upon Thee: |
| 85 | I desire not anything for a single day.” And when He saw thee following after Him, He breathed upon thee, |
| 86 | saying: “ Receive a holy Spirit...” |
| 87 | 1 See Introductory Note. the men of thy own time.’ |
| 88 | 2 Reading ⲛⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲥ in the sense of ‘transcending 3 Maith. vi, 27. |
| 89 | 169 |
| 90 | * Recto |
| 91 | * Verso |
| page 230 | |
| 92 | * ⲣ. 103) |
| 93 | *ⲣ 104 |
| 94 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
| 95 | Frag. 2 (Cod. Tisch. xxiv, 5). |
| 96 | ~ IHC — ofa -ⲡⲭ︦︦ⲥ︦ — ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲣ︦ⲇ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ |
| 97 | Ⲁⲙ]ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲉⲛ ama ϫⲟⲙ €T ⲁϥⲁⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ |
| 98 | ϩⲱⲣ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣ |
| 99 | ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲑⲟⲩ‐ Ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉ̄ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ |
| 100 | ⲁⲃ ⲁⲓⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲙ̃ⲡⲟⲩ‐ |
| 101 | 5 Ⲡ]ⲉϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 5 ⲭⲁⲧ ⲉ ⲉⲣⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣ |
| 102 | ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲓ̄ ϩⲱ ϫⲉⲭⲁⲥ ⲉⲓⲉ‐ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲉⲧⲭⲏ ϩⲓ‐ |
| 103 | ⲉⲣ ⲡⲉⲕⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲙ‐ ϫⲱⲓ |
| 104 | ⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁ‐ Ⲁⲓⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ |
| 105 | lpr ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲉ̃ⲑⲟⲩ‐ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̃ⲥⲃⲉϩϯ |
| 106 | ⲧⲟ ⲁⲃ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲓⲟ Ana ϩⲱⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁϥⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲧⲱ[ⲟⲩ |
| 107 | ⲉϩⲣⲉⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲙ̃̄ⲙⲟ(ⲛ) ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲃⲉⲛ ϥⲟⲩⲏⲟⲩ Amon |
| 108 | ϩⲗⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲓⲣⲓ 2 ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲙⲙⲟϣⲓ AITO |
| 109 | ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲓ̃ ACHE ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲣϣϥ ⲉϥⲥⲏⲣ [ⲉ‐ |
| 110 | .]. ⲙⲉ spy ⲙ̃ⲡⲉⲕ‐ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲱⲛⲓ |
| 111 | 15 ⲙⲓⲉ[ⲩⲓ (5 Ⲫⲁⲓ ⲇ]ⲉ ⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃ[ⲉⲛ |
| 112 | Ⲡⲉϫⲉ Jae ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϫⲱ] Joon] |
| 113 | 2 hee ⲛ . 2 |
| 114 | * * * |
| 115 | *Ambrosius! (answered) unto Apa Hor: “Do a charity and make mention of me in thy holy prayers.” |
| 116 | Apa Hor said unto Apa Ambrosius: “Make mention of me also, that I may make mention of thee.” Apa |
| 117 | Ambrosius said unto Apa Hor: “We will make mention of thee, my holy Father.” Apa Hor said unto Apa |
| 118 | Ambrosius: “There is none in all the brotherhood who shall make mention of me unless they show me that |
| 119 | [they have first ?] made mention of thee.” But Apa Ⲣⲟ... said... |
| 120 | ⲕ * ϫ ⲕ ϯ ⲕ |
| 121 | . . . [the] miracle? which our holy Father Apa Hor had wrought, 1* arose and went into the desert. I spent |
| 122 | a whole week without being permitted to make mention of Apa Hor, because of the great sufferings which |
| 123 | I endured. I journeyed out from the desert 7 mountain) and I was dwelling in the desert (mountain) of |
| 124 | Sbehti;® but Apa Hor was in the desert of Pi-soben,® distant from us a journey of a stage. I took up my abode |
| 125 | in a great watch-tower built of stone. But [He ?] Who knoweth all things. . . |
| 126 | 1 On Ambrosius see Crum, P.S.B.A4. xxix, 290. For his 4 Perhaps Apa Pdjo. .. |
| 127 | association in Inscriptions with Jeremias and Hor, see 5 Sbehti is Apollinopolis Parva (Crum, 1 c.). |
| 128 | p. 168, note 4. 6 Probably identical with ⲡⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ (szc legendum) in the |
| 129 | 2 Perhaps a fresh anecdote told by an Apa Pdjo. .. Achmimic nome, named in Vita Sinuthii (ed. Leipoldt), |
| 130 | begins here. p. 11,1. 27, and the Arabic aes! of the Synax., Mecheir 5 |
| 131 | 3 Probably the restoration to life of the child killed (ed. Basset, p. 758). 1 am indebted to W. E. Crum for |
| 132 | by accident at Alexandria (see Synax., Kihak 2, ed. Basset, this information. |
| 133 | pp. 204 £.). |
| 134 | 170 |
| page 231 | |
| 135 | THE CONTROVERSY OF JOHN ⲓⲛ |
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- source
- 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
- 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)
- share
- public
- OCR
- 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
- file
- 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
L0 witness (OCR)
Cite as:
XXXII. Life of Apa Hor — lines 17624–17808, pdf pp. 228-231 (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/L17624-17808/.
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.