[Biblical-languages] Coptic Literature on line
Patrick Rourke
ptrourke at methymna.com
Thu Sep 25 07:37:30 EDT 2003
[cross-posted from Humanist]
NEW PUBLICATION (ON LINE) - COPTIC LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION
The Electronic Database of CMCL, containing a great amount
of information on the Coptic Manuscripts and Literature,
with full texts, and information on the Coptic civilization
at large, is now available on line:
http://cmcl.let.uniroma1.it
The access is reserved to the subscribers: one year, Euro 180;
six month, Euro 100 -- by Casalini Libri
http://digital.casalini.it/fulltext/
(You have to register, then select the publisher CIM, Corpus
dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari).
The Database covers the following subjects, partly in Italian,
partly in English:
Clavis Patrum Copticorum: list of the authors and works of the
Coptic literature with information on manuscripts, content, and
critical problems.
Manuscripts: list of the Coptic codices either well preserved
or reconstructed, especially from the Monastery of St. Shenoute,
Atripe (White Monastery)
Texts: electronic edition of Coptic texts with Italian
translation. A full edition consists of: reproduction of the
manuscripts, diplomatic edition of the manuscripts, critical
edition of the text, with translation, index of the words with
grammatical explanation, linguistic analysis.
History of literature: chronological description of the
development of the Coptic literature in 12 parts. Only parts 1,
4, 7 are currently available.
Grammar: a computational grammar of Sahidic with a list of words
according to the grammatical categories.
Bibliography. Complete bibliography for Coptic studies. Some of
the subjects are complete from the beginning of the studies:
Bibbia; Gnosticismo; Apocrypha; Letteratura; Agiografia; Storia;
Generalia (partially); Manoscritti (partially). The other
subjects (Linguistica; Archeologia, and parts of Generalia,
Manoscritti and Storia) start from 1980, and the previous titles
are being added.
[posted to Humanist by Tito Orlandi]
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