Table of Contents
Preface V
List of Maps and Images XI
Abbreviations XII
Editorial Note XIV
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Defining a Corpus 14
Chapter 2 The Coptic Liturgy: Sources and History 39
The Sources 40
The Prayers of Sarapion 40
The Apostolic Tradition and the Canons of Hippolytus 41
The Liturgical Section of the Aksumite Collection 43
The Canons of Athanasius 44
The Mystagogical Catechesis 44
Other Canonical Sources 45
Testimonies from the Literature and Documents 46
Medieval Liturgical Manuscripts and Commentaries 47
An Outline of the Coptic Liturgy 51
The Eucharist 55
The Prothesis 55
The Liturgy of the Word 56
The Liturgy of the Faithful 58
The Anaphora 60
Post-anaphoral Liturgy 64
The Liturgy of the Hours 66
Baptism 71
Chapter 3 Dating Liturgical Papyri 74
Documents Dated by the Patriarch 77
Documents Dated by External Evidence 79
Western Thebes 80
Dated Versos 80
Arabic Versos 82
Cursive Hands 83
Formal and Informal Upright Hands 84
The Sloping Majuscule 85
Conclusion 92
Chapter 4 Provenance 95
Fayum 97
The Heracleopolite Nome 103
Oxyrhynchus 104
Hermopolis and its Surroundings 107
Deir el-Bala'izah 109
Upper Egypt 111
Western Thebes 115
The Monastery of Epiphanius 117
The Monastery of St. Phoibammon 125
Other Monasteries and Hermitages in Western Thebes 127
Unprovenanced Documents 131
Writing the Liturgy in Western Thebes 134
Reconstructing the Liturgy of Western Thebes 140
Chapter 5 The Materiality of Liturgical Papyri 153
Formats 155
Distinguishing Codices and Single Sheets 155
Codices 158
Single Sheets 161
Rolls and Rotuli 164
Ostraca 166
Tablets 167
Other Material Features 168
Handwriting 168
Sense Unit Markers 169
Indication of Tone and Musical Notation 177
Abbreviations, Corrections, and Decorations 180
Conclusion 184
Chapter 6 Uses of Liturgical Papyri 188
Amulets 191
Education and Writing Exercises 200
Aids for Performing the Service 210
Chapter 7 Genres, Manuscripts, and Their Uses 220
Prayers, Priests, and the Euchologion 224
The Earliest Copies of Prayers on Papyrus 224
Writing Early Prayers 227
The Text of the Early Prayers 233
Contents and Origins of the Early Prayer Collections 236
The Structure of the Early Collections 240
A Typology of the Late Antique Euchologia 241
Acclamations, Deacons, and the Diaconicon 244
Hymns, Hymn Books, Singers, and Others 247
The Earliest Hymns on Papyrus 247
The Earliest Collections of Hymns on Papyrus 248
Users of Hymn Manuscripts 250
Conclusion 251
Chapter 8 Languages of the Liturgy 253
Context 254
Latin 255
Prayers 259
Acclamations 265
Hymns 267
Conclusion 273
Chapter 9 Writing the Christian Liturgy in Egypt 280
Appendix: Table of Liturgical Papyri 287
Glossary 372
Bibliography 377
Index of Authors 405
Index of Manuscripts 407
Index of Subjects 418
Images 427
