E02930: Coptic Letter To an Erring Monk written by Besa (abbot of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt), referring to the monastery as a house of God and vineyard of the saints, written in the late 5th century.
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment codex
Literary - Letters
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
465
Evidence not after
899
Activity not before
465
Activity not after
500
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Sohag
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Sohag
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Major author/Major anonymous work
Besa,
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
The discourses and letters of Besa come from nine different parchment codices found in the library of the White Monastery, dating to the 7th/8th and 8th/9th centuries.
Bibliography
Edition:
Kuhn, K.H., Letters and Sermons of Besa, CSCO vol. 157 (text) and CSCO vol. 158 (trans.) (Leuven, 1956).
Discussion:
Behlmer, H., Heilige Schriften als Waffe der Rhetorik. Autoritative Texte und ihre literarische Verarbeitung im Werk des ägyptischen Klostervorstehers Besa (in preparation).