CONTENTS
Preface
List of texts
List of Tables
List of Plates
Editorial conventions
Map
Part I: Discussion
Part II: The Texts
Appendices
Glossary
Abbreviations
References
Indexes
Plates
S.J. Clackson
This book edits and analyses sixty-six 6th9th century
Coptic and Greek texts concerning the 'Monastery of Apa Apollo
on the mount of Titkooh' in the Hermopolite nome of Egypt. None
of the texts is securely provenanced, but most were written by,
or to, monks of this monastery south of el-Ashmunein, the archaeological
site of which is known as 'Bawit'. The texts, which belong to
more than a dozen manuscript collections, comprise: agreements,
guarantees, and other legal documents; tax demands and other taxation-related
material; orders; accounts; receipts; and letters. The most important
group concerns the organization of the collection of tithes (aparchê),
for which evidence from Egyptian monasteries is rare. Many texts
exhibit formulae or formats peculiar to this monastery.
The first part of the book summarizes existing sources for the
monastery and the cult of Apa Apollo and surveys in detail the
new textual sources. The author examines the range of the monastery's
economic activities, from tithe collection, property-ownership,
taxation, and the provision of financial services, as well as
more general aspects of day-to-day monastic administration.
The book concludes with surveys of the dialectal variants recorded
in the texts and of their palaeographic and orthographic features,
together with the prosopographical and toponomastic information
they contain.
Most of the texts are reproduced in the 71 black and white plates.
240pp. 0 900416 75 0 (2000) $149 / £60
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CONTENTS Preface List of texts List of Tables List of Plates Editorial conventions Map Part I: Discussion Part II: The Texts Appendices Glossary Abbreviations References Indexes Plates |
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"It is to the great benefit of the wider study of early monasticism that both the religious and secular sides of this monastic world are becoming clear. This beautifully presented and admirably clear study makes a substantative contribution to that balanced view of monasticism and society in Egypt." A. Marett-Crosby OSB, Ampleforth Abbey
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