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63 lines · a line number is a link to itselfA part of a container file (WORK-9): lines 6,878–6,971, pdf pp. 105-106 of New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Evelyn-White 1926) — a witness of Martyrdom of Matthias (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 | ϫⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲱⲧⲉ(ⲛ) ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛϫⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ -+ |
| 2 | Ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ + ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ & ⲛⲁⲓ + ⲉ̄ⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲁ̀ⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ ϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲟⲩ > |
| 3 | ⲡⲓⲇⲓⲁ̀ⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ ϣⲉ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ + ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲩⲓ̄ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ + ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲧⲥⲁⲛⲕⲟⲧⲥ ⲉⲧϭⲁϧⲉⲙ + ⲡⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥϫⲓ (ⲛ) |
| 4 | ⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲙⲉϩ ⲛⲭⲣⲟϥ + ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉ̄ⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲏⲟⲩ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ + |
| 5 | Ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ + ϫⲉ ⲁ̀ⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲓ︦ⲃ︦ ⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ + ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲕⲱϯ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ |
| 6 | ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ + ⲉⲩⲫⲱⲣϫ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓϩⲓⲟ̃ⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲓ + ⲧⲉⲛⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲛⲁⲉⲣ ⲟⲩ |
| 7 | ⲛⲁϥ + ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲛ ⲁⲛϣⲁ(ⲛ)ⲭⲁϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ + ϥⲛⲁⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲧⲉⲛ + |
| 8 | Ⲁⲩⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ + ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉ̀ⲣⲏⲟⲩ + ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲧⲁϩⲟ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ + |
| 9 | Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲩⲁ̀ⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ + ⲁⲩⲥⲟⲛϩϥ + ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲗⲟϫ ⲙ̃ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϩϯ ϧⲁⲣⲟϥ + ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ |
| 10 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϣⲁϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϭⲓⲥⲓ + ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲡⲁⲩ ⲉⲣϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ + |
| 11 | Xe ⲁ̃ ⲡⲓϣⲁϩ ϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲥⲁ ⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓϭⲗⲟϫ ATE ⲙ̃ⲙⲁϩⲓ + ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲏϣ ⲉ̃ⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲕⲱϯ + =e ⲉ̃ϣⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲫⲁⲣ- |
| 12 | [ⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ ... |
| 13 | Fifteen leaves (thirty pages) missing, |
| 14 | ⲙⲙⲟⲛ, MS. |
| 15 | him and have not found him profitable.” And the archon wept, saying: “What shall we do? Not only |
| 16 | the beasts, but we ourselves fwill perish of thirst in this wilderness.” |
| 17 | Then Bartholomew also wept; and he was praying inwardly without utterance, that they might not know |
| 18 | that he was an Apostle. |
| 19 | [Bartholomew having restored the camels to life, the caravan reaches the city. The Apostle works in the vineyard and |
| 20 | while there cures a nobleman who had been bitten by a snake. In consequence, the people are converted and a Church? |
| 21 | is built on the vineyard where the miracle took place.] |
| 22 | F. The Martyrdom of Matthias.® |
| 23 | [Matthias elected to fill the place of Judas, preaches in Damascus, bidding the people renounce their idols and worship |
| 24 | God in chastity.] |
| 25 | ..ⲁⲡⲟ also that He may have mercy upon you in the day of your departing out of the body.” |
| 26 | But when the men of the city heard these things which the holy Apostle Matthias spake unto them, the |
| 27 | Devil entered into their hearts by means of his evil thoughts and his foul deceits and his doing of all deeds |
| 28 | which are full of guile and have no profit in them. And they said among themselves: “ Verily this man is one |
| 29 | of the twelve sorcerers of Jesus, who go about from city to city in all the world separating women *from their |
| 30 | husbands. Up, let us go and see what we will do unto him. Only, if we leave him in this our city, he will de- |
| 31 | stroy it utterly.” And they all rose up and took counsel together to seize the holy Matthias. Thus they |
| 32 | laid hold on him and bound him and placed him upon a bed of iron. They kindled a fire under him, so that |
| 33 | the flame from his body rose up exceedingly, and everyone who saw it marveled. For the flame rose up |
| 34 | above the bed ffifteen cubits. And the multitude which was round about him said: “If (this man is) a |
| 35 | sorcerer...” |
| 36 | [Matthias is found after three days alive and unharmed. The people thereupon believe and destroy their temples and idols. |
| 37 | Matthias baptizes and teaches them, and consecrates a Church. Later, he dies in Judea.] |
| 38 | 1 Literally ‘give the beasts alone.” wholly lost, are (1) The Mart. of Bartholomew; (2 and 3) |
| 39 | 2 There was a Church of Bartholomew at Behnesa (see Preaching and Mart. of Thomas; (4 and 5) Acts and Mart. of |
| 40 | Abt Salih, Churches and Monasteries, fo. 75%) and his Matthew; (6) Mart. of James the Less; (7 and 8) Preaching |
| 41 | body was preserved in the Church of Karbil there. It is and Mart. of Simon Zelotes; (9) Preaching of Thaddaeus; |
| 42 | clear that the Oasis in question is that of Behnesa. (10) Preaching of Matthias. |
| 43 | 3 The works preceding this, which are (presumably) |
| 44 | 45 |
| 45 | t (=B., p. 96) |
| 46 | *ⲣ 727 (=L, |
| 47 | ⲣ. 138; Ⲃ. ⲣ. |
| 48 | 291) |
| 49 | ⲭ p. 728 |
| 50 | ϯ.. p. 292) |
| page 106 | |
| 51 | ϫ (Yio) |
| 52 | x |
| 53 | ϯ |
| 54 | ⲁⲙ |
| 55 | *p.759 (= L., |
| 56 | p. 147; B., ⲣ. |
| 57 | 310) |
| 58 | *p. 760 |
| 59 | *p. 767 (= L, |
| 60 | p. 149; B., pp. |
| 61 | 312 f.) |
| 62 | ⲭ ⲣ. 768 |
| 63 | NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS |
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:
VI F. The Martyrdom of Matthias — lines 6878–6971, pdf pp. 105-106 (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/L6878-6971/.
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