Evidence ID
E04037Saint Name
Apa Apollo (founder of the monastery at Bawit, 4th century ) : S00160Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱType of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private documentLanguage
CopticEvidence not before
500Evidence not after
799Activity not before
500Activity not after
799Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
BawitPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Bawit
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - monasticSource
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.