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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Christian Arabic texts in translationPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages ): mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780823298341
  • 0823298345
  • 9780823298334
  • 0823298337
Related works:
  • Container of (expression): Ibn Sabbāʻ, Yūḥannā ibn Abī Zakarīyā, active 13th century. Jawharah al-nafīsah fī ʻulūm al-kanīsah. English. (Mikhail). 2022
  • Container of (expression): Ibn Kubr, Abū al-Barakāt ibn al-Asʻad, -approximately 1363. Miṣbāḥ al-ẓulmah fī īḍāḥ al-khidmah. English. (Mikhail). 2022
  • Container of (expression): Gabriel V, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, -1427. Kitāb tartīb. English. (Mikhail). 2022
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 264/.0172 23/eng/20220114
LOC classification:
  • BX137 .G85 2022
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
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.
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 by Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, Yūh.annā ibn Sabbā', and Pope Gabriel V. With a scholarly introduction to the works, their authors, and the Coptic liturgy, as well as a detailed explanatory apparatus, this volume provides a useful and needed introduction to the worship tradition of Egypt's Coptic Christians. Presented for the first time in English, these texts provide valuable points of comparison to other liturgical commentaries produced elsewhere in the medieval Christian world"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2734126

"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 by Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, Yūh.annā ibn Sabbā', and Pope Gabriel V. With a scholarly introduction to the works, their authors, and the Coptic liturgy, as well as a detailed explanatory apparatus, this volume provides a useful and needed introduction to the worship tradition of Egypt's Coptic Christians. Presented for the first time in English, these texts provide valuable points of comparison to other liturgical commentaries produced elsewhere in the medieval Christian world"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-173) and index.

The Lamp of Darkness / Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar -- The Precious Jewel / Yūḥannā ibn Sabbāʻ -- The Ritual Order / Gabriel V -- Appendix: Coptic Liturgical Chants.

Description based on print version record.