Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt : three Arabic commentaries on the Coptic liturgy / Yūḥannā ibn Sabbāʻ, Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, and Pope Gabriel V ; translated and edited by Arsenius Mikhail.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikhail, Arsenius, translator, editor.

Ibn Sabbāʻ, Yūḥannā ibn Abī Zakarīyā, active 13th century.

Ibn Kubr, Abū al-Barakāt ibn al-Asʻad, -approximately 1363.

Gabriel V, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, -1427.

Series:

Christian Arabic texts in translation.

Fordham scholarship online.

Christian Arabic texts in translation

Fordham scholarship online

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper--Coptic Church.

Lord's Supper.

Lord's Supper (Liturgy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries witnessed a rising interest in Arabic texts describing and explaining the rituals of the Coptic Church of Egypt. This book provides readers with an English translation of excerpts from three key texts on the Coptic liturgy providing a useful and needed introduction to the worship tradition of Egypt's Coptic Christians.

Contents:

The Lamp of Darkness / Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar

The Precious Jewel / Yūḥannā ibn Sabbāʻ

The Ritual Order / Gabriel V

Appendix: Coptic Liturgical Chants.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Ibn Sabbāʻ, Yūḥannā ibn Abī Zakarīyā, active 13th century. Jawharah al-nafīsah fī ʻulūm al-kanīsah. English.

Ibn Kubr, Abū al-Barakāt ibn al-Asʻad, -approximately 1363. Miṣbāh al-ẓulmah fī īḍāḥ al-khidmah. English.

Gabriel V, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, -1427. Kitāb tartīb. English

Other Format:

Print version: Mikhail, Arsenius Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt

ISBN:

1-5315-0065-X

0-8232-9833-7