A01=J. Martin Plumley
Ancient Egypt
Author_J. Martin Plumley
Category=NK
Christian Church
enthronement
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late 14th century
Lower Nubia
Nubia
Patriarch of the Coptic Church
Qasr Ibrim
Product details
- ISBN 9780856980442
- Weight: 836g
- Dimensions: 240 x 312mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 1975
- Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Found in 1964 at the fortress of Qasr Ibrim in Nubia, the scrolls must be reckoned amongst the most important discoveries in that season's work by the Egypt Exploration Society. The scrolls were found in Bishop Timotheos's tomb, below his body, one of the scrolls being written in Coptic, the other in Arabic. They include one of the finest surviving examples of a medieval letter from a Patriarch of the Coptic Church to a bishop; this letter is from Gabriel IV of Alexandria, written after Timotheos's consecration and before his subsequent enthronement, explaining to the Nubians why Timotheos was chosen for the post. The other letters are from various bishops, witnesses to Timotheos's ordination and consecration. Probably their greatest importance is as evidence that the Christian Church was still surviving in Lower Nubia in the late 14th century and its adherents numerous enough to warrant their own bishop.
52pp plus 24 black and white plates
