Index D-E Volumes 1-7

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Dabamun (martyr), 1554
Dabbah, Al-, Dayr al-Malak, 822
Dabra Libanos, eccage title, 930
Dabra Metmaq. See Dayr al-Maghtis
Dado, Saint, 1151-1152
Daff (musical instrument), 1738
Daf‘ al-Hamm (Elias of Nisibis), 1779
Dahlak, 685
Dahshur, 685, 1653
Daidasa (martyr), 1554
Dakhlah Oasis, monasteries at, 706, 822, 1658
Dalas, 685
Dalasina (martyr), 1553
Dalmatic, 647-648
Dalusham (martyr), 730
Damallu, 686
Damanhur, 686-687
bishops of, 9 15-916
martyrs, 1554
Damanhuri, Shaykh Ahmad, al-, 687
Damanhur Shubra, Dayr Yuhanna at, 882
Damanhur al-Wahsh, 688
Damascius, 1221, 1222
Damasus I, Pope (Rome), 1323, 1947
Damian, Saint (martyr). See Cosmas and Damian
Damian, Saint and Patriarch, 688-689
Anastasius as successor, 125
Benjamin I and policies of, 376
churches dedicated to, 716-717
and Constantine of Asyut, 592
Coptic texts of, 1455
dates of patriarchy, 1915
and the Enaton, 956
feast day, 2083
Jacob Baradaeus on, 13 19
and John of Parallos, 1368
and John of Shmun, 1369
Pisentius consecrated by, 1979
Damiana. See Dimyanah
Damnas (martyr), 1554
Damru, 689-690, 1652
patriarchal seat at, 1912, 1959
visited by Christodoulus, 545
Danabiq, al-. See Tambuq Dancers
Coptic art depictions, 537, 1755-1757, 1756
Coptic embroidery, 2223
resist-dyed tapestry, 2228
tapestry with busts of, 277, 2230
woven textile, 2226
Dandarah, 553, 690-691, 691, 1657
martyrs of, 1554
monastic murals at, 1874
pharaonic-style temples at, 1865
D’Andilly, Arnaud, 894
Dan’el, Ethiopian prelate, 1002
Danfiq (village), 1922
D’Anglure, Baron, 1977
Daniel (Old Testament), 22, 1618
Apocryphal Apocalypse of, 165
see also Daniel in the Lion’s Den; Three Hebrews in the Furnace
Daniel, Hegumenos of Scetis, 125
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
depicted in Coptic art, 384-385
Gabriel, Archangel, and, 1135, 1136, 1137
Daniel and Moses (hermits), 691-692
Daniel of Scetis, Saint, 692, 1648, 2083
and legend of Mark the Simple, 1540-1541
Daniel the Stylite, 1671
Daphne, depicted in Coptic art, 1753-1754, 1754, 1757-1758, 1758
Daqadus, 692
pilgrimages to, 1970, 1971
Daqahlah, 693, 2270
Daqahliyyah Province, monasteries, 1648-1649
Daraj al-Haykal. See Architectural elements of churches
Darb al-Hin, 687
Daressy, Georges Emile Jules, 693
Dar al-harb, 72
Dar al-Islam, 72-73
Darraj, Ahmad, on Egyptian persecutions of Christians and Jews, 1130
Darwat Sarabam. See Dayr Abu Sarabam
Dasyah (martyr), 1554
Dating (Coptic monuments and artifacts), 693-694
Dayr Anba Bakhtim (al-Sawam‘ah Sharq), 731
gravestones, 1293-1294
Kellia excavations, 1400, 1401, 1407
sculpture in stone, 2112-2113, 2117
textiles, 255, 257
Daughters of Saint Mary (Bani Suef), 2325
Daumas, François, 694-695, 1316
David (martyr), 1554
David at court of Saul, Coptic art depiction, 385
Dawlah, Al-. See Mu’taman Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn al-‘Assal
Dawuid, Ethiopian sovereign, 1570
Dawud, Qustandi, 1466
Dawud-Shah, Syrian patriarch, 878
Day of Atonement (Old Testament), 306, 1101
see also Atonement
Day of Judgment. See Judgment, Last
Dayr, al-, 695, 856, 1657, 1648, 1658
see also Monasteries; specific monasteries
Dayr Abirun, 695-696, 1650
Dayr Abu Anub (Nub), 696
Dayr Abu Bagham. See Dayr Abu Bifam
Dayr Abu Banukh. See Dayr Abu Lifah
Dayr Abu Bifam (Asyut), 696, 697, 1654
Dayr Abu Bifam (Samalut), 696-697
Dayr Abu Bifam (Tima), 697
Dayr Abu Daraj, 697-698, 728, 1649
Dayr Abu Fanah, 698-700, 699, 1654
apse of, 196
Dayr Abu Halbanah, 700
see also Dayr al-Sab‘at Jibal
Dayr Abu Hinnis (Mallawi), 701-703, 701, 794, 1654
and Christian subjects in Coptic art, 533
inscriptions found at, 1292 John Colobos, Saint, and, 1360
murals, 270, 1874
representation of military costumes at, 650
seal for stamping eucharistic bread, 1062
Dayr Abu Hurmus, 1652
Dayr Abu Ishaq (Abnub), 703, 1655
Dayr Abu Ishaq (Fayyum). See Dayr al-Hammam
Dayr Abu Ja‘ran, 1651
Dayr Abu Jirja, 927, 1527-1528
Dayr Abu al-Lif, 703-704, 1656
Dayr Abu Lifa, 704, 1644, 1650
Dayr Abu Maqrufah, 704-706, 1654
Dayr Abu Matta (Dakhlah Oasis), 706
Dayr Abu Mina (Maryut), 706-707, 724, 1527
Dayr Abu Musa, 40, 707, 1656, 1680
Dayr Abu Musa al-‘Aswad, 708
Dayr Abu Musha, 708, 1654
Dayr Abu al-Ni‘na’. See Dayr Abu Hinnis
Dayr Abu Nub (Dayr Apa Anub), 770, 1654
Dayr Abu Qarqurah, 708-709
and excavations by Zaki Yusef Saad, 2017
and Simon I, 2139
Dayr Abu al-Sadir, 797
Dayr Abu Sarabam (Minya), 709-710, 718, 1654
Dayr Abu al-Sari, 797
Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Akhmim). See Akhmim
Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Nag Hammadi). See Dayr Anba Palaemon
Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Old Cairo), 710-711, 1427, 1647, 1973
Bayt al-Nisa’ location, 373
churches, 320
as convent, 2325
Epiphany tank use, 968
murals, 1875
pilgrimages to, 1972
see also Church of Abu Sayfayn
Dayr Abu al-Sayfayn (Qus), 711, 1657
Dayr Abu al-Sayfayn (Tamwayh), 711-712, 1652
Dayr Abu Shinudah. See Dayr Anba Shinudab (Fayyum)
Dayr Abu Surrah (Asyut region), 1655
Dayr al-Abyad (Armant). See Dayr al-Matmar
Dayr al-Abyad (Suhaj). See Dayr Anba Shinudab (Suhaj)
Dayr al-‘Adawiyyah, 712-7 13, 1535, 1653
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Akhmim), 78, 79, 80, 700, 713, 713, 823, 833,
836, 865, 927, 1654, 1655
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Asyut), 714, 927, 1655
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Fayyum), 714, 808, 1650
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (near Bayad al-Nasara), 714
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (near Jabal al-Tayr), 715, 715, 717
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Qift). See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Samalut), 715-716
Dayr al-Ahmar (Giza), 716-717, 1652
Dayr al-Ahmar (Suhaj). See Dayr Anba Bishoi
Dayr al-‘Ajamiyyin (Fayyum), 1651
Dayral-‘Amil, 1651
Dayr al-Amir Tadrus (Cairo). See Babylon
Dayr al-Amir Tadrus (Jabal Abu Fudah), 717
Dayr al-Amir Tadrus (Luxor), 717, 1656
Dayr al-Amir Tadrus (Muna al-Amir), 718
Dayr Anba Abshay (Abu Tij), 718-719, 1654, 1978
Dayr Anba Abshay (near al-Tud), 719, 1657, 2030
Dayr Anba al-Abyad. See Dayr Anba Shinudah (Suhaj)
Dayr Anba Antuniyus, 719-728, 724, 725, 726, 727, 841, 869, 871, 877-878, 1122, 1532, 1615, 1658, 1875
and Athanasius III, 303
Basilios II at, 358
Basilios III at, 358
Byzantine-influenced art at, 241, 242, 275
as center of Eastern Desert monasteries, 1649
chronology, 721-723
Cyril IV and, 677, 1035
and Dayr Anba Bula, 741
and Dayr al-Mayun, 838
described by Vansleb (Wansleben), Johann Michael, 2299
difnar found at, 1728
and Ethiopian monks, 2191
food supplied from Bush, 427
Gabriel VI, Patriarch, as monk in, 1133
Gabriel VII, Patriarch, death at, 1134
Gabriel VII, Patriarch, restoration of, 1133, 1134
hisn at, 1237
history, 720-721
and homily on Saint Justus, 668
Dayr Anba Antuniyus, John XV at, 1347
Dayr Anba Antuniyus
John XVI at, 1348
John XVIII at, 1350
layout of, 723-725
Macanus III retreat to, 1489
manuscript on life of Paul of Tamma at, 1925
Mark VII as monk at, 1538
Marqos III, Ethiopian prelate, from, 1022
Marqus al-Antuni chapel at, 1699
Matewos, Ethiopian prelate, from, 1039
Matthew I as deacon at, 1569
Menas, Saint, at, 1589
Ottoman impact on, 1857
painting of Abraham and Isaac at, 383
papyri collection, 1892
Peter VII at, 1950
and Petros I, Ethiopian prelate, 1001-1002
pilgrims and travelers to, 1976-1977
pillage of, 720, 722
region of, 728
role in Coptic education, 932
scriptorium of, 2108
and Theophilos I, 2247
and Timotheos I, 2262
and Yacobos II, 2349
Yeshaq I, Ethiopian prelate at, 1008
and Yusab II, 2363
Dayr Anba Antuniyus (Qift). See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Anba Bakhum, see also Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Idfu); Dayr
al-Shuhada’
Dayr Anba Bakhum (Abydos), 40, 729, 1680
Dayr Anba Bakhum (Barjanus), 729
Dayr Anba Bakhum (Medamud; al-Madamud), 729-730, 1657
Dayr Anba Bakhum (al-Sawam‘ah Sharq), 78, 730-731, 731
Dayr Anba Bidaba, 731-732, 1656
Dayr Anba Bisadah, 78, 731, 732-733, 733, 883, 1657, 1973, 2030
Idfa location, 1280
Dayr Anba Bishoi (Barshah-Minya). See Dayr al-Barshah
Dayr Anba Bishoi (Scetis), 734-736, 735, 736, 749, 876,
879, 883, 884, 1623, 1972, 2029, 2103, 2104, 2105
keep construction, 1395-1396
pilgrimages to, 1970
Pshoi of Scetis relics at, 2029
refectories, 735-736, 2056
restored by Benjamin II, 377
Dayr Anba Bishoi (Suhaj), 736-740, 1654, 1875, 2117
apse of, 196
architectural sculpture and paintings, 739-740, 764, 770
buildings, 740
history, 736-738
inscriptions found at, 1291
murals, 1875
Pococke visit, 1349
Dayr Anba Bula, 741-744, 743, 744, 878, 1653, 1875, 1925
Bulus al-Bushi and, 423
as center of Eastern Desert monasteries, 1649
and Coptic art, 390, 541
food supplied from Bush, 427
Gabriel VII, Patriarch, restoration of, 1133, 1134
historical landmarks, 741
inscriptions, 1292
and John XVII, 1348
and John XIX, 1351
Mark VII as monk at, 1537-1538
old church, 742-744
paintings at, 1659
papyri collection, 1892
Peter VI at, 1949
pilgrims and travelers to, 1976-1977
travelers’ reports on, 722, 741, 742
Dayr Anba Daryus, 744, 840, 848, 1658, 2358
Dayr Anba Hadra, 744-747, 746, 851, 855, 870, 919, 1190, 1295, 1657
ambulatory of, 195
art and murals, 541, 747, 1874
church architecture, 554
inscriptions found at, 1291, 1293, 1295
keep construction, 1396
octagon-domed church at, 1823
refectory, 2056
see also Hadra of Aswan, Saint
Dayr Anba Helias (Naqadah), 747
Dayr Anba Helias (Wadi al-Natrun), 747-748
Dayr Anba Hiziqyal (Armant), 748
Dayr Anba Maqar, 12, 20, 37, 307, 748-756,749, 750-756, 789, 790-791, 808, 824, 825, 835, 927, 1122, 1397, 1491,1533, 1571, 1615, 1616, 1625, 1972
Abraham and George of Scetis at, 12-13
Agathon of Alexandria at, 66
Agathon the Stylite at, 69
art depicting Daniel at, 384-385
Benjamin I canon for, 376
and Catechetical School of Alexandria, 931-932
as center of Coptic ecclesiastical culture, 1459
and Christodoulus, 545
consecration of oil (myron) at, 770
and Cosmas I, 636
and Cosmas II, 636
and Cyril I, 671
and Cyril II, 675
and Demetrius II, 892
encomium on Gabriel, Archangel, in codex of, 1136
Ephraem Syrus, Saint at, 963
Gabriel I at, 1127
Gabriel II at, 1128
Garden of the Monks daily readings at, 178
Giyorgis I, Ethiopian prelate at, 1006
grave of Sawiros, Ethiopian prelate, at, 1006
hisn at, 1237
History of Joseph the Carpenter manuscript at, 1373
illuminated manuscript, 1284
Isaac, Patriarch, as monk at, 1303
Islamic-influenced Coptic art, 1311
Jacob, Saint at, 1318
James of Scetis at, 1321
and John I, 1337
and John III, the Merciful, 1337
and John IV, 1338
and John VI, 1342
and John of Parallos, 1367
and John of Scetis, 1362
keep construction, 1395-1396
Kha’il I at, 1410
Kha’il II burial site, 1412
library, 1449
Macarius I as monk at, 1487
Macarius II as monk at, 1487
manuscript on life of Paul of Tamma at, 1924, 1925
Mina I as monk at, 1631
Mina II as monk at, 1632
Onophrius, Saint, portrayed at, 1842
Ottoman impact on, 1857
papyri collection, 1892
as patriarchal residence, 1912
Peter V and, 1948, 1949
Philotheus as monk at, 1959
rebuilding of, 1535
relics of forty-nine martyrs of Scetis at, 1121
relics of Ishkirun, Saint, at, 758
relics of John Colobos at, 1361
relics of Mark, Apostolic Saint at, 376, 1532
reliefs of, 275
revival of, 755-756
Shenute I at, 2133
synod at, 360-361
and tafsir, 2198
and Testaments of the Patriarchs, 163-164
and woman monk Nabdunah, 1769
and Yuhanna, Bishop, 2355
Yusab I at, 2362
Zeno, Emperor, endowment of, 749, 1462
Dayr Anba Matiyas. See Dayr al-Fakhur
Dayr Anba Orion, 12
Dayr Anba Palaemon, 757, 822, 1657
Dayr Anba Pisentius, 757, 819, 1656
Dayr Anba Ruways. See Dayr al-Khandaq
Dayr Anba Samu’il (Naqadah). See Dayr al-Sanad
Dayr Anba Samu’il of Qalamun, 130, 758-760, 806, 845, 1615, 1650
Isaac of Qalamun and, 1304
keep construction, 1396
relics from Birma, 392
and Wadi al-Rayyan, 2311
Dayr Anba Sawirus (Asyut), 760-761, 927, 1615, 1654
Dayr Anba Shinudah. See Dayr al-Salib
Dayr Anba Shinudah (Fayyum), 1651
Dayr Anba Shinudah (Qus), 1657, 1658
Dayr Anba Shinudah (Suhaj), 60, 69, 705, 708, 734, 736, 737, 761-770, 767, 804, 836, 884, 1092, 1654, 1679, 1875, 1908, 1921, 1968, 1969
Agathonicus of Tarsus treatises at, 69-70
Alexander Romance fragment found at, 2059
apse of, 196
architecture, 617, 766-769, 767, 768
art, 617
assets, 1641, 1642
Besa, Abbot, 378-379
codex on Gabriel, Archangel, at, 1136
codex of Gregory of Nyssa at, 1184-1185
codex on Heraclides, Saint, at, 1220
codex of Theodosius of Jerusalem at, 2242
codices on John of Lycopolis at, 1365
codices on Raphael, Archangel, at, 2053
Coptic sculpture in stone, 2117
Coptic text of prayer from Apostolic Tradition (Hippolytus) at, 1235
Coptic texts at, 1452-1453, 1456; see also specific names
Coptic translations of Old Testament at, 1837-1838
cultic niches at, 553
deuterarios of, 895
and Hamai of Kahyor, Saint, 1204
history, 761-765
inscriptions at, 1291, 1292, 1448
khizanahs at, 1414
and legend of Eusignius, Saint, 1071-1072
and legend of Panine and Paneu, 1880
library, 1448, 1452
manuscript on Eustathius of Thrace at, 1073
manuscript of Evodius of Rome homily at, 1078-1079
manuscript fragments of John Chrysostom at, 1358
manuscript of History of Joseph the Carpenter at, 1373
manuscript on life of Paul of Tamma at, 1925
manuscript mention of Gregory of Nazianzus at, 1183-1184
manuscript on Philip of Anatolia at, 1956
and miracles of Mercurius of Caesarea, 1592
Pamin, Saint, honored at, 1878
Paphnutius celebrated at, 1882
papyrus collection, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
papyrus discoveries, 1900
Pococke visit to, 1349
Seth as archimandrite of, 2121
Shenute as archimandrite of, 2131-2133
Shenute iconography at, 538-539, 539
Thomas, Saint, typika at, 2256
and Victor of Tabennese, Saint, 2308
visited and described by Vansleb (Wansleben), Johann Michael, 2299
Zenobios burial site at, 2371
Dayr Anba Yuhannis, Kiha’il II as monk at, 1412
Dayr Andarawus. See Dayr Abu al-Lif
Dayr Apa Agenios, 1657
Dayr Apa Anub (al-Ashmunayn). See Dayr Abu Nub
Dayr Apa Anub (Wadi al-Natrun), 770
Dayr Apa Apollo. See Bawit
Dayr Apa Hor (Sawadab), 770-771, 1974
Dayr Apa Hor (Siryaqus), 771-772
Dayr Apa Ishaq (Isna), 772, 1656
Dayr Apa Jeremiah (Damietta). See Monasteries of the Daqahliyyah
Province
Dayr Apa Jeremiah (Jirja), 1657
Dayr Apa Jeremiah (Saqqara), 34, 262, 718, 772-779, 918, 1587,
1642, 1649, 1653, 1888
archaeology, 773-776, 777, 778, 2040
archimandrite at, 193
architectural sculpture, 776-777, 776, 1753; see also subhead
sculpture in stone
art at, 389, 2004; see also related subheads
art depicting Abraham and Isaac, 383
and Byzantine influences on Coptic art, 241
and Christian subjects in Coptic art, 532-533
Coptic glass excavations, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146
deuterarios at, 895
founder of, 193, 532-533
frescoes of Virgin Enthroned at, 542, 543
fresco of Onophrius, Saint, at, 1842
hall from in Coptic Museum (Old Cairo), 608
hegumenos title used at, 1216
and Hor, 1254
inscriptions found at, 1291, 1293
murals, 1875
musical instruments, 1739, 1740
paintings, 777-779, 1659, 1660
proestos at, 2021
sculpture in stone at, 2117
stelae from, 2149
Dayr Apa Macarius. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Apa Nob. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Apa Phoibammon, 779-781, 786, 857, 918, 1093, 1656, 1657, 1874
Abraham of Hermonthis as abbot of, 13
ancient correspondence found at, 400-401
archives of, 226, 227
excavations directed by Bachatly, Charles, 323
library, 1448
papyri collection, 1891
Pisentius of Qift as monk at, 1979
Dayr Apa Psote. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Apa Sergius. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Apa Thomas, 781, 1655, 1654
Dayr al-‘Arabah. See Dayr Anba Antuniyus
Dayr al-Arba‘i Shahid (Dayr Theophilus), 1658
Dayr Ard al-Hajiz, 927
Dayr Arganus. See Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha)
Dayr al-Arman, 782
Armenian inscriptions, 1290
Dayr Arsaniyus. See Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah)
Dayr al-‘Asal (Minyat Bani Khasib), 782, 784, 1654
Dayr Asfal al-Ard, 95, 782-783, 1646
Dayr al-‘Askar, 783, 818, 837, 871, 1649, 1652
Dayr ‘Atiyyah, 782, 784, 1653, 1655
Dayr al-‘Awanah (Asyut), 784, 1655, 1971
Dayr al-‘Ayn. See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Qamulah)
Dayrayn (village), 1652
Dayr al-‘Aysh. See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il
Dayr al-‘Azab (Fayyum), 784-785, 1650, 1651
Abraam I, Saint, gravesite, 10
Dayr Azilun. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr Babilun al-Daraj, 1647
Dayr al-Badla. See Dayr al-Maymun
Dayr al-Baghl. See Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah)
Dayr al-Bahri. See Dayr Apa Phoibammon
Dayr al-Bakarah. See Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Jabal al-Tayr); Dayr al-
‘Adhra’ (Samalut); Dayr Mar Mina (Jabal Abu Fudah)
Dayr al-Bakhit (Luxor), 728, 779, 785-786, 849, 1655, 1656
Dayr Bakhum (Akhmim), 1655
Dayr Bakhtim (Idfu). See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il
Dayr al-Bala‘yzah, 50, 786-787, 1073, 1389, 1539, 1654
refectories of, 2056
Dayr al-Ballas (Qift), 787-788, 1656
Dayr Balujah, 788, 1654
Dayr Bamwiyyah, 1651
Dayr al-Banat, 788-789, 789, 1647, 1651
church of Mercurius of Caesarea, 1594
as convent, 2325
Dayr Banub. See Dayr Abu Nub
Dayr al-Baramus, 7, 10, 12, 789-794, 790, 791, 792, 1395-1396, 1576, 2103, 2105
Abraam I at, 10
architecture, 791-794, 792, 793, 2056
Christodoulus at, 544
and Cyril V, 677, 1693
and Cyril VI, 678
and Dayr Abu Musa al-‘Aswad, 708
Isidhurus at, 1307
John XIV at, 1347
John XVI at, 1347
John XIX at, 1351
Matthew III at, 1571
Matthew IV at, 1571
Moses the Black’s relics at, 1681
and reconstruction of Dayr Anba Samu’il of Qalamun, 759, 760
Scetis location, 2102, 2105
sculpture in stone at, 2113, 2116-2117
Yohannes I, Ethiopian prelate, at, 1001
Yuhanna al-Maqsi at, 2358
see also al-Baramusi, Father Antonios
Dayr Barjanus. See Dayr Anba Bakhum (Barjanus-Minya)
Dayr al-Barshah and Dayr al-Nakhlah, 771, 794-796, 1255, 1654
Dayr Bawlos. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Bayt Isus. See Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha)
Dayr bi’l-Habash, 796
Dayr al-Bisrah (Busrah) (Asyut), 796-797, 1655
Dayr Bisuis. See Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha)
Dayr Bu Bagham, 927
Dayr Bu Magham. See Dayr Abu Bifam (Tima)
Dayr Buqtur of Shu, 797-798, 811, 1655
Dayr Bu Sawirus, 927
Dayr Butrus Wa Bulus. See Dayr al-Qasriyyah
Dayr Colluthus. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Dhat al-Safa, 1651
Dayr al-Dik, 798-799, 847, 1654
and Christian subjects in Coptic art, 533
foundations of, 146
Dayr Dimushiyyah, 1651
Dayr Disya, 1651
Dayr Durunkah, 799, 855, 856, 1654
pilgrimages to, 1970
Dayr Ebifania, 800
Dayr Epiphanius, 800-802, 817, 857, 1078, 1656
church at Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qurnah, 2128
inscriptions found at, 1291
mummification, 1697
Pisentius archives at, 1456
wall inscriptions, 689
weaving, 1641
Dayr al-Fakhuri, 802-805, 803 804, 1653, 1656, 1875, 2056
Dayr al-Ganadlah, 1654
Dayr al-Ghanayim, 805, 1658
Dayr Ghubriyal, 805, 1658
Dayr al-Habash, Peter V burial at, 1949
Dayr al-Habis (Monastery of the Hermits), 38
Dayr al-Hadid, 805, 1653
Dayr al-Hajar, 806, 1658
Dayr al-Hamamah. See Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Qus)
Dayr Hamas. See Dayr al-‘Awanah
Dayr al-Hamidat, 1109
Dayr al-Hammam (Dayr Abu Ishaq), 37, 806-807, 1650
Dayr al-Hanadah. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr al-Haraqal. See Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah)
Dayr Harmina (Asyut), 808, 1655
Dayr al-Hawa. See Dayr al-Nasara (Antinoopolis); Dayr
Sunbat
Dayr Helias. See Scetis
Dayr Ibsidiyyah. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr al-Ikhwah, 808, 1651
Dayr al-‘Adhra’ as duplicate of, 714
John III at, 1337
Dayr Isidorus. See Dayr al-Madinah
Dayr Isus. See Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha)
Dayr al-‘Izam (Monastery of the Bones) (Asyut), 809-810, 809, 842, 1654
Dayr Jabal al-Tayr. See Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Samalut)
Dayr al-Jabrawi (Asyut), 114, 810-812, 811, 812, 853, 1653
Dayr al-Janadlah. See Dayr Abu Maqrufah
Dayr al-Jaradawi, 788
Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha), 813, 1972
Dayr al-Jawli, 814
Dayr al-Jazirah (Monastery of the Island). See Dayr al-Rumaniyyah
Dayr Jimyanah. See Dayr Sitt Dimyanah
Dayr al-Jizaz. See Dayr al-Sanad
Dayral-Ju‘, 814, 1654
Dayr al-Jud. See Dayr al-Mayun
Dayr al-Jummayzah. See Dayr Anba Antuniyus; Dayr al-Maymun
Dayr al-Kahmas. See Dayr al-Ballas
Dayr Karfunah, 927
Dayr al-Karram. See Dayr Nahya
Dayr Katreh. See Dayr al-Shalwit
Dayr al-Khadim, 145, 814, 860, 861
Dayr al-Khandaq, 23, 814-815, 1517, 1647
Anba Ruways buried at, 129
contemporary patriarchal residence at site of, 1913
Gabriel VI buried at, 1133
Matthew I tomb at, 1570
relics of Mark, Apostolic Saint, at, 1532
Dayr al-Kharbah, 1655, 1656
Dayr Kharfunah. See Dayr al-Muttin
Dayr al-Khasab. See Dayr al-Naqlun
Dayr al-Kubaniyyah, 815-816, 816, 851, 1657
ambulatory of, 195
and church architecture in Egypt, 554
octagon-domed church at, 1823
Dayr al-Kulah. See Dayr Mar Buqtur (Qamulah)
Dayr Kyriakus. See Dayr Epiphanius
Dayr al-Madinah, 816-818, 857, 1620, 1656, 1874
Cerny, Jaroslav, and, 511
and costume of the religious, 653
excavated under du Bourguet, Pierre, 414
Dayr al-Ma’dudi. See Dayr Abu Halbanah
Dayr al-Madwid. See Dayr al-Sab‘at Jibal
Dayr Magharat Shaqalqil, 1974
Dayr al-Maghtis, 818-819, 870, 1649, 1652
destroyed during patriarchate of John XI, 1345
Zar’a Ya‘qob’s grief at destruction of, 1053
Dayr al-Majma‘, 757, 819-821, 1656
Dayr al-Malak, 822, 1657
Dayr al-Malak al-Bahri (Cairo). See Dayr al-Khandaq
Dayr al-Malak (Dakhlah Oasis), 822, 822
Dayr al-Malak Ghubriyal. See Dayr al-Naqlun
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Akhmim), 78, 823, 823, 1655, 1974
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Fayyum), 713, 815, 820, 821, 824, 865
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Fayyum), papyrus collection, 1899
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Idfu), 825, 1656
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Jirja), 825-826, 1657
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Maraghah), 826, 1654
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Naj al-Dayr), 826-827, 827
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Naqadah), 827
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Qamulah), 827-828, 828, 1656, 1658
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Qina), 1656, 1657
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Qus), 1656, 1657, 1658
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (al-Rayramun), 828-829, 1654
Dayr Manawus. See Dayr al-Shuhada’ (Isna)
Dayr Mansur. See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Idfu)
Dayr Maqrufiyus, 705
Dayr Mar Buqtur (Jeme). See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Mar Buqtur (Naqadah). See Dayr al—Malak Mikha’il
(Qamulah)
Dayr Mar Buqtur (Qamulah), 554, 829-830, 830, 1656, 1657
Dayr Mar Buqtur (Qus). See Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Qus)
Dayr Mar Hanna. See Dayr al-Tin
Dayr Mar Jirjis (Dimiqrat), 830-831, 1650, 1656
pilgrimages to, 1972
Dayr Mar Jirjis al-Hadidi, 78, 713, 831-833, 1657
Dayr Mar Jirjis (Naqadah). See Dayr al-Majma’
Dayr Mar Kyriakos, 1657
Dayr Mar Mina (Gharbiyyah), 707, 833, 1652
Dayr Mar Mina (Hiw/Nag Hammadi), 717, 833-834, 1656
Dayr Mar Mina (Ibyar), 1652
Dayr Mar Mina (Jabal Abu Fudah), 834
Dayr Mar Murqus al-Rasuli. See Qurnat Mar‘i
Dayr Marqurah, 1654
Dayr Marquryus. See Dayr Abu Sayfayn (Cairo); Dayr al-Malak
Mikha’il (Idfu)
Dayr Mar Stefanos, 1657
Dayr Mart Maryam, 835, 1655
Dayr Mar Tumas, 78, 835-836, 835
Dayr al-Matmar, 836-837, 836, 1656
Dayr Matra, 837
Dayr Mawas. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr al-Maymah (Gharbiyyah), 783, 837-838, 871, 1652, 1649
Dayr al-Maymun, 838-839, 839, 1653
pilgrims and travelers to, 1977
restoration of, 1134
Dayr al-Mazall, 843
Dayr al-Mightas, 871
Dayr Mikha’il al-Qibli, 927, 1647
Dayr Minyat Tanah. See Dayr al-Maghtis
Dayr al-Misaykrah, 839-840, 840
Dayr al-Muharib. See Dayr al-Amir Tadrus (Luxor)
Dayr al-Muharraq, 784, 840-841, 1118, 1654, 1736
Abraam I, Saint, vows at, 10
Clerical College at, 564
Ethiopian monks at, 765, 1039, 2191
Gabriel IV as monk at, 1130
Gabriel VII restoration of, 1134
icons of Astasi al-Rumi at, 294
Iqladiyus Labib and, 1302
Isidhurus, Bishop, at, 1307
John XII at, 1346
John XIII at, 1346
keep construction, 1395
manuscript on Macrobius at, 705
and Matewos, Ethiopian prelate, at, 1039
Matthew I at, 1569
pilgrimages to, 1969
Dayr al-Muharraqah, 841-842, 1653
Dayr Musa. See Dayr Sitt Dimyanah
Dayr Mustafa Kashif, 842, 1658
Dayr al-Muttin, 842-843, 1654
Dayr Nahya (Giza), 843, 1652
Dayr al-Nakhlah. See Dayr al-Barshah and Dayr al-Nakhlah
Dayr al-Namus (Armant), 844, 1656
Dayr al-Naqlun, 758, 788, 845-846, 1650, 1651
pilgrimages to, 1972
Yuna (Jonas) of Armant at, 2358
Dayr al-Nasara (Antinoopolis), 847, 1654
confused with Dayr al-Dik, 798
foundations of, 146
Dayr al-Nasara (Armant), 847-848, 1656
confused with Dayr al-Misaykrah, 839-840
Dayr al-Nasara (Asyut), 848
Dayr al-Nastur, 712, 796, 848, 862, 1647
Theodosius II buried at, 2242
Dayr Nujtuhur. See Monasteries in the Province of Qalyubiyyah
Dayr al-Numurah. See Dayr Anba Bula
Dayr al-Nuzhah, 1647
Dayr Onophrios. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr Pampane. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr Papnute. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Patermuthius. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Pei-Isus. See Dayr al-Jarnus (Maghagha)
Dayr Philemon. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr Philuthawus. See Dayr al-Nastur
Dayr Pisentius (Luxor). See Monasteries of Upper Egypt
Dayr Pisentius (Naqadah). See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Naqadah)
Dayr Posidonios, 849, 1656
Dayr al-Qalamun. See Dayr Anba Samu’il of Qalamun
Dayr Qamulah al-Qibli. See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Qamulah)
Dayr al-Qasanun, 1653
Dayr al-Qasriyyah, 849-850, 1653
Dayr Qattan, 1658
Dayr Qibriyus, 850, 1646
Dayr al-Qiddis Yuhannis. See Dayr al-Saqiyah
Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa, 850-852, 851, 852, 1657
octagon-domed church at, 1823
Dayr Qurnat Mar‘i. See Qurnat Mar‘i
Dayr al-Qurqas, 78, 852, 1655
Dayr al-Qusayr, 853, 1653, 1654
Murqus ibn Qanbar at, 1699
octagon-domed church at, 1823-1824
Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah), 853-855, 855, 1395, 2358
Dayr al-Rahibat, 1647
Dayr Rifah, 1654
Dayr al-Ris, 1658
Dayr al-Rum, 1680
Dayr al-Rumaniyyah, 856, 1657
Dayr al-Rumi, 729, 856-857, 1656
Dayr al-Rusul. See Monasteries of the Middle Sa‘id
Dayr al-Sab‘at Jibal, 78, 700, 852, 857-858, 1655
Dayr Sabrah. See Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il
Dayr al-Safsafah. See Dayr al-Sab‘at Jibal
Dayr Saft al-Khammar. See Dayr ‘Atiyyah
Dayr al-Salib, 703, 704, 858-860, 859, 1656
Dayr al-Sanad, 860
Dayr Sannuris, 1651
Dayr al-Sanquriyyah, 860-861, 1653, 1974
Dayr al-Khadim link with, 814
Dayr al-Saqiyah, 861, 1656
Dayr Anba Hiziqyal link with, 748
Dayr Sawadah. See Dayr Apa Hor (Minya)
Dayr Saylah. See Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Fayyum); Dayr al-Hammam
Dayr al-Shahid Philuthawaus (Jirja), 861-862
Dayr al-Shahid Tadrus al-Muharib, 862, 862
Dayr al-Shahid Tadrus (Qamulah). See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr al-Shahid Tadrus (Qift). See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Dayr Shahran, 862-863, 1570, 1653
and Barsum the Naked, Saint, 348-349
burial of Benjamin II at, 378
Mark IV as monk at, 1536
Peter V as abbot of, 1948
Dayr al-Shalla, 788, 1651
Dayr al-Shalwit, 863, 864, 1656
hermitages found nearby, 1225
Dayr al-Sham‘, 863, 865, 1652
Paphnutius the Hermit death and relics at, 712, 1883
Dayr al-Shaykhah. See Dayr al-Kubaniyyah
Dayr al-Shayyatin (Monastery of the Demons), 863
Dayr Shubra Kalsa, 1652
Dayr al-Shuhada’ (Akhmim), 78, 713, 823, 865-866, 866, 1655
Dayr al-Shuhada’ (Isna), 772, 866-870, 867, 870, 1656, 1875
pilgrimages to, 1972
Dayr Sim‘an, 870
see also Dayr Anba Hadra
Dayr Sitt Dimyanah, 40, 79-80, 79, 707, 729, 818, 819, 838, 870- 872, 871, 1649, 1652, 2325
Christian altars, 107
churches of, 713, 757
pilgrimages to, 1968, 1969
Dayr al-Sultan (Jerusalem), 358, 872-874, 1327
and Ceremony of the Holy Light, 1248
and Haile Selassie I, 1198
and Matewos, Ethiopian prelate, 1039
represented at Florence, Council of, 1119
Dayr Sunbat, 875-876, 1654
Dayr al-Suryan, 23, 107, 791, 876-881, 883, 884, 1532, 1646, 2105-2106
art at, 527, 1311, 2195
church altar, 107
church architecture, 554
Dayr Anba Bishoi counterpart, 734
Gabriel VII as priest in, 1131
Isidhurus as abbot at, 1307
Islamic-influenced Coptic art, 1311, 1311
khizanah in church at, 1415
library, 1449
and Makari al-Suryani, 2091
pilgrimages to, 1972
and Shenouda III, 2130
and Simon I, 2138
Syriac inscriptions, 1290
DayrTadrus, 1647, 1654
DayrTasa, 881, 1351, 1655, 1971
Dayr al-Tayr. See Dayr al-‘Adhra’ (Jabal al-Jayr)
Dayr Theophilus, 1658
Dayr al-Tin, 796, 881-882, 1647
Dayr al-Tinadah. See Dayr Abu Bifam (Asyut)
Dayr Ton Ethiopon. See Dayr al-Muharraq
Dayr Turah. See Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah)
Dayr al-Turfah, 882
Dayr Umm ‘Ali. See Dayr al-Rumaniyyah
Dayr al-Wustani. See Dayr al-Shuhada’
Dayr Yuhanna (Damanhur Shubra), 882
Dayr Yuhannis (al-Minshah), 883, 1657
Dayr Yuhannis Kama, 883, 1412
Dayr Yuhannis al-Qasir (Asyut). See Dayr al-‘Izam (Asyut)
Dayr Yuhannis al-Qasir (Wadi al-Natrun), 883-884
Dayr al-Yunan. See Dayr al-Qusayr (Turah)
Dayr al-Zakawah, 1651
Dayr al-Zawiyah, 884, 1654
Dayr al-Zaytun (Sharunah), 2128
Dayr al-Zujaj. See Enaton, the
Days, epagomenal (intercalary), 439
Days of the week
Saturday, 2098-2100
Sunday, 2159-2160
Days of the year, Abraxas, 14
Dayumidis. See Diomede (martyr)
Dayut, Dayr Abu Sarabam in 709-7 10
Day of worship. See Sabbath
Deacon, 885-886
apostles and, 2015
Didascalia on, 899
fan use by, 1473
and laying-on of hands, 1432
and liturgical music, 1719, 1721, 1729, 1737, 1738
and liturgical vestments, 1477, 1478
musical role, 1910
origination of rank, 885, 886-887
place in ecclesiastical hierarchy, 1229, 2016
ritual book for, 1729, 1737
see also Subdeacon
Deacon and archdeacon, ordination of, 886-888
Deaconess, 888
Didascalia on, 899
Dead, prayer for the, 889
Dead Sea Scrolls of the Essenes, 1148
De anima et resurrectione (Gregory of Nyssa), 1184-1185, 1958
Death
funerary murals, 1873
gnosticism on, 1156
mourning customs, 1686
mummification, 1696-1697, 1865
mummy labels, 1698
netherworld, 1499
prayer for the dead, 889
tombstone inscriptions with lamentations, 1293-1294
see also Afterlife; Burial rites; Cemeteries; Funerary customs;
Martyrs; Mummification; Stela; Tombs
Debt. See Law of obligations
Decius (martyr), 1554, 1559
Decius, Emperor, 889-891
Encomium of Claudius on persec,utions of, 1193
and martyrdom of Mercurius of Caesarea, 1592
patriarch under, 1914
persecutions under, 909, 911, 1868, 1936
successor, 2298
Decius, governor of Turicum (Zurich), 1082, 1110, 2057
and martyrdom of Exuperantius, Saint, 1082
Decoration, Coptic interlacing motif, 251-252
De deitate Filii et Spiritus Sancti (Gregory of Nyssa), 1184
Defense of Origen (Eusebius and Pamphilus), 471, 1071, 1879
Defensor ecclesiae, 891
De fide (Agathonicus of Tarsus), 69, 70
Defrocking of priests, 891, 1931
De haeresibus, 71
Deir Omali. See Dayr al-Rtimaniyyah
De Legatione ad Gaium (Philo of Alexandria), 1956
Delehaye, H., as Coptic hagiographer, 1191
Della Valle, Pietro. See Pietro delle Valle
Demel, H., 815
Demetrius I, Patriarch, 891-893, 1471, 1866, 1999, 2083
and baptism of Dionysius the Great, 909
Book of Epact, 409-411
dates of patriarchy, 1914
on Easter date-setting, 1104
encomium in honor of, 1117
and Heraclas, Saint, 1219
marital chastity of, 1543
and nuns, 1822
and Origen, 470, 609, 1219, 1847, 1851, 1855
and orthodox Christianity in Egypt, 1222
and Pantaenus, 1881
recognition of Coptic fasts, 1094
Demetrius II, Patriarch, 713, 893
Demetrius II, Patriarch
and Atnatewos, Ethiopian prelate, 1037
and Cyril V, Patriarch, 677
dates of patriarchy, 1919
election of successor, 1911
and founding of Coptic school at Asyut, 2197
and Sa‘d Mikha’il ‘Abdu, 2073
Tadrus al-Mashriqi as historian of, 2197
Demetrius of Antioch, 894-895, 1961
and Cycle of John Chrysostom and Demetrius, 667, 1358
and John Chrysostom, 1358
in Nubian liturgy, 1816
and Victor Stratelates, Saint, 2305, 2306-2307
Demon possession
and healings in Coptic community, 1212-1214
James, Saint, power to exorcise, 1320
Paul the Simple’s power over, 1923
Demons, depiction in Coptic art, 370-371, 385-386
Demosthenes, 1889
Demotic writing, 1169
De Nativitate (Demetrius of Antioch), 894
Dendera. See Dandarah
Den Heijer, J., 1573
Denis of Paris, Saint, 908
Denmark, Coptic collections, 1703
De placitis Manichaeorum (Alexander of Lycopolis), 87-88
Deposit. See Law, Coptic: Private Law
De principiis (Origen), 1847, 1852, 1853-1854, 1855
De processione Spiritus Sancti (Anselm of Canterbury), 1113
Derdekeas, 1901-1902
Dermataus of Pemje, Saint, 2083
Dermatawus. See Patermuthius, Saint
A Description of the East and Some Other Countries (Pococke), 1983
Description de l’Egypte (Villoteau), 1742, 1977
Desert. See Caves; Hermits; Kellia; Monasteries of the Eastern
Desert; Monasteries of the Western Desert; Nitria; Oasis; Scetis
Desert fathers, 894
Ammonius of Kellia, 113-114, 894
Apophthegmata patrum on, 177-178
Armenian settlement, 234
Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, 240-241
and British Isles Christian converts, 417-418
Copres, Saint, on, 598
exclusion of women, 1663
John Colobos, Saint, 1359-1361
Onophrius, Saint, 1841
see also Asceticism; Anchoresis; Monasticism, Pachomian
De spiritu et littera (Saint Augustine), 1930
De trinitate (Augustine), 1114-1115
Deuterarios, 895
Deuterocanonical books. See Apocryphal literature
Dévaud, Eugène Victor, 895
Devil
iconography of, 247-248, 249
renunciation in baptismal liturgy, 339-340
see also Antichrist; Demon possession; Satan “Devil traps”, 1508
De viris illustribus (Saint Jerome), 1920, 1921
Dhimmis. See Ahl al-Dhimmah
Diaconia, 209, 895-896, 1826
Diadems, marriage, 1544
Dialects. See Appendix
Dialogue of the Savior, 897-898
Diapolis Magna. See Karnak; Luxor
Diatonic progression, 1721-1722, 1722
Dictionaries
Arabic-French, 1284-1285
Armenian, 1424
Coptic, 614, 661, 1424, 2107, 2145
Copto-Arabic, 34, 1267, 1302, 1748
Greek, 1227
see also Appendix; Coptological studies; Grammars
Didache, 179, 180, 898-899
on absolution, 17
on confession, 584
hosanna in, 1258
on immersion, 1285-1286
Didascalia, 898, 899-900
Arabic translation, 20
as basis for the Apostolic Constitutions, 179
and bishops, 394
copied by Ibrahim ibn Sulayman al-Najjar al-Miri, 1273
on Eucharistic fast, 1063
on Holy Communion on Saturday, 2098
on the seven canonical hours, 446-448
on use of candles in church, 445
Didaskaleion (Alexandria), 231
Didius Julianus, Emperor,
patriarch under, 1914
“Didymian Comma” (musical tonal interval), 1731
Didymus the Blind, 900, 1448, 1876, 1885
anathematization, 1076-1077
anti-Manichaeism, 1522
Antony of Egypt and, 150
and Catechetical School of Alexandria, 100-101, 470, 471, 564, 931
Coptic liturgy authorship, 1733
and filioque justification, 1115
and identity of Heraclides in Passion, 1220-1221
and Origen, 1855
and papyrus discoveries, 854, 1899
translated by Jerome, Saint, 1323
Didymus Institute for the Blind, 564, 1737, 2091
Didymus of Tarshjebi, Saint, 2083
Dier. See Dayr
Diethart, J. M., 2022
Difnar, 63, 900-901, 1728, 1986
and celebration of Suriel the Trumpeter, 2160
and the Copto-Arabic Synaxarion, 2174
on flight into Egypt, 1117-1118
and watus, 2320
Digamy, 901, 1544-1545
Dikaion, 901-902
Dikhaylah, al-. See Enaton, the
Dikirnis, 1649
Dimayrah, 902-903
Dimiqrat. See Dayr Mar Jirjis (Dimiqrat)
Dimyanah, Saint, 819, 838, 871
icon of, 1279
see also Dayr Sitt Dimyanah; Dimyanah and her forty virgins
Dimyanah and her forty virgins, 903, 1087, 1554, 2324
Din, Fu’ad Siraj, al-, 1991
Dinushar, 903
Diocletian, Emperor, 24, 55, 93, 904-908, 1485
and Alexandria, 96
Anatolius under, 128
and beginning of Byzantine era in Egypt, 942
and dating of Coptic artifacts, 694
and destruction Qift, 2038
and George, Saint, 1139–1140
and Great Persecution, 88, 379, 730, 845, 903, 919, 1424, 1489, 1548, 1549, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1865, 1869, 1936-1937, 1943, 1944, 1960-1961, 1963-1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 2031
impact on Greek language and culture in Egypt, 1167-1168, 1171, 1179, 1180
Justus, Saint, on, 1386
Manichaeism edict, 1521
and martyrdom of Apaiule and Tolemaeus, Saints, 153
and martyrdom of Ascla, Saint, 283
and martyrdom of Epimachus of Pelusium, Saint, 965
and martyrdom of Epima, Saint, 965
and martyrdom of Hesychius, Saint, 1226
and martyrdom of Nabraha, Saint, 1770
and martyrdom of Olympius, Saint, 1840
and martyrdom of Shenufe, Saint, 2130
martyrdoms under, 1305, 1307; see also subhead Great
Persecution; specific martyrs
and martyrdom of Ter and Erai, Saints, 2209
and martyrdom of Theban Legion, 2231
and martyrdom of Til, 2261
and martyrdom of Tolemaus, Saint, 2271
and martyrdom of Victor of Solothurn and Geneva, Saint, 2302
and martyrdom of Victor Stratelates, Saint, 2303
and martyrs at al-Bahnasa, 330
military reforms of, 236-237
patriarch under, 1914
persecutions chronicled by Eusebius of Caesarea, 1069-1070, 1071
and Psote of Psoï, 203 1-2032
reforms of, 135, 236-237, 943, 2007-2008, 2009, 2022-2023
Socrates as historian of, 2142
and taxation reforms, 135
and Theban Legion, 2231
Theodotus of Ancyra on, 2243
Theonas patriarchy and initial tolerance of Christianity by, 2245-2246
visits to Egypt by, 2063, 2066
Diocletian Era, 434, 972
Diocletianopolis. See Qus
Diodora (martyr), 1553
Diodore of Tarsus, 174, 1672, 2017
Diogenes, 1944, 1958
Diolkos, 461, 908
Diomede (martyr), 1554
Dionysiaka (Nonnos of Panopolis), 1759, 1799, 1865
Dionysian Era of the Incarnation, in the Coptic calendar, 434
Dionysius (anchorite), 1650
Dionysius, Antiochene Patriarch of Syria, 1534
Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth (circa 170), 908
Dionysius the Areopagite, 908-909
Dionysius Exiguus (Scythian monk), 1103, 1906
Latin translation of Life of Pachomius by, 1861
Dionysius the Great, Patriarch, 81, 909-912, 1638, 1934, 1936
and burial, 425-426
and Catechetical School of Alexandria, 472, 2245
dates of patriarchy, 1914
on Easter observance date, 81, 912, 1905
epistles to Basilides, 1612
and Heraclas, Saint, 1219
and homoousion concept, 1253
on Mareotis, 1526
on martyrdoms, 1549
and Origen, 1851
and persecutions of Decius, Emperor, 890, 1936
poetry on, 1985, 1986
successor, 1574-1575
Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite, on censer use, 1472
Dionysus (pagan deity)
depicted in tapestry, 2222, 2224
depiction in Coptic art, 73, 1758-1760, 1759, 1760
Dioscorus I, Saint and Patriarch, 93, 912-915, 1583, 2033
and Chalcedon, Council of, 512-515, 1673, 1786, 1787, 2236
Christology, 524-525, 1699
Coptic texts on, 1455
dates of patriarchy, 1915
encomium on Macarius, 400, 1882
and Leo I the Great, 1440, 1441, 1442
on nature of Christ. See subhead Christology
and Peter III Mongus, 1947
sainthood and feast day, 2083
supported by monks at the Enaton, 956
support for Eutyches’s anti-Nestorianism, 961-962, 1074-1075
and Timothy II Aelurus, 2264
Dioscorus II, Patriarch, 915
and Acacian schism, 45-46
dates of patriarchy, 1915
Dioscorus, Bishop of Damanhur, 113, 686, 915-916
Dioscorus and Aesculapius (martyrs), 1554
Dioscorus of Aphrodito, 916, 1644, 1731
archives of, 226
as exponent of Greco-Coptic society, 946-947, 1168, 1178, 1181
Dios, Saint, 912, 1120, 1554
Diptychs, 1567
Dira’ Abu al-Naja, plateau of, 786
Disciples. See Apostles; specific disciples
Discourse against Arius and Sabellius (Didymus), 900
Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth, 916-917
Diseases. See Communion of the sick; Black Death; Healings in
Coptic literature; Medicine; Plagues; Unction of the sick
Dishes. See Missoria; Tableware
Dispute with the Cilicians (Agathonicus of Tarsus), 69
Dispute with Justin the Samaritan about the Resurrection
(Agathonicus of Tarsus), 69
“A Dissertation on the Falsifications by Heretics of the Works of Origen” (Rufinus), 2068
Dissolution of marriage. See Divorce; Marriage; Personal status law
Divine Liturgies of Coptic Orthodox Church, 120-121
Divine Logos. See Christ, nature of; Logos
Divinity of Christ. See Christ, nature of
Divjak, Johannes, and Pelagianism, 1930
Divorce, 1119, 1462
civil regulations, 1088
Coptic justifications for, 1542, 1543
Coptic law on, 1088, 1428, 1942-1943
Diyab, Tawfiq, 1990
Djeme
papyrus collection, 780, 1895
see also Madinat Habu; Memnonia
Djinkim. See Appendix
Docetism, 917, 1583
and Cerinthus, 511
and Julian, Bishop, 1379
on nature of Christ, 547
Doctors. See Medicine, Coptic
Doctrina apostolorum, 898
Dodekaschoenus Kingdom (Nubia)
Greek language use, 1170, 1171
see also Nubia
Dolls
made of wood, 2340
for magical spells, 1509, 1510
Dolphins, as symbols, 1598, 2 166-2167, 2169
Dome, 209-210
Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies, Cairo, 918
Dominicans in Egypt, 918
Domitian, Emperor, 1375
Domitius, Saint. See Maximus and Domitius, Saints
Domitius Celsus, Emperor, 906
Domnus, Archbishop of Antioch, 1074, 1670
Donation of children, 918-919
Donations, 1430
see also Law, Coptic: Private law
Donatism, 919-921, 1935
Constantine I and, 589
Donatus, Bishop, 920-921
Dongola, 921-922
and Baqt Treaty, 343
basilica, 1807, 1808-1809, 1808
as episcopal see of Nubia, 1813
and Islamization of Nubia, 1803-1804
as medieval city, 1514
and Nubian archaeology, medieval, 1805
Nubian Christian architecture in, 1807-1809
visited by Ibn Salim al-Aswani, 1271
Doors, wooden, 2331-2333, 2332-2333
Doresse, J., 726, 849, 1899
Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Feast of the. See Theotokos, Feast of the
Dorotheus (elder), and Gabriel, Archangel, 1127
Dorotheus (Theban ascetic), 1931
Dorotheus, Bishop of Isna, 772, 866
Dorotheus, Bishop of Pelusium, 1089
Dorotheus, Bishop of Thessalonica, 45
Dorotheus and Theopista, and Michael, Archangel, 1618, 1619
Doss Khillah family, 1991
Dotawo, 922-923
and Islamization of Nubia, 1803
and Jabal ‘Adda, 1315
and Nobatia, 1797
Nubian church organization at, 1813
and Nubian languages and literature, 1816
Qasr Ibrim as center, 2037
Double-entry bookkeeping, 54
Doxology, 923-924, 1727-1728
Gloria in excelsis, 1147
honoring Raphael, Archangel, 205
and sab‘ah wa-arba‘ah, 2071
and watus, 2321
Draguet, René, 924
Drawloom, 2216
Dream of Nectanebo (first Greek prose fiction), 1169
Drescher, James Anthony Bede, 924
Drioton, (Chanoine) Etienne Marie Felix, 924
Drovetti, B., 1894
Drum, 1738
Dualism, 1519, 1521
Dubernat, Father, 1330
Duchesne, Louis, 925
Duke Street (London). See Coptic Street
Duke University, 1895
Duksar. See Porch
Dulaurier, Jean Paul Louis François Edouard Leuge, 925
Du Mans, Belon, 1977
Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C., 1596, 1598, 1600, 1714
Dumerah. See Dimayrah
Dumyat, 89, 925-926
bishops of, 1541-1542
Crusades and, 3 14-315
Dayr Apa Jeremiah, 1649
Franciscan friary, 1121, 1122, 1123
French governor, 1417
Metropolitan See of, 1613-1614
Dürer, Albrecht, 1532
Durr al-Thamin, al-, 431, 926
Durunkab, 926-927
Dayr Abu Bifam in, 697
monasteries in region, 799, 856
Dush, 927-928
Duwayr, al-, 928
Dyeing, in manufacture of Coptic textiles, 2214-2215
Dynamic Monarchians, 1637-1638
Dyophysites, vs. Monophysites in Alexandria, 97, 99, 101

E_______________________

Eagle, as Coptic art symbol, 2167-2169, 2170
Early History of the Christian Church (Duchesne), 925
Earrings, 1606, 1606
Earthquakes, 1487-1488
East, orientation toward the, 1846
East Bank. See Monasteries of the Upper Sa‘id
Easter, 1104-1105, 1904
date-setting. See Book of Epact; Paschal controversy
Didascalia on, 899
Dionysius the Great on, 912
Eusebius of Caesarea work on, 1071
Good Friday and, 1152-1153
Mark, Apostolic Saint, martyrdom on, 1531
Melito of Sardis homily on, 1585-1586
Proclus homily on, 2017
and Shamm al-Nasim feast day,2126
use of candles for, 446
Eastern Desert
monasteries of the, 1649-1650
Rufinus history of hermits in, 2068
see also Scetis
Eastern Orthodox churches
and Acacian schism, 42-47
baptismal creeds, 178-179
canon of Scripture, 2108
Chalcedon, Council of, 1670, 1671, 1673, 1674
consubstantiation doctrine rejection, 597-598
fan use, 1474
Henoticon, 1671
Iconoclastic controversy, 1275-1276, 1277
Immaculate Conception doctrine repudiation, 1285
al-Istifham Ba‘d al-Istibham,1312-1313
and Leo I the Great, 1440-1442
Monophysite rift, 1669-1677
penance, conception of, 1932
see also Constantinople; Jerusalem; Oriental Orthodox churches
Eastern Roman Empire. See Constantinople; Roman Empire
Easter Sunday. See Easter; Paschal controversy
‘Ebeid, Makram. See Makram ‘Ebeid
Ebionites, 929-930
on Incarnation, 1288
on the nature of Christ, 547
Eccage, 930
and abun, 30-3 1
and anointing the Ethiopian emperor, 141
and Ethiopian church autocephaly, 980
and power to ordain priests and deacons, 1021
role in Ethiopian Orthodox Church, 997
and Salama III, Ethiopian prelate, 1034
Ecclesiastes. See Old Testament, Coptic translations of the
Ecclesiastical canons. See Canons, ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical hierarchy, 1229-1230, 2015-2016
Ecclesiastical history of Egypt late antiquity, 944-945
see also Patriarchs; specific names and issues
Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius). See Historia ecelesiastica
Ecclesiastical History (Evagrius Scholasticus), on Nestorius, 1786-1787
Ecclesiastical History (Rufinus), 2068, 2069
Ecclesiastical punishment. See Excommunication;Penalization
Ecdicius Olympus (prefect), 2009
Echoi (oktoechos), 1735
Echos. See Music, Coptic: description; Music, Coptic: history
Economy
of Egypt in late antiquity, 945
of the Enaton, 956
monastic, 802, 1638-1645, 1662
Pachomian monastic, 1665
Qus as prosperous center,2043-2044
Ecthesis, 682, 931, 1667, 168
Edessa, Persian school of, 1962
Edicts. See name inverted
Education, Coptic, 931-933
Clerical College (Cairo), 563-564
and Coptic Community Council, 582
and Jesuits in Egypt, 1330
reforms, 676, 1465
schools, 1488-1489
under Ottoman rule, 1465
see also Catechetical School of Alexandria; Christian religious
instruction in Egyptian public schools; Clerical College; Clerical
instruction; Higher Institute of Coptic Studies
Education, Ethiopian, 997-998, 1591
Egerton Gospel, 933-934
Egypt
administrative organization of,934-936
ancient funerary customs, 1125
Anglican Church in, 133
Coptic collections. See Coptic Museum (Cairo)
Coptic equal rights movement, 1465-1466
Coptic period, 600
Copts and independence of, 1466
Copts in late medieval, 618-634
Diocletian era, 905-908
economy and monasteries in, 1643-1645
eighteenth-century politics, 1274
family life, 1086-1088
Franciscans in, 1121-1123
French expedition, 1284, 1416-1417
glassmaking, 1142
gods and religion, 1150, 1154, 1292
government under Romans, 2007-2009, 2022-2023
Greek presence and language use in, 1165-1169, 1174-1178, 1179-1181
Holy Family in, 1117-1118
Islamization of, 936-941
Kellia archaeological activity, 1406-1407
in late antiquity, 942-947
libraries, 1447-1449
links with Jerusalem, 1325
modern Coptic family life, 1088
modern era patriarchs, 1918-1919
modern political thought in, 1993, 2074-2075
monasticism’s origins in, 1661- 1664
mourning customs, 1686
Muhammad ‘Ali dynasty, 1691- 1694
mummification, 1696-1697, 2001-2003
music, 1732, 1739-1741
Muslim-Christian relations, 1098-1099
mythological subjects in Coptic art, 1751-1768
nineteenth-century administration of, 1141
nineteenth-century politics, 1636-1637
paganism and Christianity in, 1865-1870
pagarch system, 1871-1872
papyrology, 1888-1889
papyrus collections, 1891-1892
persecution of Christians in, 1936-1937; see also Martyrs;
Persecutions
Persians in, 1938-1940
personal status law in, 1941- 1943
pilgrimages to, 1968-1976
pilgrims and travelers in, 1975-1977, 2064, 2066
political parties in, 1986-1996
provincial organization of, 943-944, 2007-2009, 2022-2023
Roman emperors in, 2061- 2063
Roman policies in, 1167-1168
Roman taxation in, 2202-2206
Roman travelers in, 2064-2066
twentieth-century nationalism, 1515-1516
twentieth-century patriarchs, 1919
twentieth-century politics, 1627-1628, 1637, 1748
and veneration of Antony, Saint, 728
see also Arab conquest of Egypt; British occupation of Egypt;
Flight into Egypt; Islam; Ptolemy dynasty; specific places and subjects
Egypt Exploration Fund, 780
Egypt Exploration Society, 1893
Egyptian accounting. See Accounts and accounting, history of Coptic
Egyptian Antiquities Organization, 768, 1299, 1300, 1418
Kellia excavations, 1406-1407
Egyptian Antiquities Service, 924, 1485
Egyptian Arabic vocabulary, Coptic influence. See Appendix
Egyptian Christians, as “Copts,” 599-600
Egyptian Church Order, 454-455
Egyptian church order. See Apostolic Tradition
Egyptian Communist Party, 1996
Egyptian Conference of Heliopolis (1911), 948, 1466, 1693-1694, 1988
and Egyptian national unity, 950-951
Egyptian Democratic Party (al-Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Misri), 1989
Egyptian Institute, 1396
Egyptian Museum, Berlin, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1600, 1892
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, 4, 1700, 1899
papyri collections, 1891-1892
Egyptian Museum, Turin, 1598, 1601, 1894
Egyptian Museum of the Vatican, 1559
Egyptian national identity, 948-949
Egyptian national unity, 950-951
Egyptian Newsletter, 1628
Egyptian Party, 1988-1989
Egypt in late antiquity, 942-947
Egyptology and Coptology, 616
see also Coptological studies; Excavations; Scholars
Eikoston, 951
Eirene (martyr), 1552, 1554, 1559
Elephantine, 951-952, 952
and Aswan, 294
castrum of, 467
ceramics of. See Ceramics, Coptic
Elias (ascetic), 1663
Eliano, Giambattista, 952, 1329- 1330
Elias (biographer of John of Tella), 1674
Elias (martyr), 840, 1656
Elias, Apocalypse of, 165
Elias, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 44, 45, 1672, 1673
Elias of Bishwaw, Saint, 952-953, 1371, 2083
Elias the Eunuch (martyr), 1554
Elias of Jeme, Saint, 2083
Elias of Nisibis, collected works of, 1779
Elias of Samhud, Saint, 953, 2083
Elias of Scetis, Saint, 747-748
Elijah, Apocalypse of, 165
Elim, twelve springs of, 2050
Elisha, Prophet, 1646
Elizabeth, Saint, 102
Elkasites, 953-954, 1519
Elpidios of Tamiathis, Bishop, 925
Elpidius (martyr), 1554
Embroidery, 2214, 2218
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1149
Empaiat. See Mareotis
Enanisho, 3
Enaton, the, 95, 101, 102, 129, 954-958, 957
Alexander II as monk at, 85
Basil of Oxyrhynchus on, 360
Christodoulus as monk of, 544
Damian at, 688, 689
foreign monks at, 956
hegumenos at, 1216
John II at, 1337
as laura of hermitages, 1224- 1225
monasteries, 1931
name derivation, 951
organization of, 955-956
Persian destruction of, 131
Peter IV as monk at, 1948
pilgrims and travelers to, 1976
proestos at, 2021
religious history of, 956-957
Theophilus, Saint, as monk at, 2253
and Victor as abbot of, 2301
Encomia, role in Coptic hagiography, 1196-1197
Encomium on the Archangel Michael (Peter I), 1946
Encomium of Benjamin (Agathon of Alexandria), 2032
Encomium of Claudius (Constantine of Asyut), 1192-1193
Encomium in Gabrielem Archangelum (Celestine I of Rome), 1136
Encomium in Philotheum, Miracula Philothei (Demetrius of
Antioch), 893-894
Encomium of Theodorus Anatolius (Theodorus of Antioch), 2032
Encomium in Victorem (John Chrysostom), 893
Encomium of the Virgin Mary (Philip of Anatolia), 1956
Encratite, 958-959
Encyclopedias Coptic religious, 1267
Islamic law pertaining to Dhimmis, 1269-1270
theological, 1634-1635
England. See British headings; Great Britain
Ennodius, Bishop of Ticinum (Pavia), 45
Enoch
aprocryphal literature of,162-163
and Gabriel, Archangel, 1133, 1135
and Raphael, Archangel, 2053
Enoch, Saint. See Dayr Apa Jeremiah
Enthronement of Abbaton (homily), 2
Entombment. See Good Friday
Epacts. See Book of Epact
Eparchy, 959, 2023
Vansleb list of, 686
Epetes (Coptic textile term), 2221
Ephesus, First Council of (431), 37, 48, 74, 127, 913, 959-960, 1453, 2033
Ephesus, First Council of (431) affirmed by Henoticon edict, 1217
on archdeacon rank, 191
and Armenian synod profession of faith, 234
and Celestinus deposition, 475
on Christology, 547, 1699
condemnation of Pelagianism, 1930
and Cyril I, 673
on divine maternity. See subhead on Theotokos
Eutyches and, 1074-1075
Ibtu bishop at, 1275
Isidorus of Pelusium role, 1308
and John of Antioch, 1354
on the nature of Christ. See subheads Christology; on Theotokos
on Nestorius, 1786
and Nicene Creed, 1116
and Oriental Orthodox churches, 1846
participants, 1089, 762
Pseudo-Macarius and, 2027
and Shenute, Saint, 2131-2132
Tarnut bishop at, 2202
Theodoret and, 2236
on Theotokos, 244, 270, 525, 528, 542, 547, 2255
Tinnis bishops at, 2269
and Victor of Tabennese, 2308
and Zeno, Emperor, 2370
see also Nestorians and Copts
Ephesus, Second Council of (449), 515, 913, 914, 915, 961-962, 1075, 1947-1948, 2236
and Chalcedon, Council of, 512-513
and hypostatic union, 1262
Ephesus, Third Council of (476), 962
Ephraem. See Mercurius and Ephraem
Ephraem the Syrian. See Abraham, Saint and Patriarch
Ephraem Syrus, Saint, 963, 2083
collected homilies of, 1778
on Eastern orientation during prayers, 1846
on incense use, 1472
Theotokia texts ascribed to, 1726
Epiclesis, 120-121, 125, 964, 1566
and Coptic doctrine of the Holy Spirit, 1250
during confirmation, 586
Epigraphy. See Inscriptions
Epigraphy of the Kellia. See Kellia
Epima, Apa, on glass communion vessels, 1146-1147
Epima, Saint, 965, 1554
Epimachus and Gordian (martyrs), 1554
Epimachus of Pelusium, Saint, 835, 902, 965-966, 1089, 1554
Epima of Pshante, Saint, 824
Epimarchus of Arwat, Bishop of Pelusium, 835
Epiphania, Saint, 2083
Epiphanius (hermit), 800-801
Epiphanius (monk of Jerusalem), 749
Epiphanius, Canons of. See Canons of Epiphanius
Epiphanius of Salamis, Bishop of Cyprus, 1456, 1534, 1638
feast day, 2083
and Gospel of Philip, 1156
and John Chrysostom, 2250-2251
on marriage, 1543
on Nativity date, 1103
patristic writings, 1921
see also Dayr Epiphanius
Epiphany, Feast of the, 1102, 1103
and agricultural calendar, 441
Epiphany, liturgy of the, 967-968
Epiphany tanks, 968
Episcopacy. See Bishop
Episcopal churches. See Anglican Church in Egypt
Epistemun (Epistamon) (martyr), 1553, 1558
Epistle of Barnabas, 898
Epistle on the Eight Modes of Speech (al-Marsafi), 1994
Epistles of Clement, 898
Epistles of Dionysius the Great, 911-912
Epistolography, 968-972
Arabic correspondence, 970-971
of Athanasius I, 2008
correspondences of bishops, 400-402
of Ignatius of Antioch, 1281- 1282
of Isidorus of Pelusium, 1309-1310
letters, of Ammonas, 113, 150
letters of Antony of Egypt, 150
letters of Dionysius, 911-912
of Murqus al-Mashriqi al-Mallawani, 1700
of Pachomius, Saint, 1863
of Peter I, 1944, 1945, 1946
of Pisentius, Saint and Bishop of Qift, 1979-1980
of Theodoret, 2236
see also Epistles; Letters headings
Epistula Ammonis. See Letter of Ammon
Epistula apostolorum, Coptic translations, 1451
Epistula fundamenti (Mani), 1521
Epitome (Hippolytus), 1235-1236
Epitrachelion, 1476
Epiuse. See Epima, Saint
Equal rights movement, Coptic, 1465-1466
Era of Diocletian, in the Coptic calendar, 434, 972
Era of the Incarnation, in the Coptic calendar, 434
Erai. See Ter and Erai (martyrs)
Era of the Martyrs, 972
in the Coptic calendar, 434
and Diocletian’s ascension, 908
Eremika. See Pempton
Erescentius Alexander, 81
Erichsen, Wolja, 972-973
Eric VII, King of Denmark, 1130
Eriokártes (Coptic textile term), 2221
Erman, Adolf, 973, 1165, 1965, 1966
and Boeser, Pieter Adriaan Art, 405
and Cerny, Jaroslav, 511
and Crum, Walter Ewing, 661
and Sethe, Kurt Heinrich, 2121
Esaias. See Prayer of Esaias
Eschatology, 973-974
Esdras, 22
see also Old Testament, Arabic versions of the
Esna. See Isna
Estifanos, Ethiopian saint, 1053-1055
Estifanosites, 984-985
Etheria (Egeria)
on feast of the Ascension, 1105
on incense use, 1472
Ethiopia, see also Ethiopian headings
Ethiopia
anointment of emperor, 140-141
Axum as capital, 312-313
Christian conversion, 312-313
Franciscan prefecture in, 1122
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of, 1197-1199
and Mamluks and Copts, 1517
Menelik II, Emperor of, 1590-1591
Metropolitan See of, 1613, 1614
and Saladin, 1536
twentieth-century government, 1394
Ethiopia francescana (Somigli and Montano), 1122
Ethiopian art, Coptic influence on, 975
Ethiopian Christian literature, 975-978
on the Assumption, 290
and Salama II, Ethiopian prelate, 1011-1012
Synaxarion, 2190-2191
Ethiopian church autocephaly, 547-548, 980-984, 1040-1044, 1909
catholicos title, 475
and Cyril II, Patriarch, 676
and Cyril VI, Patriarch, 678
eccage under, 930
Egyptian Coptic church relations, 1394
and Gabriel II, Patriarch, 1129
and Gabriel V, Patriarch, 1130-1131
and Haile Selassie I, 1198
selection of own patriarch, 1911
Ethiopian heresies and theological controversies, 984-987
role of Bartalomewos, Ethiopian prelate, 1012- 1013
role of Zar’a Ya‘qob, 1052-1053
Ethiopian liturgy, 987-990, 997-998
Ethiopian monasticism, 990-994
claims for Dayr al-Sultan, 872-874
Coptic church and Dayr al-Muharraq, 841
Isaac as abuna, 722
Lalibala community, 1425-1426
monks in Egypt, 747-748, 765, 841
Rule of Pachomius use, 1862
Ethiopian Orthodox church, 30, 995-998
canon of Scripture, 2108, 2109
and Haile Selassie I, 1198
“Ethiopian” pharaohs. See Kush, Empire of
Ethiopian prelates, 999-1044, 1570
abuna title, 153
and Athanasius I, 300
Ethiopian saints, 1044 - 1055
and Ashmun church, 285
Ethiopian Synaxarion on, 2191
see also Ethiopian monasticism
Etymology. See Appendix
Eucharist, 1056-1061, 1715
ablution in, 9
and absolution prayers, 16, 17
altar, 106
celebration at beginning of each month, 1112
Didache on, 898, 899
epiclesis limited to, 964
Gloria in excelsis and, 1147
Liturgy of Saint Mark, 1539
and Lord’s Prayer, 1480-1481
Manichaean, 1520
Mass of the Catechumens, 1562-1565
Mass of the Faithful, 1565-1568
Maundy Thursday and, 1107
preparation in pastophorium, 216
reception in the apse, 200-201
rite of fraction in, 1121
Trisagion introduced into, 2017
use in antimension, 144
water into wine miracle and, 1107
see also Communion; Excommunication; Sacrament, reservation
of the blessed
Eucharistic bread, 1062, 1062, 1472-1473
baked at Bayt al-‘Ajin, 372
leavened vs. unleavened, 1060-1061
seals for marking, 2336
Eucharistic bread basket. See Liturgical instruments
Eucharistic bread trough. See Eucharistic bread
Eucharistic fast, 1063
Eucharistic literature, 121-125
Eucharistic veils, 1063-1064, 1252, 1472
Eucharistic vessels and instruments, 1064-1066
cruet, 1472
deacon’s role, 885
role of Eucharistic veils, 1063-1064
see also Antimension
Eucharistic wine, 1066, 1472
Eucherius, Saint, 2231, 2303
Euchologion, 1066-1067
see also Mark, Liturgy of Saint
Euchologion stand, 1067
Euctemon, Bishop (Smyrna), 890
Eudamon (martyr), 233, 1554, 1558
Eudocia, 2033
Eudorus, 1149
Eudoxia. See Benjamin and Eudoxia (martyrs)
Eudoxia, Empress, 1067, 1618
and the Assumption of Mary, 292
and council on Theophilus, Patriarch, 2250-2251
and John Chrysostom, 667, 1357, 2250, 2251
Eugenius. See Eusignius (martyr)
Eugenius IV, Pope, 1119
Eugenius, Agathodorus, and Elpidius (martyrs), 1554
Eugnostos the Blessed and The Sophia of Jesus Christ, 897, 1068-
1069, 1301
Euhemerism, 1867
Eulogius (Chalcedonian), 126
Eulogius (martyr), 831, 1554
Eulogy of Origen (Gregory Theodorus), 1848
Eumenius, Saint and Patriarch, 1069, 1618, 2083
dates of patriarchy, 1914
Eunapius and Andrew (martyrs), 1555
Eunomius, 114, 115, 141, 142
Eunomius of Cyzicus, 230, 1959
Euphemia, Saint (martyr), 1073, 1111, 1555, 1617, 1618
Euphemia, Saint. See Epiphania, Saint
Euphrasia, Saint, 2083
Euphrosinus, 1881-1882
Euphrosyna, Saint, 1069, 2083
Eupropious (martyr), 1554
Euripides, 1889
European art. See Art, Coptic influence on European
Eusebius (Tall Brother), 113
Eusebius, Bishop of Armenia, 1619
Eusebius, Saint (martyr), 1069-1070, 892, 1555
Eusebius of Caesarea, 83, 1070-1071, 1489
on Abgar legend, 8
on Abilius, Saint, 8
and Arianism, 230, 232, 1791
and Arius, 230, 231
and Basilides, 356-357
on candles, 446
on canonization, 449
canons of, 32
and Christianity in Ansina (Antinoopolis), 142
on Constantine the Great’s vision of the Holy Cross, 1243-1244
and Constantine’s edict, 944-945
on Decius, 889
on Easter designation, 1104
on epistles of Dionysius the Great, 911-912
and “godly monarch” concept, 1957
Historia ecclesiastica continued by Jerome, Saint, 1323
and Jerome, Saint, 1323
on Judas Cyriacus, 1377
on Mark, Saint, 1530
on martyrdoms, 1548-1549
on Melito of Sardis, 1585
on Nativity date, 1103
and Nicaea, Council of, 83
on Origen, 893, 1071, 1846, 1851, 1853
on Origen’s Hexapla and Tetrapla, 1227
and Pamphilus, Saint, 1071, 1879
on Pantaenus’ mission to India, 892
on patriarchal election, 1911
patristic writings, 1920, 1921
on persecution of Christians, 906-908
on Psalms, use of, 448
Rufinus’ translations of, 2068
on subordinationism, 2157
see also Historia ecclesiastica
Eusebius of Dorylaeum, Bishop, 913, 914, 962, 1074
Eusebius Hieronymus. See Jerome, Saint
Eusebius of Nicomedia, Bishop and Arianism, 84, 231, 298, 299, 1790
and Lucian of Antioch, 1484
Eusebius of Pelusium, Bishop, 1089
Eusegnius. See Eusignius
Eusignius, Saint (martyr), 1071-1072, 1555
Eustathius, Bishop of Sebaste (Armenia), 1138
Eustathius the Greek. See Astasi al-Rumi
Eustathius and Theopista, Saints, 1072-1073, 1555
Eustathius of Thrace, 1073
Euthymius (Tall Brother), 113
Eutyches, 45, 1074-1075, 1671, 1672, 1674, 2033
and Apollinarianism, 174
and Ephesus, Second Council of, 913, 914, 961-962, 1670
and Ethiopian theology, 984
on Incarnation, 1288
and Justinian’s edict, 1674
and Leo I the Great, 1440-1441
on nature of Christ, 524-525, 1669-1670, 2267
and Nestorianism, 913, 1074-1075, 1440-1441, 1786
Eutychius. See Ibn al-Bitriq, Sa‘id
Evagrius (prefect under Theodosius), 2009
Evagrius Ponticus, 113,120, 1076-1077, 1453, 1490, 1976, 2020
and costume of the religious, 650
as desert father, 894
on the eight capital vices, 463
and Encratite view of body, 958-959
and Isaiah of Scetis, 1306
on Isidorus of Pelusium, 1308
and John Colobos, Saint, 1359
and Kellia and Nitria communities, 1397, 1796
and Macarius the Egyptian, 1491
manuscript in Paris, 1779
Palladius as disciple of, 1876, 1877
and Theophilus, Patriarch, 2249
and Timothy II Aelurus, Patriarch, 2264
Evagrius Scholasticus (536-600), on exile of Nestorius, 1786-1787
Evangeliary, 1077-1078
Evangelical Church, Coptic. See Coptic Evangelical Church
Evangelical Theological Seminary, Cairo, 603
Evangelist, 1078
animal symbols of, 244-247, 247, 1812
see also Missionaries
Eve. See Adam and Eve
Evelyn-White, Hugh Gerard, 1078, 1449
on Dayr Anba Helias
on Dayr Apa Antib, 770
on Dayr al-Arman, 782
on duplicate monasteries, 714
and identification of Kellia site, 1397
and identification of Nitria site, 1794-1795
and identity of Hor, 1254
on Jabal Khashm al-Qu‘ud, 1316
on Pidjimi, Saint, 1966, 1967
Evening Offering of Incense, music with, 1719, 1721, 1725
Evetts, Basil Thomas Alfred, 1078, 1462
Evil, Origen on, 1849
Evodius of Rome, 1078-1079
cycle of, 667-668
Ewer. See Basin and ewer
Ewostatewos, Ethiopian saint, 1050- 1051
Ewostatewosites, 985
Excavations
Abu Mina, 24-29, 1394
Abusir al-Malaq, 37
Abusir (Taposiris Magna), 34, 35, 36
Abydos, 38-42
Ahnas, 73, 74-75
‘Alam Shaltut, 80
Alexandria, 96-97, 1180
‘Amriyyah (Maryut), 118, 118
Antinoopolis, 145, 146-148, 1933, 1961, 2049
al-‘Araj, 190
archives, 226-227
al-Ashmunayn, 74, 2090
Bawit, 74, 256, 363-364
Clysma, 565
Coptic glass evidence, 1143, 1144
Coptic mummies, 1697
Coptic sculptures in stone, 2112-2113
dating of Coptic monuments, 693-694
Dayr Abu Halbanah, 700
Dayr Abu Jirja, 1527
Dayr Abu Lifah, 704
Dayr Abu Matta, 706
Dayr Abu Qarqurah, 708-709
Dayr Anba Abshay (near al-Tud), 719
Dayr Anba Shinudah, 766, 768
Dayr Apa Jeremiah, 773-776, 777, 778, 1143, 2040
Dayr Apa Phoibammon, 13, 779, 780-781
Dayr al-Bala‘yzah, 786-787
Dayr al-Baramus, 792
Dayr al-Barshah and Dayr al-Nakhlah, 795
Dayr al-Dik, 798, 847
Dayr Epiphanius, 800-80 1
Dayr Harmina, 808
Dayr al-Janadlah, 705
Dayr al-Kubaniyyah, 815-816
Dayr al-Madinah, 817
Dayr al-Malak Mikhai’il, 824
Dayr al-Malak Mikha’il (Jirja), 825-826
Dayr al-Midinah, 1620
Dayr Mustafa Kashif, 842
Dayr Nahya, 843
Dayr al-Naqlun, 846
Dayr al-Nasara (Antinoopolis), 847
Dayr al-Qusayr, 853
Dayr al-Rumaniyyah
Dayr al-Saqiyah, 861
Dongola, 922
al-Duwayr, 928
the Enaton, 101
Faras, 1091-1092
Fayyum Gospel fragment, 1100
French, 693, 694-695, 724, 924, 927
al-Fustat, 188
Hajir Idfu, 1200
Hawwariyyah, 1211-1212
inscriptions, value of, 1291
Jabal Khashm al-Qu‘ud, 1315-1316
Karanis, 1390
Karm al-Akhbariyyah, 139 1-1392
Karnak, 1392-1393
Kellia, 1398-1407, 2103, 2104-2105
Khash al-Qu‘ud, 1658
Khirbat al-Filusiyyah, 1414
At Kom al-Dikka, 90, 97, 116-118, 116, 117, 118
Kom Namrud, 1418
Luxor temples, 1485
Madamud, 1494-1495
Madinat Ghuran, 1651
Madinat Habu, 1496-1497
Madinat Madi 1498
Memnonia, 1586
Menarti, 1588
monastery of Saint Menas, 707
mural painting examples, 1872-1873
Naj‘ al-Hajar, 1773-1774
in Nubia, 1185, 1804-1806, 2071, 2142; see also Nubian
archaeology, medieval; Nubian ceramics; Nubian Christian
architecture; Nubian Christian survivals; Nubian church art;
Nubian inscriptions, medieval; Nubian monasteries
as nucleus of Louvre Coptic section, 1481
at Oktokaidekaton monastery, 118
of Oxyrhynchus Papyri, 1857- 1858
papyrology, 1888-1889
papyrus discoveries, 1898-1900
Pbow, 1927-1929
pottery kilns, 481-482
Qasr Ibrim, 2037
Qurnat Mar‘i, 2041, 2042
Sai Island, 2080-2081
Saqqara, 74
at Soba in ‘Alwa, 2141-2142
Tall Atrib, 1620
Tall al-Farama, 1090
Upper Egypt, 1668-1669
Wadi al-Rayyan, 2311
Wadi Sarjah, 2312
Wadi Shaykh ‘Ali, 2312-2313
see also Ceramics, Coptic; Ceramics of the late Coptic period;
Costume, civil; Society of Coptic Archaeology
Excommunication, 1079-1080, 1931
and anathema, 55
and audientia episcopalis, 308
and clerical instruction, 565
Exegesis on the Soul, 898, 1080-1081
and Authentikos logos, 309
and Encratites, 958-959
and Interpretation of Knowledge, 1301
Exhibitions of Coptic art. See Museums
The Exhortation to Martyrdom (Origen), 1847
Exodus to Sinai, 1976
Exorcism
pilgrimages and, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
Pisentius, Saint and Bishop of Qift, powers, 1979
Raphael, Archangel, role in, 2053
Exoucontians, 1081-1082
Exultate Deo, 1119
Exuperantius, Saint, 1082, 1555, 2057, 2232
Eye diseases, 1579, 1581
Ezekiel, Anba, 748, 861, 1923-1924, 1925
Ezekiel of Armant, Saint, 2083
Ezekiel Tragicus, 1150
Ezr (catholicus of Armenian church), 1666
Ezra, Apocalypse of, 165