E04037: Coptic documents from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), mentioning or referring to the topos of Apa *Apollo (founder of the monastery, S00160); datable to the 6th/8th century.
online resource
posted on 2017-09-15, 00:00authored bygschenke
Bawit Summary
The topos/monastery of saint Apa Apollo is mentioned or referred to more or less explicitly in the following documents:
P.Mon. Apollo 1–5 P.Mon. Apollo 8–9 P.Mon. Apollo 18–20 P.Mon. Apollo 22–26 P.Mon. Apollo 28 P.Mon. Apollo 30 P.Mon. Apollo 32–41 P.Mon. Apollo 44 P.Mon. Apollo 50 P.Mon. Apollo 58 P.Mon. Apollo 59b–61 P.Mon. Apollo 66
History
Evidence ID
E04037
Saint Name
Apa Apollo (founder of the monastery at Bawit, 4th century ) : S00160
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
500
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
500
Activity not after
799
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Bawit
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Bawit
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
Information on excavation and finds is available at:
http://www.ifao.egnet.net/archeologie/baouit/#en
For an overview of the history and art history of the site see:
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cce/id/349
The documents of P.Brux.Bawit and P.Mon.Apollo are available online at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.brux.bawit
and
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.mon.apollo
respectively.
Bibliography
Texts and translations:
P.Bawit Clackson:
Clackson, S.J., It is Our Father Who Writes: Orders from the Monastery of Apollo at Bawit (Am.Stud.Pap. XLIII; Cincinnatti, 2008).
P.Brux.Bawit:
Delattre, A., Papyrus coptes et grecs du monastère d'apa Apollô de Baouît conservés aux Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles (Académie royale de Belgique. Mémoires de la Classe des Lettres. Collection in-8°. 3e série. Tome XLIII; Brussels, 2007), No. 2045.
P.KölnÄgypt.2:
Schenke, G., Koptische Urkunden der früharabischen Zeit (Pap.colon. IX/2; Paderborn, 2016), Nos. 18-64.
P.Louvre Bawit:
†Clackson, S. J., and Delattre, A., Papyrus grecs et coptes de Baouît conservés au Musée du Louvre (Bibliothèque d'Études coptes 22; Cairo, 2014), Nos. 1—83.
P.Mon.Apollo:
Clackson, S.J., Coptic and Greek Texts Relating to the Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo (Griffith Institute Monographs; Oxford, 2000), Nos. 1—66. Nos. 27, 31, 48 are Greek; the rest Coptic.
Excavation, Finds and History:
Bénazeth, D., and Rutschowscaya, M.-H. (eds.), Jean Clédat, Le monastère et la nécropole de Baouit (MIFAO 111; Cairo, 1999).
Calament, F., "L'apport des nouvelles découvertes épigraphiques de Baouît," in: P. Buzi, A. Camplani, and F. Contardi (eds.), Coptic Society, Literature and Religion from Late Antiquity to Modern Times. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Rome, September 17th–22nd, 2012, and Plenary Reports of the Ninth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Cairo, September 15th–19th, 2008, OLA 247, vol. 1 (Leiden, 2016).
J. Clédat, Le monastère et la nécropole de Baouît, 2 vols. (MIFAO 12, 39; Cairo, 1904, 1916).
Coquin, R.-G., and Martin, M., "Bawit. History," in: The Coptic Encyclopedia (New York, 1991) vol. 2, 362b–363a.
Delattre, A., ‘Nouveaux papyrus du monastère de Baouît’, in: A. Boud’hors und C. Louis, Études coptes XII Quatorzième journée d’études (Rome, 11–13 juin 2009), 2014, 61–76.
Hadji-Minaglou, G. "Découvertes récentes à Baouît, sowie C. Meurice, Sculpture in Bawit: New Discoveries," in: P. Buzi, A. Camplani, and F. Contardi (eds.), Coptic Society, Literature and Religion from Late Antiquity to Modern Times. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Rome, September 17th–22nd, 2012, and Plenary Reports of the Ninth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Cairo, September 15th–19th, 2008 OLA 247, vol. 1 (Leiden, 2016).
Schenke, G., "Micro- and Macro-Management. Responsibilities of the Head of the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit," in: P. Buzi, A. Camplani, and F. Contardi (eds.), Coptic Society, Literature and Religion from Late Antiquity to Modern Times. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Rome, September 17th–22nd, 2012, and Plenary Reports of the Ninth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Cairo, September 15th–19th, 2008, OLA 247, vol. 1 (Leiden, 2016), 637–638 and 683–692.
Severin, G., "Bawit, Architecture," in: The Coptic Encyclopedia, vol. 2 (New York, 1991), 363b–366a.
Wegner, J. "The Bawit Monastery of Apa Apollo in the Hermopolite Nome and its Relations with the “World Outside”," The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 46 (2016), 147–247.