Christian Epigraphy of Egypt and Nubia

<p>Collected Studies CS1070</p><p></p><p>The present book collects 31 articles that Jacques van der Vliet a leading scholar in the field of Coptic Studies (Leiden University / Radboud University Nijmegen) has published since 1999 on Christian inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia. These inscriptions are dated between the third/fourth and the fourteenth centuries and are often written in Coptic and/or Greek once in Latin and sometimes (partly) in Arabic Syriac or Old Nubian. They include inscriptions on tomb stones walls of religious buildings tools vessels furniture amulets and even texts on luxury garments.</p><p></p><p>Whereas earlier scholars in the field of Coptic Studies often focused on either Coptic or Greek Van der Vliet argues that inscriptions in different languages that appear in the same space or on the same kind of objects should be examined together. In addition he aims to combine the information from documentary texts archaeological remains and inscriptions in order to reconstruct the economic social and religious life of monastic or civil communities. He practiced this methodology in his studies on the Fayum Wadi al-Natrun Sohag Western Thebes and the region of Aswan and Northern Nubia which are all included in this book.</p><p></p>