Texts Relating to Saint Mêna of Egypt and Canons of Nicaea in a Nubian Dialect, with Facsimile

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Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
order of the Trustees, sold at the British Museum and by Longmans, 1909 - Canons, Cathedral, collegiate, etc - 75 pages
 

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Page 20 - Su-fang supwan, to be restored to 'supang or 'spang, 'sbang\ Caesalpinia sappan, furnishing the sappan wood) is first described as a product of Kiu-chen (Tong King) in the Nan fang ts'ao mi chrtang, written by Ki Han at the end of the third or beginning of the fourth century. J. de Loureiro (Flora cochinchinensis, p. 321) observes in regard to this tree, ' Habitat in altis montibus Cochinchinae : indeque a mercatoribus sinensibus abunde exportatur.
Page 7 - Arabic character. (AJB) reigns after his uncle, instead of the son ; but if there is no sister's son, then the king's own son succeeds. The land of Nubia is under the jurisdiction of the see of Saint Mark the Evangelist, which consecrates [their bishops] for them ; and their liturgy and prayers are in Greek1.
Page 40 - MiNAs appeared and said unto her, "When thou risest up in the morning, dig, and thou shalt find my body"; and straightway she was healed of her disease. And when she rose up [and found that] she was healed of her disease, she commanded [her servants] to dig in that place, and straightway she found the body of Saint MINAS. And she rejoiced with an exceeding great joy, and she sent [a letter] to her father, and told him of this matter, and the...
Page 45 - ... and multitudes of people shall come from every part of the world, and shall take refuge in thy church which shall be built in the land of Egypt, and works of power shall be manifest, | and wonderful things, and signs, and healings shall take f. 74 6 2 place through thy holy body.
Page 44 - And after a time the grace of God lighted upon him, and he saw heaven open, and the interior thereof was filled with angels of light who were carrying crowns of light, and laying them upon the heads of those who had consummated their martyrdom. And the angels were making them to ascend into heaven with great splendour, and they were shining like the sun.
Page 37 - ... was a native of the city of NAKiYOsandhis name was EUDOXIUS, and he was agovernor and a nobleman. And his brother was envious of him, and he made accusations against his brother EUDOXIUS to the king; and the king sent him to 'AFRAKYA (PHRYGIA ?) and made him governor over that country; and the men of that country rejoiced in him, for he was a merciful man, and he feared God. Now the mother of Saint MiNAs had no son. One day she went into the church on the festival of our Lady, the holy Virgin...
Page 3 - ... of pagan worship despite the edict of Theodosius I against paganism, was finally closed by order of Justinian I. According to Procopius of Caesarea, the Emperor sent a certain Narses to Philae to reduce this last stronghold of the ancient gods in the Roman Empire. Narses carried out his instructions with thoroughness, for he seized the priests of Isis and Osiris and cast them into prison, confiscated the revenues of the great temple on behalf of his master, and carried off the statues of the...
Page 53 - ... another camel, and the camel was unable to rise up ; in this manner he placed it upon all the camels that were with him, and there was not one which was able to carry it away l.
Page 3 - ... of Caesarea, the Emperor sent a certain Narses to Philae to reduce this last stronghold of the ancient gods in the Roman Empire. Narses carried out his instructions with thoroughness, for he seized the priests of Isis and Osiris and cast them into prison, confiscated the revenues of the great temple on behalf of his master, and carried off the statues of the gods, which were of precious metal, to Constantinople.1 Not long afterwards the bishop of Philae, Theodore, rededicated the temple of Isis...

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