Category: Pcol’s Rule

The so-called Rule of Pcol

The writings of Shenoute form the largest corpus of early monastic texts by a single author from one of the cradles of Christian monasticism, Egypt. These manuscripts open an important window onto the development of […]

Rule fragment published in Le Muséon

The rule fragment I’ve been working on has now been published as an article in a traditional journal, Le Muséon.  Photos of the manuscript, a transcription, translation, and analysis are there.  

SBL presentation on Digital Coptic Editions and the Coptic Scriptorium project

I’ll be presenting at the SBL annual meeting this afternoon on Coptic Manuscripts, Digital Editions, and Digital Scholarship (including the new Coptic Scriptorium project). The presentation is during the Saturday 1-3:30 pm session on Eastern […]

TEI-XML in Week 1 of DigiWriMo

I’m working on a digital edition of a small Shenoute manuscript (1 folio).  Here’s a word cloud of the TEI-XML markup I did during week 1 of Digital Writing Month. Previous Word count: 341 This […]

Shenoute Manuscript “Pcol’s Rule” Currently Offline

The preview of the edition and translation of the White Monastery manuscript XC 7-8 (K9101 at the Austrian National Library, Vienna) is currently offline.  Check back in mid-November for a revision. I will be presenting […]