THREE ENC O MIUMS BY THEO D OSIUS ARCHBISI—IOP OF AL EXANDRIA , , S EV ER US PATRIARCH OF ANTI OCI I AN D , , EUSTATHI US B IS HOP OF TRAR E , TH E C OPTI C TEXTS WI TH EXTRACTS FROM R BI C AND ETHI OPI C E RSI ON S ED I TE WI TH TR N S ATI ON DY A A V , D , A A L W E A ALLIS B G E Lm . UD . D . , , ’ ' ‘ F O M E L Y C H O L A O F C I I RI ST S C O L L EG E C AM B I DG E AI\ D T Y R\V I I I I T R R S R , R , H EB EW’ C H O L A KEE PE O F TH E D E PA TM E NT O F E G Y PTI AN R S R , R R ' ‘ I AN D ASS Y R I AN ANTI Q UI I I ES B R IT S H M U SE UM . L O N D O N : L TD KEGAN PA L TRENC H TRUB NER 8 C o . U , , , D P AT E NO TE H O U E C I I ARI NG C O O A . R S R S , R SS R 1 894 . C O NTENTS PREFACE I N TRODUCTI ON EN GL I SH TRAN S L ATI ON OF TH E COP TI C TEXTS TH E EN CO IU B Y A A T EODO I U A C I OP O F AL EX N D IA M M BB H S S , R HB SH A R TH E EN CO IU B Y SE E U PA IA C OF AN I OC M M V R S , TR R H T H TH E EN CO IU B Y EUSTATH I US B I OP OF TR AK E M M , SH TH E ARAB I C VERS I ON OF TH E EN C OMI UM DV TH EO DOS I US (EX TRACT) TH E AR AB I C V ERS I ON OF TH E EN COM IU M B Y SEVERUS (EX TRACT) TH E ARAB I C VERSI ON OF TH E EN COM I U M B Y EUSTATH IUS (EXTRACT) TH E ETH IOP I C VERS I ON OF TH E EN COM I UM B Y SEVERUS TH E C OPTI C FORMS OF G R EEK WORD S WH I C H O CCUR I N TH E EN COM I U MS ' L I ST O F PROPER NAM ES P R E F A E C . IN the s ummer of the year 1 89 2 I had the pleasure S w M e M of ho n to the arquess of But , at the British useum , a bilingual C optic and Ara bi c manuscript containing three unpublished Encomiums upon S aint Michael the Archangel Abba A O f A S by Theodosius , rchbishop lexandria , everus A Eustathius Trak e of ntioch , and , Bishop of , respectively ; O f L Z o uch e wh o w a s this manuscript is the property ord , S O kind as to allow me to take a complete copy of it S O 8 L far back as 1 85 . ord Bute enquired concernin g O f the contents the Encomiums , and regretted that these interesting documents w ere not accessible to the students C of the early history and literature of Egyptian hristianity , and subsequently he undertook to defray the expenses w connected ith the printing of the same . TO L ord Bute w e already o we a work on the Coptic * L wh o iturgy , and it is to his help that those occupy themselves with the Christian literature of Egypt o w e the appearance of this contribution to printed Coptic texts . There is n o reason for doubting that the thr ee Encomiums w ere w ritten about th e be ginning of the ’ T/z e C a t/[c M ar ni /1 S er vi ce 07 ' L or d s D a t an s a ted i n to p g / y , r l En i f w i i n a C o ti o T . it th e o s b n M a ues s O B ute K . gl h y J h , rq , , h r g l p c O f t os e a ts s ai a o u L on o n 1 8 8 2 . h p r d l d, d , VIIthl we O f century of our era , and in them see some the earliest specimens of this class O f C optic literature in C existence . The most ardent lover of optic literature must confess that the lives of Coptic saints and the Encomiums upon them are generally too full Of miracles and some what monotonous exhortations to the listener n ow and reader , but the Encomiums published for the first time are interesting exceptions to the rule , for they w u contain narratives hich are f ll of importance , not only for the philologist and antiquary, but also for the student o - of c mparative folk lore and demonology . To the Coptic texts are appended th e complete narrative portions of A the rabic translation of the Encomiums , and the Ethiopic v e rsion o f the Encomium upon Saint Michael by Severus o f A e ntioch , dited from a venerable manuscript of the X Vth c e ntury in the British Museum . Th e Eus tathi us Trake O f Encomium by , Bishop of , is fo r special interest , it supplies details concerning the eimb v S M making of an of aint ichael , and contains ' e C O f P/z s z olo us w an xtract from the optic version y g , hich w e no w o w e . P kn xisted To my friend rof. I . Guidi O f Rome I am indebte d for valuable assistance in reading A O f w the proof sheets of the rabic portion the ork . M 1 8 . a y 1 5 . 94 A W . AL S B E . LI UDG E . INTRO DUC TIO N . The manuscript from which the C optic texts printed L Z o uch e in this volume are taken is the property of ord , wa s C C z and brought from airo by ur on , the famous ’ ' ’ ‘ ‘ O f Vzs z l s z o fifon a s ter z es i n L eva m L author , ondon , 1 8 1 8 49 , some fifty years ago . It consists of 7 leaves w - w w n o w of thick bro nish hite paper , hich measure - I I . %in by 93; the edges have been trimmed and gilded , O n and the book is bound in modern binding . the inside Of the front cover is written : H istory of the w onders produced by the cabalistic A use O f the name of the Archangel Michael . very C M w A early , and very fine optic anuscript , ith the rabic C translation on the margin . It came from airo , and is the finest Coptic manuscript on Paper I have seen . ’ M C rz on s w Whether this is r . u hand riting I am unable to say . Each page is occupied by one column Of 2 1 lines Of C w optic text , and to the right is a narro er column of Arabic which forms a version of the C optic text ; w the paragraphs are short , and each begins ith a capital N letter . early every page Of the manuscript is bespat t ered w w ith grease hich fell from the candles , by the (b) X I N TRO DUCTI ON . light of which it w a s read in church on the twelfth w - day of the month Athor . The quires are t enty three S w in number , and are igned ith letters on the top corners O f the pages ; twenty - one quires consist each O f Of . eight leaves , one ten , and one of eleven The page opposite to the first leaf inscribed w ith text is w w ornamented ith a cross painted in gold , over hich an intricate lace pattern in blue is traced , and bears upon it traces of inscriptions in red ink . The book is complete with the exception of a few lines O f the title E few of the first ncomium therein , and a lines at the end of the third or last Encomium ; the titles O f the m w 8 8a Enco iums are ritten in red and black , and on fol . are some designs in gold and blue somewhat similar to those reproduced from the X th century Coptic MS . C N 1 8 M H r at O . 0 . v e n (Borgia ollection , ) by y in his ’ ' A lé zmz d e P a /éo n z /zz e Co i e P 1 88 8 splendid g p p , aris , , . 1 . w wa s pl 3 The manuscript , hen finished , carefully read by some one wh o made a number of alterations I a 8 f . 1 a A 11 and corrections in the text (see oll 4 , 3 43 , 4 , 0 5 M 41 1 é wh o 5 , 5 , 5 9 , 49 occasionally added variant 6 é wh o readings (see fol .