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50 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 22,137–22,200, pdf pp. 286-287 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 Four and Twenty Elders (Evelyn-White, Supplementary Texts B). Only this range is shown here; the whole file holds every part.
| ref | L0 witness (OCR) |
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| 1 | B. Ode on the Four and Twenty Elders. |
| 2 | Paper. Leaf from the Theotokia (Cairo, no. 921), 27 x 17.5 cm., foliated on the verso ⲝ︦ⲇ︦. The script, a large, |
| 3 | loose, irregular uncial, is probably later than the fourteenth century. |
| 4 | The text is an Ode on the Four and Twenty Elders, partly extant also in Cairo, no. 93, Group B, but |
| 5 | hitherto unpublished. For other Coptic matter relating to the Four and Twenty see S. Gaselee, De xx1v |
| 6 | Senioribus. The most remarkable feature in the Ode is the alleged recital of the Elders’ names by the Lamb |
| 7 | (see Il. 29-32). |
| 8 | ⲡⲓⲕ︦ⲇ︦ ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ EEN |
| 9 | Ⲙ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲓ 25 Ⲉⲩϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲉ̄ϫⲱⲟⲩ • |
| 10 | ⲙ̀ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ |
| 11 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕ︦ⲇ︦ ⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲥ ⲛⲥⲁⲣⲝ o |
| 12 | ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ o ⲛⲁⲥⲁϫⲓ € ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲉ |
| 13 | 5 Ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲓⲛ e Ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲓϩⲓⲏⲃ • |
| 14 | ⲛϩⲁⲛⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ » 30 ⲉϥⲧⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉ |
| 15 | ⲉⲣⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲭⲗⲟⲙ ⲛ̄ⲱⲟⲩ • ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲁⲗⲫⲁ |
| 16 | ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲁ̃ⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ̄ • . ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲱ̄ e |
| 17 | Ⲉⲣⲉ ⲕ︦ⲇ︦ ⲙ̃ⲫⲓⲁ̀ⲗⲏ e Ⲥⲉϧⲉⲛⲧ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̄ ⲫϯ • |
| 18 | Io ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲩⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ © ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲏⲃ ⲉⲧϭⲟⲥⲓ e |
| 19 | ⲉⲩⲙⲉϩ ⲛⲥⲑⲟⲓⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ ⲉ 3 ⲉϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲅⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • |
| 20 | ⲉϥⲥⲟⲧⲡ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ® ⲛⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲓⲟⲛ |
| 21 | Ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲉ Ⲉⲩϯϩⲟ ⲛ̄ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ |
| 22 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ » ⲉ̄ ϯⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ) • |
| 23 | 15 ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲡϣⲱⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧϣⲉⲛϩⲏⲩ o |
| 24 | ϩⲁ ϯⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲑ(ⲟⲩⲁⲃ) 40 ⲧⲁϩⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ • |
| 25 | Ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉ̄ⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲛⲁⲓ pa ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ e |
| 26 | ⲙ̄ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲧⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲛⲓϣϯ o ⲛⲧⲉⲕϣⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ϧⲁ ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲃⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ » |
| 27 | ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ) ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ) ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̄ ⲛⲓⲓⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲟⲩ © |
| 28 | 20 ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ » ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲕⲛ̄ⲟⲩ € ⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲉ |
| 29 | Ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ e 45 Ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲁ o |
| 30 | ⲉ̄ ⲕ︦ⲇ︦ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ e ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ |
| 31 | \ |
| 32 | ⲉⲩⲕⲱϯ € ⲡⲓⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ sic exit |
| 33 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ © , |
| 34 | ⲓ Red ink. The last two syllables are added in black by 2 The letter ϣ is added in red by the rubricator. |
| 35 | a later hand. Ⲅⲛⲧⲉⲕⲉⲛⲟⲩ. |
| 36 | The Four and Twenty Elders. |
| 37 | O who can tell the glory and the honor of Four and Twenty Elders—they who are clad in robes of light |
| 38 | and have crowns of glory upon their heads? Four and twenty vials of gold are in their hands, filled with |
| 39 | perfume exceeding precious, even the prayers of the saints which they send up on high unto the Holy Trinity. |
| 40 | These are they of the glory of whose greatness the holy John the Evangelist spake: “For I saw,” said he, |
| 41 | “four and twenty thrones round about the throne of the Almighty; and upon them sat Elders.” No tongue |
| 42 | of flesh might express their glory. I heard the Lamb declaring their names from the beginning with alpha |
| 43 | unto the end with omega. |
| 44 | Nearer unto God are these exalted priests than all the heavenly hosts, as they beseech the Holy Trinity |
| 45 | at all times, saying: “Let Thy compassion encompass the whole earth, that Thou mayest have mercy upon |
| 46 | men, that Thou mayest have compassion upon cattle, that Thou mayest bless the rivers of water, that Thou |
| 47 | mayest make them to rise duly.” |
| 48 | Through the intercessions of these... |
| 49 | 226 |
| page 287 | |
| 50 | SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS |
Provenance
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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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Cite as:
Supplementary Texts B. Ode on the Four and Twenty Elders — lines 22137–22200, pdf pp. 286-287 (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/L22137-22200/.
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