Publication Date
copy: 1600-1800
Publication Place
Bavarian State Library Munich -
Bavarian State Library Munich
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
299 x 26 cm
Library
Qalamos
Library Asset ID
Cod.arab. 2846
Record ID
DE12Book_manuscript_00008725
Library Location
Bavarian State Library Munich
Date
copy: 1600-1800
Notes
A letter from Asyut (Egypt) written in the Ottoman period. HS begins
in rhymed prose with a greeting and a blessing for the Orthodox community
in Asyut and its surroundings, across all ecclesiastical and social classes. The
Author informs the congregation that Mitawus will lead the congregation as the new bishop
will. Everyone who reads or hears this letter must obey the bishop
and behave like "obedient sons". The congregation should hold services on
Visit on Sunday. The author urges them to participate in the Eucharist, "in
[his, Christ's] memory" and not to ignore fasting on Wednesday and Friday.
This is called law and duty [interestingly, using
Terms that are common in Islamic usage: šarīʿa and farīḍa]. The
Schreiber has a particular interest in "forbidden marriages... with Arabs or others",
and explicitly states that should anyone close these, "Babylonian punishments"
come upon them. Disobedience in all forms will be sickness and death, death and
Bring famine, war and defeat, poor harvests and disease of livestock. So:
"Obey your elders." The author also considers it necessary to speak out against heresies
like to pronounce Macedonianism and Nestorianism. He mentions the decision here
of those 318 fathers who met in Nicaea regarding the nature of God at that time and
his son [then quotes from the Gospel of John, 1:3]. He challenges the community
to repent and to honor the Virgin Mary and Saint Mark the Evangelist,
to call. Only then “will you be blessed by the one and only Church
- and of the 318 fathers of Nicaea and the 150 fathers of Constantinople." - Translation
from information provided by Prof. Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota
Sınıf numarası
Cod.arab. 2846
Koleksiyon
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München
Editör
Import BSB MARC
Lisans
CC0 1.0
Düzenleme durumu
finished
