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65 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 22,201–22,275, pdf pp. 287-288 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 Acrostic Hymn on the Finding of the Cross (Evelyn-White, Supplementary Texts C). Only this range is shown here; the whole file holds every part.
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| 1 | C. Acrostic Hymn on the Finding of the Cross. |
| 2 | Paper. Two leaves, foliated on the versos Ke, ⲕ︦ⲋ︦, from the first volume of the Difnir (see above, No. |
| 3 | xxxvui ⲕ). The text is the opening of an acrostic ode on the Finding of the Cross by the Empress Helena.! |
| 4 | Each alphabetic stanza (containing four verses) is followed by a subsidiary, non-alphabetic stanza: in the |
| 5 | fourth and fifth sections these subsidiary stanzas are doubled. |
| 6 | ⲕ︦ⲉ︦ recto Ⲥⲟⲩ ⲓ︦ⲍ︦ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲁ̀ⲃⲟⲧ Uo pls ϩ “fixe Fenn ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ + ϫ RE recto |
| 7 | - SN ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ € ⲡⲓϯ + |
| 8 | ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲡϣⲁⲓ ⲙⲉⲓ ⲁ ⲙ ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲁϣ ⲡⲁⲟⲥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ |
| 9 | ⲙⲡⲓⲕ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲱⲙ Ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ + |
| 10 | ⲏ̄ ⲭⲟⲥ ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ 3ⲟ ⲉⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉ̀ⲣⲏⲟⲩ + |
| 11 | a ϫⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲛⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ + |
| 12 | ⲥⲉⲣ ⲙⲟ ⲙⲓ © ⲙⲣ ⲁⲩϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲛ + |
| 13 | ⲛϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲏⲙ ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ ⲥ Ⲁ ⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲟⲩⲉⲙ ϣⲉⲗϣⲏⲓⲗⲓ + |
| 14 | € ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲉ̃ⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲛ + ⲁ ⲛⲓⲛⲁϫϩⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲥⲗⲏϫⲓ » |
| 15 | ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲁϣ ⲡⲁϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ + 35 ⲡⲓⲇⲓⲱⲅⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁϩⲱⲟⲩ + |
| 16 | 5 Ⲡ̄ⲡⲉⲥⲭⲁ ⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲉ ⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ + adi ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ + |
| 17 | ⲉⲥⲕⲱϯ ⲛ̄ⲥⲱϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲓϣϣⲱⲟⲩ + Ⲉⲧ ⲁ ⲏⲗⲉⲛⲏ ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ + |
| 18 | ϣⲁⲧⲉⲥϫⲉⲙϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲏ + ⲁ̃ⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ |
| 19 | ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ + ϫⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲱⲛϧ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲙⲑⲟ + |
| 20 | ⲓ 40 ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ € ⲡⲓ⳧ + |
| 21 | ︦ⲉ︦ Verso Bor ⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ ϣⲟⲡ ⲙ̃ⲫⲟⲟⲩ + Ⲁⲩϯ ⲛ̅ⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲥ ⲛⲥ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ |
| 22 | ⲓⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲫⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ + . - ϫ |
| 23 | 2 ZA a ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ Ne + RE verso |
| 24 | ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ eho ⲉϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲡ ⲙ̀ⲡⲓⲡⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ |
| 25 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲧⲁⲛϧⲟ + ⲛ̃ⲧⲉϥⲧⲁⲙⲟⲥ € ⲡⲓ + |
| 26 | Ⲡⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲙ̃ⲙⲟϥ + 45 Ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲥ + |
| 27 | ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲙⲟⲩ ⲫ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲛⲓⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ + |
| 28 | 15 ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲁϣ ⲡⲁϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲣⲟϥ + ϫⲉ ⲁⲥϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̄ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̄ⲫⲟⲟⲩ + |
| 29 | ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲥⲟⲧⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲟⲃⲓ + ⲛ̄ϫⲓ ⲛⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ + |
| 30 | Ⲅⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲧⲱⲛⲥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ Fenn + ϩⲁⲕⲭⲉⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ̃ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ + |
| 31 | ⲁⲥϭⲓ ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ ⲛ̄ϣⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ + 50 ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ + |
| 32 | ⲁⲥϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲥ € ⲓⲗⲏⲙ + ϫⲉ ϩⲱϯ ⲡⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲕⲱⲫ + |
| 33 | 2ⲟ ⲉⲥⲕⲱϯ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ ⲡⲓϯ » ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲓϣⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲉ » |
| 34 | ⲉ Ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲕⲱϯ ⲛ̄ⲥⲱϥ + |
| 35 | Ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲛ ϥ ⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̃ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩ + |
| 36 | ⲛ︦ϩⲛ ϩⲉⲣⲓ. ⲥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ + 55 ϫⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓϩⲉⲃⲣⲉⲟⲥ + |
| 37 | ϫⲉ ⲁⲥϣⲁⲛⲫⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ + ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲗⲓ ϥⲛⲁⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ + |
| 38 | ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ nif ⲉ̃ⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ » Ⲡⲇⲉⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲥ |
| 39 | 2 ⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲁⲥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ + * ⲙ ϥ̅ |
| 40 | 1 Grouped in the ms. with the preceding line, |
| 41 | The seventeenth day of the Month Théout. The Feast of the Holy Cross. ϫⲣⲟ. 2 |
| 42 | Melody, ‘ Batos. |
| 43 | Helen the queen desired to behold the holy wood of the Cross, the wood whereon my Lord was crucified. |
| 44 | She stayed not her hand at all in seeking for it earnestly, until she found it with joy because of her faith |
| 45 | therein. “There was joy on that day in heaven and upon earth at the revealing of the life-giving Cross. * Fo. 25° |
| 46 | The Cross do we worship, the wood of immortality, the wood whereon my Lord was crucified that He might |
| 47 | save us from our sins. |
| 48 | Helen arose and took three thousand soldiers and went to Jerusalem, seeking for the Cross. The Jews |
| 49 | took counsel together, saying: “If she come unto our kingdom, we will not reveal the Cross.” Justly spake |
| 50 | “Helen the queen unto them: “Show me the Cross, the wood whereon my Lord was crucified.” The Jews x Fo. 262 |
| 51 | answered, speaking among themselves: “Lo, the words of our fathers are come to pass upon us, ‘The |
| 52 | fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ The persecution which over- |
| 53 | took them is come upon their children.” |
| 54 | When Helen the queen had seized all the Jews (saying): “Lo death and life are before you: show me ] |
| 55 | * Fo. 26 |
| 56 | the Cross,” they delivered unto her Judas, “because he was the son of a prophet and knew well the Law, |
| 57 | 1 Jer. xxx1 (xxxviu) 29. Cp. Synax., Tt 17, ed. Basset, pp. 61 f. |
| 58 | 227 |
| page 288 | |
| 59 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
| 60 | that he might show her the Cross. Judas answered and said to the Jews: ‘Fulfilled today are the words of |
| 61 | our fathers. Zacchaeus, the father of my father, spake unto Simon my father, saying, ‘Needs must that they |
| 62 | will seek after the wood of the Cross. If they seek after it, reveal it, that thou mayest not die; for in the |
| 63 | race of the Hebrews there is none shall reign ⲝⲁ. |
| 64 | Readily spake he unto her... |
| 65 | 228 |
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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 C. Acrostic Hymn on the Finding of the Cross — lines 22201–22275, pdf pp. 287-288 (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/L22201-22275/.
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