(CE:814a)
DAYR AL-JAWLI. The village of al-Jawli is to the south of Manfalut. To the south of the village, then called al-Jawiliyyah, al-MAQRIZI(1853, Vol. 2, p. 506) situated a monastery dedicated to Saint Mercurius. J. VANSLEB also knew it but reduced it to a church (1677, p. 361; 1678, p. 217). S. Clarke noted under the name al-Jawli a church dedicated to Saint Mercurius, whose nickname was Abu al-Sayfayn (1912, p. 209, no. 8). O. Meinardus described the present state of this Dayr Abu al-Sayfayn (1965, p. 276; 1977, p. 385). The church, which is all that survives, has been reconstructed on the plan of the old one. The monastery was also mentioned by the hegumenos ���ABD AL-MASIH SALIB AL-MASU‘DI (1924, p. 167).
RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN,
MAURICE MARTIN, S.J.
