M592, fol. 41r–50r:
The full text seems to have remained unpublished. An excerpt, not relating to St Michael, is given by Depuydt 1993, p. 233.
Evidence ID
E04838Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment codex
Literary - Sermons/HomiliesLanguage
CopticEvidence not before
400Evidence not after
900Activity not before
400Activity not after
900Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
HamouliPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hamouli
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - monasticCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Composing and translating saint-related textsSource
This is the seventh (ff. 41r–50r) of eight homilies all dedicated to the archangel Michael and all contained in the same parchment codex M592. For the other homilies on Michael in M592, see E04640, E04641, E04642, E04835, E04636, E04837, and E04839.
The production of the codex is datable to the 9th or early 10th century on the basis of securely dated codices (AD 822/3–913/14) found together with it at the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamouli in the Fayum.Discussion
For literature and a brief overview of the Christian Egyptian tradition concerning the special sacred status attributed to Michael, see van Esbroeck 1991.Bibliography
Introduction and codicology:
Depuydt, L., Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts (Leuven, 1993), 230–235, esp. 233.
Further reading:
Esbroeck, M. van, "Michael the Archangel, saint," in: A.S. Atiya (ed.), The Coptic Encyclopedia, vol. 5 (New York, 1991), 1616–1620.