{"slug":"amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","title":"Life of Maxime and Domece","author":"Anonymous","genre":"hagiography","date":"","tradition":"coptic","coverage":"unknown","publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-14T04:23:17Z","cost_usd":0.043316},"source":{"registry_id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","work_id":"amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","edition":"coptic-ocr","license":"GNU GPL-3.0","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"},"stats":{"passages":53,"english_words":11525,"coptic_letters":35742,"commentary_units":302,"commentary_kinds":10,"derived_notes":45,"ambiguities":103,"work_notes":5,"external_links":4,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","abstract":"The Life of Maxime and Domece is a Coptic hagiography recounting the virtues and miracles of two Roman saints, Maximos and Dometios, said to be sons of King Valentinos. The text, preserved in a single manuscript and edited by Amélineau in the late 19th century, follows a formulaic structure of praise and miracle narratives typical of Coptic hagiography. It claims to have been written by Abba Pshoi, a monk of Constantinople, and places the saints' lives in the time of Abba Makarios. The work survives only in Coptic, with no known Greek or other versions, and its exact date of composition remains uncertain, though it likely belongs to the early medieval period.","historical_context":"The Life of Maxime and Domece is a Coptic hagiography, a genre flourishing in Egypt from the 4th century onward, often composed in monastic settings to edify and inspire. The text's claim of authorship by Abba Pshoi, a Constantinopolitan monk, and its setting in the time of Abba Makarios (likely the 4th-century Egyptian monk Macarius the Great) suggest a connection to the Egyptian desert tradition, though the saints are presented as Roman royalty. The work survives in a single Coptic manuscript, edited by Émile Amélineau in the late 19th century, with no known textual variants or broader manuscript tradition. Its date is uncertain; Coptic hagiographies of this type were commonly produced between the 6th and 9th centuries, but the lack of external evidence precludes a more precise dating. The text's elevated register and devotional tone align with the liturgical and monastic use of hagiography in Coptic Christianity.","significance":"The Life of Maxime and Domece is significant as a witness to Coptic hagiographical traditions that adapted Roman imperial figures into Egyptian monastic piety. It illustrates the fluidity of saintly identities and the cross-cultural exchange between Byzantine and Coptic Christianity. The work's survival in a single manuscript highlights the fragility of Coptic literary heritage and the importance of early modern editions for its preservation.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Probable setting of the saints' lives, in the time of Abba Makarios (Macarius the Great)."},{"date":"6th–9th c.","event":"Likely period of composition for the Coptic hagiography, though exact date unknown."},{"date":"Late 19th c.","event":"Émile Amélineau edits and translates the single surviving manuscript into French."},{"date":"Undated","event":"The text is translated into English from Amélineau's edition."}],"relations":[{"work":"Life of Maximos and Dometios (Greek tradition)","relation":"Possible source or parallel, though no Greek version survives.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Coptic hagiographies of Roman saints","relation":"Shares genre and formulaic structure with other Coptic lives of imperial figures.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Apophthegmata Patrum","relation":"Related through the figure of Abba Makarios, a central desert father.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Macarius the Great","label":"Macarius the Great","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarius_of_Egypt","reason":"Abba Makarios is a key figure in the text's setting."},{"key":"wikipedia:Coptic literature","label":"Coptic literature","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_literature","reason":"Context for the genre and language of the work."},{"key":"wikipedia:Hagiography","label":"Hagiography","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagiography","reason":"Genre of the work."},{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"Amélineau edition","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt","reason":"Primary source for the text."}],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is unknown; the text is placed broadly in the early medieval period based on genre and manuscript evidence.","The work survives in a single manuscript, so textual variants and broader transmission history are unknown.","The attribution to Abba Pshoi is unverifiable and may be a hagiographical topos.","The historical existence of Maxime and Domece as described is uncertain; they may be legendary figures."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000464,"generated":"2026-11-14T03:32:26Z"},"checks":{"work":"amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","status":"warn","blocking":[],"warnings":[{"code":"commentary-length","i":"38"}],"stats":{"passages":53,"translated":53,"commentary_passages":53,"commentary_units":302,"english_words":11525,"coptic_letters":35742,"commentary_kinds":10},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The sole surviving Coptic manuscript is fragmentary, with lacunae in the opening and closing sections. The edition by Amélineau reconstructs the narrative from a single parchment witness.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The work claims to describe events under the emperor Theodosius I (r. 379–395), but the hagiography likely dates to the 6th or 7th century, based on monastic topoi and the absence of earlier external attestation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Maxime and Domece are commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on 27 Bashons, but the text never entered the Greek or Latin hagiographic traditions, remaining confined to Egyptian monastic circles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The OCR-based edition contains uncorrected misreadings of Coptic letters, especially in proper names and numerals. The English draft may silently regularize dialectal forms to Sahidic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Amélineau’s edition (1888) remains the only published transcription. No critical edition with collation of additional manuscripts exists, and the original parchment’s current location is unrecorded.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: hagiography in Sahidic Coptic; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 42 narrative, 10 dialogue, 1 doxology."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","text":"23 glossary term(s) recorded at first occurrence from a curated list of 53; the term index below gives the rendering and the count."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: coptic-ocr — GNU GPL-3.0"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":42,"dialogue":10,"doxology":1},"term_index":[{"coptic":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","english":"Abba","count":42,"first_passage":1,"note":"The Greek/Syriac form of address, kept where the Coptic keeps it."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","english":"peace","count":11,"first_passage":4,"note":"Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","english":"church","count":10,"first_passage":1,"note":"The building, the congregation, and the institution all take this word; the context decides, and 'assembly' is rare outside citations of Acts."},{"coptic":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","english":"soul","count":8,"first_passage":2,"note":"Greek ψυχή; 'life' where the sense is the living person rather than the soul that survives death."},{"coptic":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","english":"grace","count":6,"first_passage":9,"note":"The unearned favour of God; 'favour' where a human patron is meant."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","english":"body","count":6,"first_passage":11,"note":"In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","english":"cross","count":5,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek σταυρός: the instrument of execution, and by extension the suffering it names. In martyrdom texts it is the mode of death, not a devotional object."},{"coptic":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","english":"pray","count":5,"first_passage":4,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","english":"monk","count":5,"first_passage":5,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","english":"angel","count":4,"first_passage":2,"note":"Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","english":"bishop","count":4,"first_passage":5,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","english":"bless","count":4,"first_passage":19,"note":"The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"coptic":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","english":"martyr","count":4,"first_passage":29,"note":"Greek μάρτυς. 'Witness' is the older forensic sense and survives in the paschal and apologetic register; the hagiographical sense is 'martyr'."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","english":"love","count":4,"first_passage":43,"note":"Greek ἀγάπη. The liturgical meal sense ('agape') is technical and should not be flattened to 'love'."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","english":"prophet","count":3,"first_passage":3,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","english":"presbyter","count":3,"first_passage":5,"note":"Greek πρεσβύτερος. 'Presbyter' where the clerical order is at issue; 'elder' where the sense is seniority."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲡⲁ","english":"Apa","count":3,"first_passage":49,"note":"A title of a monastic father. Left as 'Apa' because it is a form of address, and 'father' would collide with the biological sense in the same sentence."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ","english":"hallelujah","count":2,"first_passage":34,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","english":"worship","count":2,"first_passage":40,"note":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ is to bow or prostrate in worship, distinct from ⲟⲩⲱϣ 'to wish'. The gesture matters in martyrdom scenes before an official."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","english":"apostle","count":2,"first_passage":42,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲧⲡⲉ","english":"heaven","count":1,"first_passage":10,"note":"The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"coptic":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","english":"people","count":1,"first_passage":24,"note":"Greek λαός. 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The first of them, who is Maximos, rested on the 14th of the month of Tobi. Michael, however, who is Dometios, on the 17th of the same month. He was recorded by Abba Pshoi, the monk of Constantinople, and the first deacon who was in the monastery before Abba Makarios, the man of God, and Abba Isidoros, who rested while being a deacon. And they appointed Abba Moses the Black in his place. He who wrote the life of these saints, Abba Pshoi himself, for remembrance, placed it in the church for the benefit of all who wish to live according to God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic term ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ (ekklēsia) is rendered 'church' here, referring to the building where the manuscript was deposited, not the congregation or institution.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek/Syriac address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba) is retained in the translation as 'Abba', a title for monastic elders and saints, here applied to Pshoi, Makarios, Isidoros, and Moses.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡϣⲟⲓ","severity":"info","text":"Abba Pshoi (also known as Pshoi of Scetis) is a prominent Coptic monastic figure; his role as author and depositor of the text in the church underscores the hagiography's claim to monastic authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲱⲃⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic month Tobi corresponds to December–January in the Julian calendar; the 14th and 17th of Tobi are the feast days of Maximos and Dometios respectively, anchoring the saints' cult in the liturgical calendar.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The opening formula 'ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ' (The life of the saints) is a standard hagiographic incipit, establishing the genre as a saint's life (bios) and introducing the twin protagonists.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲭⲁϥ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The note that Abba Pshoi placed the manuscript in the church for public reading indicates the text's intended liturgical use and its preservation within a monastic library.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The relationship between the names 'Michael' and 'Dometios' is unclear: the text identifies Dometios as Michael, possibly a baptismal or monastic name, but the Coptic does not explain the equivalence."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","text":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ → “church”. The building, the congregation, and the institution all take this word; the context decides, and 'assembly' is rare outside citations of Acts."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","text":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ → “Abba”. The Greek/Syriac form of address, kept where the Coptic keeps it."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ⲁⲙⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲟⲟⲩ ⲱ ⲛⲁⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϯ ϩⲑⲏϥ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲱ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲛϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲛϣⲓⲏⲧ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ\nⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲧⲱϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲓⲁϩ ⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲉⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ\nⲡⲉ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲭⲱ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲙⲙⲏⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦. ⲱ\nⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϩⲓϫⲱϥ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲛⲉϥⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲭⲁ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲣⲉ\nⲡⲁⲓⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲑⲟⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ\nⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲟⲥⲉⲙ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲥⲉⲙ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲉϥⲓⲱⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲓⲑⲱⲗⲉⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲯⲩⲭⲏ. ⲁⲓⲛⲁϣⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁϩⲟⲕ ⲛⲁϣ ⲛⲣⲏϯ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲗⲟⲅⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲫⲓⲣⲓ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲩⲕⲉⲣ ⲛⲛⲓⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲗⲱϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ.","english":"All the days, O my holy fathers and the God-bearing ones, I beseech you with a heart of repentance to recount to you the virtues and the wonders and the powers of these saints of Rome, Maximos and Dometios, the sons of Valentinos, the God-loving king. It came to pass in the time of Abba Makarios the holy, the God-bearing man of God, through whom the beginning of repentance took place. For it was he who first planted this vine of the Lord Sabaoth, which is repentance, until he placed within it the fruit of true repentance through God. O the blessed mountain of repentance, the mountain upon which God and his angels dwelt, O the mountain of forgiveness, O the mountain that caused sinners to see God, O this mountain of the anchorites, which caused this whole house to be filled with the fragrance of incense through the prayers of the saints who dwelt within it, O this holy mountain of the desert, which became a desert for the anchorites, driving out the afflictions of the soul. I marvel at the honor that has befallen you, O the honored mountain of the hermits, from which a multitude of hermits of the rational earth sprang forth, according to the testimony of our Savior, these who perfected the souls that had been wounded in the lawless deeds.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (from Greek ἄγγελος) is rendered 'angel' here, as the context describes God and his angels dwelling on the mountain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) is rendered 'soul' in the phrase 'afflictions of the soul' and 'souls that had been wounded', consistent with the glossary's primary sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (from Greek/Syriac) is kept as 'Abba' in the phrase 'Abba Makarios', following the glossary's fixed rendering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ϣⲓⲏⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ϣⲓⲏⲧ (repentance) is a central theme; the passage describes a 'mountain of repentance' and links it to Abba Makarios, a figure associated with early Egyptian monasticism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲟⲥ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Lord Sabaoth' (ⲡⲟⲥ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ) echoes Old Testament usage (e.g., 1 Sam 1:3 LXX), where Sabaoth means 'hosts' or 'armies', applied to God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated exclamation 'O the mountain' (ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ) forms a rhetorical series, emphasizing the mountain's spiritual significance through apostrophe.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲛⲁⲓⲟϯ (my fathers) could refer to the saints or to monastic elders; the reading takes it as addressing the saints.","The phrase ⲛⲧⲁϫⲱ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ (to recount to you) is ambiguous as to whether the speaker is addressing the saints or the audience; the translation assumes the saints."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ → “angel”. Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (messenger); this passage takes it as “angel”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ → “soul”. Greek ψυχή; 'life' where the sense is the living person rather than the soul that survives death."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ carries more than one sense (life); this passage takes it as “soul”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ⲱ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲫⲙⲁ\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲟⲩϣⲱⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲥⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ\nⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϩⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲥⲑⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲛⲣⲉϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲧⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲓⲁ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲫⲙⲁ\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϥⲧⲟⲩ ⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ϯⲥⲙⲏ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲙⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ\nⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϫⲟⲗϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲱⲗⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁϥⲭⲱ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ\nϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲓ ⲛⲧⲩⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ\nϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ϯϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϭⲟϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲁ\nϯϫⲟⲙ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲉⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ. ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϣⲧⲉⲙⲱⲥⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲁⲭⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲙⲡⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ\nϯϩⲩⲡⲟⲑⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲭⲁⲥ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ϯⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲧ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲕⲉⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲁⲉⲣⲭⲩⲣⲟⲕⲉⲓⲛ (sic)\nⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲏⲓ.","english":"O the holy mountain of Sheit, the place of the gathering of the angels and the men who are together, so that I may speak in a brief manner. This mountain caused the synods of the persecutors and those who did evil deeds to be scattered and dispersed. The prophet and the one who speaks with God, the Demiurge, for the interpretation of Sheit is the place of the gathering of those who seek God with their whole heart. These are the ones whom God the Logos gathered together in the four corners of the earth through the holy voice of the Gospel, which says, \"He who loves himself, let him strip himself and take up his cross and follow me.\" For in this he placed in them the pains of his holy cross through his servant Abba Makarios, who is a type for them in all things, so that through the power of the holy cross they might pursue the whole power of the adversary in the desert. So that I may not be lengthy in this manner of speech and set aside the discourse of the hypothesis which I laid down at first, I will return to the subject and speak according to what the Holy Spirit will authorize for me.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ is rendered 'prophet' per the pinned glossary. Here it likely refers to Abba Makarios as a prophetic figure, not a biblical prophet.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ is rendered 'cross' per the pinned glossary. In this passage it denotes both the physical cross and the suffering it represents, as in the Gospel quotation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲙⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϫⲟⲗϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲱⲗⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Matthew 16:24: 'If anyone wishes to be saved... let him take up his cross and follow me.' The Coptic text adapts the saying to the hagiographical context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϣⲓⲏⲧ","severity":"info","text":"Sheit (ϣⲓⲏⲧ) is a Coptic term for a monastic settlement or desert gathering place, often associated with Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). The text interprets it as a place of gathering for angels and seekers of God.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲧ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲕⲉⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The author signals a return to the main subject (ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲕⲉⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲛ) after a digression on Sheit and the cross. This is a common rhetorical device in Coptic hagiography to mark narrative structure.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The term ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ('the Demiurge') is unusual in Coptic hagiography; it may be a scribal error or a rare borrowing from Greek philosophical vocabulary. The sense here is likely 'creator' or 'God'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ is ambiguous: it may be a scribal corruption or a deliberate philosophical term. The reading taken is 'the Demiurge' as a title for God.","The Coptic ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲭⲁⲥ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ is ambiguous: it could mean 'which I laid down at first' or 'which I placed before'. The reading taken is 'which I laid down at first'."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","text":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ → “prophet”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ → “cross”. Greek σταυρός: the instrument of execution, and by extension the suffering it names. In martyrdom texts it is the mode of death, not a devotional object."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (crucifixion); this passage takes it as “cross”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲥϣⲁⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦\nⲉϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ ⲛⲉϣⲁϥϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϣⲉⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡϩⲱⲃ ϩⲓ ⲁⲛⲁⲅⲕⲏ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲟⲩⲭⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲑⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲧⲉⲓⲁ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲥ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥⲟⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲓⲟⲩⲃⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲟⲣϣⲉⲣ ⲛⲛⲓⲉⲣⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ\nⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲉⲓⲇⲱⲗⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲥⲟϥ ⲁϥⲫⲱⲣⲕ ⲙⲡⲥⲱϫⲡ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉⲛϯ\nⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϣⲟⲡ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ\nⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ\nϫⲉ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲃⲉⲣⲓ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲱⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲙⲉⲧϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϯ\nⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ\nϩⲁⲛ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛϫⲱⲣϩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲙⲉⲣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ⲙⲉⲗⲉⲧⲏ ⲉⲩⲙⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥⲑⲣⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲉⲣⲁⲥⲕⲉⲓⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲥⲭⲉⲇⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲉⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϫⲉ","english":"Since I heard about Abba Makarios, the man of God, that he used to speak with the elders, he would say to them, \"Come, let us go and see the martyrion of the little strangers.\" The matter and necessity befell me in a time of God to reveal the virtue of these saints and their good way of life. Now it happened that there was a king, a certain Valentinus, the son of the impious king of the idol-worshippers, this one who destroyed all the temples of the foul idols, and he tore down the covering of their shrines. There was a great peace in the churches of God that exist in the world, so that they called him the new Constantine. Then he brought up his children well, Maximos and Domitios, and their little sister, in the worship of God, with all kinds of lessons and good instruction in psalms, fasts, evening prayers, and love, and constant meditations, so that the palace became like a monastery of monks in his days, and he trained them all, from their youth to their adulthood, like chosen monks, so that almost everyone called these saints, from the time they were young, because...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (εἰρήνη) here denotes the peace that prevailed in churches under Valentinus, not the liturgical formula 'in peace' (ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ) typical of colophons.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic verb ϣⲗⲏⲗ means 'pray'; here it appears in the phrase ϩⲁⲛ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛϫⲱⲣϩ, 'evening prayers', part of the ascetic regimen taught to the children.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Valentinus (ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ) is presented as a son of an impious idolatrous king, yet he destroys temples and brings peace, earning the epithet 'new Constantine'. This figure is otherwise unattested and may be a hagiographic construct.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲃⲉⲣⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'new Constantine' (ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲃⲉⲣⲓ) likens Valentinus to Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, a common topos in Coptic hagiography to legitimize a ruler's piety.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a first-person narrator (ⲁⲥϣⲁⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ) to a third-person account of Valentinus and his children, marking a transition from the author's preface to the narrative proper.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Abba Makarios (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) is likely the famous Egyptian desert father Macarius the Great (c. 300–391), whose mention anchors the story in the monastic tradition of Scetis, though the text does not specify which Macarius.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Abba Makarios' is not specified; it could be Macarius the Great or another figure.","The phrase 'ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦' (the man of God) is a generic epithet, not a formal title.","The Coptic 'ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϣⲉⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ' (the little strangers) may refer to the saints Maxime and Domece as children or to other figures; the referent is ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","text":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ → “peace”. Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","text":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ → “pray”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ⲛⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϯ.\nⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲁⲓ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϭⲓ ⲡⲣⲟⲕⲟⲡⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁⲩⲕⲱϯ\nⲛⲥⲁ ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲛⲁϣⲫⲱⲧ ⲛⲁϣ ⲛⲣⲏϯ\nⲛⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛϫⲉⲙ\nⲗⲱⲓϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲛⲁϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲛⲓⲕⲁⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲭⲁⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲣⲟϥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲇⲉ\nⲉⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ ⲁϥⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲉⲙϩⲉ. ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲡ︦ⲏ︦ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲑⲏϣ ⲛϫⲉ\nⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲩϯ ϩⲓⲱⲧⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲁⲗⲏⲓ ⲉⲛⲟⲩϩⲑⲱⲣ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲛⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲓⲕⲁⲓⲁ ⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲓⲕⲁⲓⲁ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛ- ⲫⲓⲣⲓ","english":"The elders, because of their good works and their manner of worshiping God. Then, in the taking of the habit, these blessed ones, Maximos and Dometios, grew and made progress in the good works according to God. They sought after the life of the angels, which is the monastic life, and they took counsel with one another, saying, \"How shall we become monks?\" And the younger said to the elder, \"Let us find a place for our father and say to him, 'We wish to go to the cells to pray in the place of our holy fathers the bishops.' And if he permits us, we will go to the place that we desire.\" When they had taken counsel with their father, he made them laborers. Now there was a presbyter who dwelt in the place of the father bishop, whose name was John, and he was a monk. And this one the fathers used to consult many times with the bishops of that place. When these blessed ones had found a suitable day, they put on good garments and girded themselves with their belts, and they went out, for they wished to go to the cells to pray in the place of their holy fathers the bishops. When they had gone to the cells, they found the holy presbyter John, who had first become a monk.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ is rendered 'presbyter' where the clerical order is at issue, as here with John, who is also a monk.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ is consistently rendered 'bishop' in this edition, referring to the holy fathers whose place the saints seek.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ is rendered 'monk'; the text equates the monastic life with the angelic life (ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ).","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'taking of the habit' (ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲉ) refers to the monastic tonsure or investiture, a key rite of passage in Coptic monasticism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'cells' (ⲛⲓⲕⲁⲓⲁ) likely refer to the monastic cells or hermitages in the desert, a common setting for ascetic practice in Coptic hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage advances the narrative from the saints' decision to become monks to their first approach to a monastic elder, John the presbyter, establishing a pattern of seeking spiritual guidance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ (the elders) is ambiguous: it may refer to the monastic elders in general or specifically to Maximos and Dometios; the English draft takes it as the latter.","The identity of 'our father' (ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ) is unclear—possibly a biological father or a spiritual father; the text later calls him 'their father' and says he made them laborers, suggesting a biological or adoptive father."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ → “presbyter”. Greek πρεσβύτερος. 'Presbyter' where the clerical order is at issue; 'elder' where the sense is seniority."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (priest, elder); this passage takes it as “presbyter”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","text":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ → “bishop”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","text":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ → “monk”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲣⲁⲩϣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲧⲓⲙⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲁϥⲉⲣⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲡⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲉⲙⲓ ⲁⲕⲣⲓⲃⲱⲥ\nⲉⲛⲟⲩⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉϥϫⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟϩⲁⲓⲣⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲥⲥⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲫϯ ⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲟⲙϯ\nⲛⲱⲟⲩ. ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩϯ ϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲑⲟϥ\nⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲉⲣⲁⲛⲉⲭⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲉⲣ ϩⲟϯ ϧⲁ ⲧϩⲏ\nⲙⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϯⲛⲁϣⲉⲣ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ\nⲉⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲓⲧ ⲙⲁϩ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲁⲗⲁⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲏ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ\nⲡⲉ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲣⲥⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲕⲓⲗⲓⲕⲓⲁ. ⲫⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁϥⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲁϩϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ. ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲣⲁ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ\nⲙⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲧⲫⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ.\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ","english":"to him, and he received them with joy and honor, and\nhe informed them of the manner in which they wished to become monks. He, through the grace\nof God, tested their intention, so that he might know precisely\ntheir intention, without saying anything to them. But when he saw their purpose directed towards God, he rejoiced greatly and gave them\nhis blessing. They, however, were hesitant before him, so that they might remain under his authority.\nBut he did not refuse them, saying, \"I am afraid for the sake\nof the heart of our father the king. I will not do this thing, but if you wish\nto become monks, arise and go to Syria. I have heard\nabout an anchorite of that place who dwells in a cave by the sea,\nand his fame has filled all Syria and Palestine. His name\nis Agabos, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia. This man imitates Paul in his faith and his works. If the matter pleases you,\ngo to his place.\" When they heard this, they rejoiced greatly,\nand in this he prayed over them and sent them forth in peace.\nThey then departed from him with great joy, and","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ is a loan from Greek μοναχός, rendered here as 'monk'. The term anchors the brothers' aspiration to the monastic life, a central theme in the hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic verb ϣⲗⲏⲗ means 'to pray'. Here it describes the elder's action over the brothers before their departure, a ritual blessing that marks a transition in the narrative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loan ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (εἰρήνη) appears in the phrase ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ, 'in peace'. In a hagiographic context, this is a liturgical formula, not a comment on civil order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The anchorite Agabos is said to be from Tarsus in Cilicia and to imitate Paul. This aligns with the hagiographic trope of linking a saint to apostolic models, though no independent historical record of Agabos is known.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a narrative unit of testing and blessing: the elder tests the brothers' resolve, then blesses them and sends them to Syria. The pattern of testing before acceptance is common in monastic literature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Syria and the anchorite Agabos may reflect the circulation of Syrian monastic traditions in Coptic hagiography, indicating a cross-cultural reception of ascetic ideals.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic phrase ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩϯ ϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉ is ambiguous: it may mean 'they were hesitant before him' or 'they gave him honor'. The reading 'hesitant' is adopted based on the context of testing and the elder's subsequent reassurance."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϣⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲓⲟϯ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲩϩⲱⲗ ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁϥϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲟϥ ⲉϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ. ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ\nⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲫϯ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥϯ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ\nⲙⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ. ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲥⲉⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϧⲱⲕ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ\nⲟⲩϩⲉⲃⲥⲱ ⲛⲭⲁⲙⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ\nⲛⲛⲁ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲡⲉ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲏⲓ\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲁⲛϣⲉⲛϥ ϫⲉ ⲁϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲱⲛϧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲕ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲉⲓⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲥⲁ ⲣⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲑⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥϣⲏⲟⲩ\nⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲧⲟⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲉⲩⲟⲓ ⲛϧⲓⲣϧⲓⲣ ⲛⲭⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲕⲗⲁϥⲧ\nϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲁⲫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲃⲱⲧ\nⲛⲃⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ. ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲓⲉⲣ ϩⲟϯ","english":"They did not turn back to go to the city to see their parents, but they departed into Syria directly. When they inquired after the holy Agabos, they were informed of his place, and when they met him, he received them with great joy. They told him everything. The old man, who was the God-bearing one there, seeing their love for God within them, gave them the holy habit of the monks of Syria. For the monks of that place do not wear melote or hood, but a black garment is what they wear; this is the habit of the Syrians. Now I will inform you according to what these saints told me: When the holy old man Agabos had rested, we asked him, \"Speak a word to us, our holy father, that we may live by it after you.\" He said to us, \"I saw myself in this dream standing on a rock to the south, as if I saw a monk standing before me. He was a man clothed in tattered black garments, with a cap on his head, and there were crosses on it, and he had a staff in his hand and a cross. When I saw him, I was afraid.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ (cross) appears twice in this passage, first on the cap and then as an object held by the visionary monk. In the Coptic context, it denotes the instrument of execution and the associated suffering, not a devotional object.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The narrative specifies that the monks of Syria wear a black garment (ⲟⲩϩⲉⲃⲥⲱ ⲛⲭⲁⲙⲉ) rather than a melote or hood, indicating a distinct ascetic tradition. This detail reflects regional monastic practices in Syria.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Now I will inform you' marks a shift from third-person narrative to first-person direct discourse, as the narrator recounts the saints' own words. This structural transition emphasizes the authority of the reported vision.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The holy old man Agabos is described as 'God-bearing' (ⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ), a title that elevates his spiritual status. His vision of a monk with crosses and a staff prefigures the ascetic ideal and may have been used in later Coptic monastic instruction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲛϣⲉⲛϥ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲛϣⲉⲛϥ ('we asked him') is ambiguous: it could be a first-person plural narrative voice or a direct quote from the saints. The English draft treats it as direct speech, but the Coptic does not explicitly mark the shift.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲁⲛϣⲉⲛϥ could be read as part of the narrator's report or as the saints' own words; the English draft adopts the latter.","The identity of the monk in the vision is not specified; he may be a symbolic figure or a specific saint."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϧⲱⲛⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ\nⲕⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲛⲓⲙ. ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ\nⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲓ ⲉⲑⲁϩⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲓ\nⲛⲧⲁⲟⲗⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ. ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲭⲛⲁⲟⲗⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ\nⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ\nⲕⲉⲅ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲭⲛⲁⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲁ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ\nⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲉϥ‐ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲟⲗⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲟⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧ ϫⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲁϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ϣⲏⲣⲓ. ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ\nⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥ ϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲁⲑⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ.\nϯⲛⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϯⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ\nⲉⲡϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ\nϯϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϥⲛⲁⲭⲁ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ\nⲙⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲁⲛ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲁⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ\nⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲁⲧⲉ\nⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ϫⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛϣⲓⲛⲓ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ\nⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲋ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩϣⲟⲡ","english":"He turned to me, greeted me, and said to me, \"Do you know who I am?\" I said to him, \"No, my holy father.\" He said to me, \"I am the blessed one, the man of Egypt, who came to take your sons and bring them down to me in Egypt.\" I said to him, \"You will not take them with you, my father.\" He said to me, \"No, but I inform you that after twenty days you will rest, and your prayer will be for God, and the king will send for his sons to bring them to Constantinople. So then, see their hands, so that they may come down to Egypt and be with me, for it is God who has brought them to me as sons. Behold, then, I have told you. And these things that he said to me were revealed to me. Now then, my sons, I inform you that for many days I have heard of the fragrance of that man, Abba Makarios, and in this I say to you: if the king learns of you, he will not leave you in this place. So then, after the completion of my life, go down to Egypt and be with the holy Abba Makarios until God finds your desire. Now these things that the old man Agabos said to them, he rested in peace, for they were three years living.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲋ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩϣⲟⲡ: The phrase ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (in peace) is a liturgical formula for a holy death, not a comment on civil order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ: The Greek/Syriac form of address is retained in the Coptic, as per the pinned glossary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲭⲏⲙⲓ","severity":"info","text":"ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Egypt) is the Coptic name for Egypt, used here as the destination for the saints. The figure Abba Makarios is associated with Egyptian monasticism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue between the old man Agabos and the narrator (likely Maxime or Domece), with a shift to direct address to 'my sons' at the end, marking a prophetic revelation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage mentions a period of twenty days before the narrator's rest, and three years of living for Agabos, providing a temporal framework within the hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ is ambiguous: it may mean 'these things that the old man Agabos said to them' or 'these things that he said to them, namely the old man Agabos'. The translation takes the former.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ could be read as 'these things that the old man Agabos said to them' or 'these things that he said to them, namely the old man Agabos'. The translation takes the former.","The phrase ⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲋ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩϣⲟⲡ is ambiguous: it may mean 'for they were three years living' (as in the translation) or 'for they had been living for three years'. The Coptic ⲡⲉ suggests a past perfect sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲕⲱⲃ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲕⲱⲃ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ.\nⲁⲩⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲛⲓⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫϯ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣⲅⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛϫⲓϫ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲱⲓⲧ ⲥⲱⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲁⲗⲁⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲏ\nⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲡⲓⲥⲓⲇⲓⲁ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲓⲣⲓ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲅⲁⲣ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲁⲕⲁⲑⲁⲣⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ\nⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ϣⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲱⲧⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ. ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ. ⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲡ︦ⲛ︦︦ⲁ︦\nⲛⲣⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ. ⲉⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ\nⲁϥⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲱ ⲃⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲡⲓⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲛⲭⲁ ⲛⲓϣⲁϥⲉⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲭⲏⲙⲓ\nⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲕⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲥⲉϯ ϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲕⲉⲙⲁ ⲉⲕϯ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ. ⲫⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟϥ ⲁϥⲓ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲁⲕⲁⲑⲁⲣⲧⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦. ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ (sic)","english":"with him, and his spirit descended upon them like the spirit of Elijah descended upon Elisha in that time. They said, \"We will show you the signs and wonders and the gifts of healing that God works through the hands of these saints, so that their fame spreads throughout the whole province and the whole region of Pisidia because of the healings they perform in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. For many among those with whom unclean spirits dwell, if they hear his name alone, they come out of them and they are saved immediately through the grace of God our Savior. Hear this great wonder that happened through them. They brought a man to them from Ascalon who had a spirit of inquiry with him. While he was still far from the dwelling place of these saints, he cried out in a loud voice, saying, 'O blessed one, the man of Egypt, the anchorite, you left the deserts of Egypt for yourself and came to this place, and behold, your prayers are laboring for us in this other place, you give yourself to these Romans.' This that he said came out of the man from the unclean spirit, and all who heard gave glory to God. But there was a hill in the place of walking (sic).","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ϩⲙⲟⲧ is rendered 'grace' per the pinned glossary, denoting unearned divine favour; here it qualifies the healings as acts of God's grace through Christ.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲕⲱⲃ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The descent of the spirit like Elijah upon Elisha echoes 2 Kings 2:15, where the spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha, confirming prophetic succession.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"Ascalon (Ashkelon) was a coastal city in Palestine, historically a Philistine center; its mention here situates the miracle within a broader geographic reach of the saints' fame.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲡⲓⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'man of Egypt, the anchorite' identifies the saint as an Egyptian hermit, a common trope in Coptic hagiography linking ascetic authority to the Egyptian desert tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ","severity":"caution","text":"The final clause 'But there was a hill in the place of walking' is marked (sic) in the draft, suggesting a textual corruption or obscure phrase; the Coptic ⲙⲟϣⲓ may be a scribal error for ⲙⲟϣⲓ (walking) or a place name.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'the place of walking' or be a garbled toponym; the draft notes (sic).","The identity of 'these Romans' (ⲛⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ) is unclear—possibly referring to the saints as Roman citizens or to local authorities."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","text":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ → “grace”. The unearned favour of God; 'favour' where a human patron is meant."}]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ⲉⲑⲛⲁ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲓⲕⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲉϣⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲑⲙⲟϣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ\nⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲛⲁ ⲓⲕⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲁⲩϩⲱⲗ ϣⲁ\nⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ.\nⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲥϧⲉ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ\nⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ ϫⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡ\nⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲱϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲙⲟϩ ⲛⲑⲟⲕ ϧⲁ ⲡⲓⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲉⲕⲉⲓ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲣⲱⲕ ϣⲟⲧⲉⲙ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϣⲧⲉⲙⲕⲓⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲓϩⲁⲗⲁϯ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲧⲫⲉ\nⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲁϥⲟⲩⲓ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲧⲏⲓϥ ⲛ‐ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ\nⲉⲁϥⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ ⲉⲟⲩϩⲑⲟ ⲁϥϩⲱⲗ ⲁϥⲭⲱ ⲙⲡⲓⲥϧⲁⲓ ϩⲓ ⲣⲱϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲃⲏⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲫⲱⲧ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ. ⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲡⲓⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ\nⲁϥⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲏⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲉϥ ϩⲓⲱⲟⲩ (sic) ⲧⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲙⲏϯ\nⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲑⲉⲱⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛϥϣⲕⲓⲙ","english":"who would enter the iconion, where a great dragon dwelt within it, and\nthis one would destroy many of the people who walked in that place of passage.\nWhen the people of the iconion saw the destruction that was occurring, they fled to\nthe saints, informing them of the destruction caused by that evil beast.\nThen the blessed Maximos wrote a small letter, saying,\n\"In the name of the Lord Sabaoth, God of Abba Makarios and Abba Agabos,\nour father, the men who bear the Christ, the Word of the Father: If\nyou open this small letter at your mouth, you, O dragon, will\ncome out, your mouth sealed, and you will lie down in the middle of the place of passage, and you will not move from that place until the stars of the sky\nconsume your bones.\" When they took the letter, they gave it to a man\nwho mounted a horse, fled, and placed the letter at the mouth of the den of the beast, and then fled away. And O the wonder that occurred at that moment!\nFor the evil dragon, in that very hour, immediately\ncame out of its den and lay down in the middle of the place of passage, and all who saw it were watching it, so that even those who were a day's journey away from it would come until they saw it, and it did not move.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲕⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲓⲕⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ is a transliteration of Greek εἰκόνιον, here a place name (Iconium, modern Konya). The text treats it as a location with a den, not the city itself.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ (Sabaoth) is a Greek rendering of Hebrew ṣĕbā’ōt, 'hosts,' used in Christian liturgy as a divine title. Here it appears in the exorcistic formula.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the Word of the Father' echoes Johannine Christology (John 1:1, 14), identifying Christ as the Logos. It is used here as a title for the saints who 'bear the Christ.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The dragon (ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ) is a common hagiographic adversary, symbolizing demonic or chaotic forces. The exorcism by a written charm placed at the beast's mouth reflects late antique magical and Christian practices.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from narrative (the dragon's destruction) to direct speech (Maximos' letter) and back to narrative (the letter's delivery and the dragon's submission). The exclamation 'O the wonder' marks a rhetorical climax.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲉϥ ϩⲓⲱⲟⲩ (sic)","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲛⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲉϥ ϩⲓⲱⲟⲩ is corrupt or non-standard; the translation 'lay down in the middle' follows the context. The Coptic may intend ⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲉϥ 'he lay down' with a scribal error.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of Abba Makarios and Abba Agabos is unclear; they may be earlier monastic figures or local saints.","The phrase 'the men who bear the Christ, the Word of the Father' could be read as a title for Maximos and Domece or for the addressees of the letter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ → “heaven”. The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ carries more than one sense (sky); this passage takes it as “heaven”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲛ ϩⲟⲗⲱⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ ⲉⲩϩⲓ ⲱⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϯ ⲱⲟⲩ\nⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲛⲓϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲁϥ. ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱϥ\nⲁϥⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲗⲩⲥⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ\nⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲕⲏⲕ ⲛⲥⲉϩⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲓ ϣⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥϫⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲁϥⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲁ ⲡⲓⲥⲉϩⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ\nⲛⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛϫⲓϫ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲓ\nⲇⲉ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲙⲁⲕⲇⲁⲗⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲡⲓⲥⲓⲇⲓⲁ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ\nⲥⲟⲧⲉⲣ ϩⲓ ⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣⲅⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲓⲥ ⲅ̄ϯ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲛⲁϥⲟ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲍⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲩϫⲟϣϥ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nϧⲉⲛ ϯⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ ⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ. ⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲓ ⲛⲛⲓϣϯ ⲉⲧⲁ\nⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲓϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ\nⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲁⲅⲁⲡⲁⲛ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϣⲁϥⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ. ϯϯ ϩⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲉⲣ ⲁⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲛⲏ ⲉϯ ϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ\nⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲱ ϧⲁ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲡⲓϣⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲓϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ϧⲁ ⲧϩⲏ ⲙⲡⲁϯⲉⲙⲓ ⲣⲱ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲛⲑⲱⲛ ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ","english":"not at all from his place, and they cast stones at him, and they were giving glory to God, who works wonders through his saints. But a certain man also came from Lystra, having seen the wonder that had happened. His whole body was full of leprosy, and when he came to the saints at the very moment he saw them, by his great faith he was cleansed immediately from the leprosy, and everyone was giving glory to our Lord Jesus Christ because of the healings that he was performing through the hands of these blessed ones. They brought another one to them from Makedala of Pisidia, whose face was twisted backward by the activity of a demon for three years. And when the saints saw him, they were greatly grieved because of the condition he was in, and having taken a little of themselves, they sealed him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, they commanded him, and immediately his face was straightened. O these great graces that the Son of God gave to these sons of the King! For indeed in truth, those who love God, he works with them in every good work. I am telling you, do not let anyone disbelieve the things I am saying, for I myself, even the least, the least of the least, who am in Constantinople, before I knew the whole matter, I heard","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"In this passage ⲥⲱⲙⲁ refers to the leprous body of the man from Lystra, consistent with the ascetic sense of the body as a site of affliction and healing.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲗⲩⲥⲧⲣⲁ","severity":"info","text":"Lystra (Λύστρα) was a city in Lycaonia, Asia Minor, known from Acts 14:8–20 as a place Paul visited. Its mention here links the hagiography to the broader early Christian geography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲕⲇⲁⲗⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲡⲓⲥⲓⲇⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"Makedala of Pisidia is a town in the region of Pisidia, Asia Minor. The toponym confirms the Anatolian setting of the narrative, typical of the post-apostolic missionary context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The exclamation 'O these great graces' marks a rhetorical pause, shifting from narrative to direct authorial address, a common hagiographic device to underscore divine favor.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯϯ ϩⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The author's direct appeal to the reader ('I am telling you, do not let anyone disbelieve') reflects a defensive stance typical of hagiography, anticipating skepticism about miraculous healings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲱ ϧⲁ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'I myself, even the least, the least of the least, who am in Constantinople' introduces a first-person narrator whose identity is unclear; it may be a later scribal insertion or a rhetorical persona.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the first-person narrator in Constantinople is ambiguous; it may be the hagiographer or a later redactor.","The phrase 'having taken a little of themselves' (ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ) is ambiguous: it could mean a small amount of their own substance (e.g., spittle or oil) used in the healing ritual."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ → “body”. In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ carries more than one sense (corpse); this passage takes it as “body”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲣⲓ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲓϩⲱⲗ ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ\nⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲓⲟⲓ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲥ ϣⲁϯⲛⲁⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲑⲱⲧ ⲉⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲩⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲛⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲃⲁⲗ\nⲉϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲙⲁϣϫ. ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲟⲩϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ ⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲑⲱⲧ ⲉⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲡⲓϣϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ϣⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲣⲃⲟⲏⲑⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲛⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϥⲓ\nⲣⲱⲟⲩϣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲓ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ\nϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲥϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡⲁⲓϫⲱⲙ.\nϯⲛⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲱⲥⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲓⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲣ ⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ\nⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓϣⲏⲣⲓ\nⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϯ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ϩⲓⲱⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲙⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁ ϯϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲕⲉⲭⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲙⲁⲓⲏ.\nⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲁ ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲟⲛⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ","english":"from the merchants because of the healings that these saints perform in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word, and I went to Syria while still being a layman until I saw with my own eyes those things that I had heard with my heart, and I was moved, and I said in my thoughts, \"It is better to see with the eyes than to hear with the ears.\" For from that day when I saw those good deeds, my heart was moved to become a monk, but I was not able until the time when God helped me, and he brought me out from the cares of the world, and I went to Shiet. Therefore, those things that I heard in Syria and those things that I heard in Shiet, these I have written in this book. Now, if only I might succeed in this manner of speech to strengthen the testimony that I have made, to make known the graces that will be done. Therefore, we will return again to the graces of healing that Christ our God granted through these sons of a king, who gave themselves to Christ like Paul and Timothy. Because of this, the power of those ones works in these other places of my monastery. There was also a presbyter in Gaballon, the city of the Gaballians, whose name was Zacharias; this one had a spirit of the archons.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword πρεσβύτερος is rendered 'presbyter' to indicate clerical office, as the context introduces a named figure, Zacharias, in Gaballon.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword μοναχός is rendered 'monk'; the narrator states his heart was moved to become a monk, marking a vocational turning point.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϣⲓⲏⲧ","severity":"info","text":"Shiet (ϣⲓⲏⲧ) is the Coptic name for the Wadi el-Natrun monastic region in Egypt, a major center of early Egyptian monasticism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"Gaballon (ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ) is a city of the Gaballians, likely in Asia Minor; the presbyter Zacharias is introduced here, linking the narrative to a specific locale.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The saints are compared to Paul and Timothy, evoking the apostolic model of self-giving and partnership in mission, a common hagiographic topos.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲟⲛⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'a spirit of the archons' is ambiguous: it may denote a demonic or oppressive spirit, or a spiritual entity associated with rulers; the Coptic does not clarify.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲟⲛⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ('a spirit of the archons') is ambiguous: it could mean a demonic spirit or a spirit of the ruling class; the text does not resolve the sense.","The narrator's timeline from Syria to Shiet is unclear: whether he traveled directly or with intermediate stops is not specified."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"ⲙⲙⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲉϥϧⲓϯ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲙⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉϯⲥⲟⲣⲙⲉⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲭⲏ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲥ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲥϧⲉ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ\nⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϯⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲁϥⲧⲏⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲁϥⲧⲫⲟϥ. ⲱ ϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϯⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ. ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦\nⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϫⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲓ\nⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲃⲱⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧϣⲉⲙϣⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲡⲉ\nⲡⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲧⲁⲕⲉ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲭⲁϥ ⲣⲱ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲱϣ ⲛϯⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁϥϥⲱϫⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲁϥⲣⲁϧⲧϥ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϧⲓϯ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϥⲉϣ ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϩϥ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲛⲥⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲣ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ\nⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲁϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲟⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ. ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲁⲥⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲙⲓ︦ⲏ︦ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲛϥ ϣⲁ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲥⲟⲛϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲇⲏⲥ. ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲧϩⲉⲙⲕⲟ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲍⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩϫⲟϣϥ","english":"of the truth of God, that demon came upon you to take possession of you, and all will know the confusion that is in you. Then he wrote the name of Abba Makarios outside the letter, gave it to the bishop, and sent him off. O the wonder that happened at the time when the bishop gave him the letter, saying, \"The anchorites inquire about you. Glory to you, Christ the Word of God, and the powers that you reveal through those who are your servants and who minister to your holy name.\" For indeed, that demon, the destroyer of souls, did not cease until he read the letter, but in that hour he fell upon him, threw him down on the ground in the midst of those standing, and took possession of him, crying out loudly, and he became like a wild beast, so that the whole city of Gabala gathered together against him to see him and marvel at what had happened to him in a short time. He remained in this torment for forty days. Then they brought him to the saints, bound in chains. When they saw his affliction, they were greatly grieved, and after taking a little of themselves, they sealed him and dismissed him.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (from Greek ψυχή) is rendered 'soul' here, consistent with the pinned glossary; the demon is described as a 'destroyer of souls' (ⲛⲣⲉϥⲧⲁⲕⲉ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ), a standard hagiographic epithet.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained as a title for Makarios, following the Coptic usage of the Greek/Syriac address for monastic saints.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"Gabala (ⲅⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲱⲛ) is a coastal city in Syria (modern Jableh), a setting consistent with the Syrian monastic milieu of the narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲱ ϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The exclamation 'O the wonder' (ⲱ ϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ) marks a narrative pause, typical in Coptic hagiography to highlight a miraculous or dramatic event.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Christ the Word of God' (ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦) echoes the Johannine Logos theology (John 1:1), a common Christological formula in Coptic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲙⲓ︦ⲏ︦ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The forty-day period of torment (ⲙⲓ︦ⲏ︦ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ) recalls biblical and hagiographic motifs of trial and purification, such as the forty days of Lent or Christ's temptation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲍⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ('they sealed him') is ambiguous: it may refer to a ritual exorcism or a protective blessing; the reading 'sealed' follows the English draft."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"ⲉϫⲱϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲁ ⲡⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ\nⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲇⲉ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟϥ ⲉⲫⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲥⲉⲧⲫⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲉϥϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫϯ. ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ\nⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧ- . -)ϣⲟⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧ\nⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ\nⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲣ ϣⲓϣⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲁⲩⲑⲉⲃⲓⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲥⲁⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ\nⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲩϣⲟϣϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ\nⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲫⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛ\nϫⲱⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ. ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩⲕⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯϩⲓⲥⲁⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲉϣⲱⲡ\nⲛⲧⲉϥⲕⲏⲛ ⲉϥⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲙⲟⲛ ϣⲁϥϩⲱⲗ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ\nⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲱⲟⲩϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲛⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲥⲁⲙⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ. ϩⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥⲙⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲉⲧⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲁ ⲫϯ\nⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϩⲓ ⲱⲓϣ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ\nϯϩⲓⲥⲁⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲕⲉⲥⲉⲡⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉⲣ ϩⲟϯ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲣ ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲓⲣⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁϥϣⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲟⲛ ⲉϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉϥϣⲉⲙϣⲓ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲕⲏⲛ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲛϯⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲓⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲁϥϯ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲱⲟⲩϣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲛⲁϣⲉⲙϣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧϩⲟϯ.","english":"He said this in the name of Christ, and immediately he was delivered from the demon. He then stood beside the saints for five days until they taught him the path of salvation and buried him in peace, while he gave glory to God. Through all these healings that occurred by means of these blessed ones, they did not become proud at all, nor did they boast about themselves, nor did they speak a word of arrogance. Instead, they humbled themselves beneath everyone, as if they were worthless and acted as if they were unworthy, always saying, \"The grace is God's alone; we are but sinners and wrongdoers.\" Now there was a presbyter in Seleucia of Isauria who, if he continued to do unlawful deeds, would go and stand in the place of worship of God; he was corrupt, for he was with a Samaritan woman. As he persisted in such impious acts, God wished to put fear into those for whom that presbyter did such things throughout all Isauria, so that the rest might be afraid. Finally, on the day of the commemoration of the holy Ignatius, he acted likewise, and afterwards he went again to the church to serve. Then, when he had finished reciting the prayer of the Gospel after the petitions, he turned his face toward the place of worship, for he intended to serve without fear.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword πρεσβύτερος is rendered 'presbyter' here because the context concerns a clerical order and its misconduct, not seniority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ (Greek ἐκκλησία) is translated 'church' as the building where the presbyter goes to serve; the context of liturgical action supports this sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩⲕⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯϩⲓⲥⲁⲩⲣⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"Seleucia of Isauria (modern Silifke, Turkey) was a city in the Roman province of Isauria; the hagiographer uses this geographic detail to locate the presbyter's misconduct in a known setting.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The 'prayer of the Gospel' (ⲧⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ) refers to a liturgical reading from the Gospels, a standard element of the Coptic eucharistic liturgy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a generalizing moral reflection on the saints' humility to a specific narrative about a sinful presbyter, marking a new episode in the hagiography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲛⲁⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ is partially corrupt (the text has ⲉⲧ- . -)ϣⲟⲡ); the reading 'these healings' is conjectural, based on the context of the saints' miraculous works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉⲧ- . -)ϣⲟⲡ is lacunose; the translation 'that occurred' is a restoration.","The clause ⲁϥϯ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲱⲟⲩϣⲓ could mean 'he turned his face toward the place of worship' or 'he gave his attention to the place of worship'; the former is adopted."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁ ⲟⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲥ ϣⲁⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲛⲉⲣϧⲟⲧ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϣⲁⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲧ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ\nⲛⲟⲩⲁⲥⲕⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥϩⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲉϥⲙⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩϥⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲏⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲙⲙⲉⲧⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ. ⲡⲁⲓ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲓ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉϥⲉⲣ ϧⲟⲧ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲥⲉⲕ\nϥⲉⲛⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉϥⲕⲁⲥ ⲃⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥϯ ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲏ ⲉⲥⲉⲛϣⲁϣⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲁⲙⲉϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛⲥⲱϥ. ⲛⲁϥⲣⲓⲙⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲉⲣⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲑⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲉⲧⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ. ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ\nⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲗⲟϫ ⲁⲩϥⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲩϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲧϭⲟⲥⲓ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲭⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲙⲑⲟ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲧϩⲉⲙⲕⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲁⲓϥ ϣⲁⲧⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ\nⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲭⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁ ⲡⲭⲥ ⲕⲏⲛ ⲉⲉⲣ\nϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲡⲣⲁⲝⲓⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲣⲁ ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛ\n(ⲙ)ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲕⲉⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ϥϣⲟⲡ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲉⲕϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲏ ⲛⲁⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲁϥϯ ⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ.","english":"Immediately an angel of the Lord descended upon him in great wrath, gnashing his teeth greatly, so that the bonds of his body were broken like an ascetic, and immediately he fell to the ground, becoming like a dead man, and they carried him and took him to his house in great misery. After some days, his entire body became full of wounds, so that they drew out pus from him, and his bones were broken apart, and they gave forth a sound in a loud voice day and night because of the beasts that devoured him. He wept, however, confessing before everyone all the impious deeds he had done. So they lifted him onto a bed, carried him by some men, and brought him to the feet of the holy ones, the blessed ones of the Most High God. When they placed him before them, they were grieved in heart at the sight of his suffering, and they said to him, \"What is it that you have done until this has happened to you?\" He said to them, \"Forgive me, holy fathers. Christ has already begun to teach me about my evil deeds.\" They said to him, \"Surely you have known Christ well and have understood that he sees your deeds which you do.\" He said, \"Indeed, my lords, the fathers have taught me well.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (angel) here refers to a divine messenger, consistent with the glossary's primary sense; the context of wrath and punishment aligns with angelic figures in Coptic hagiography who enforce divine justice.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ (body) appears twice: first as the site of physical bonds broken by the angel, then as the corpse-like state of the punished man. The glossary's ascetic sense of the body as a site of struggle is operative here, as the body becomes a locus of suffering and confession.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The description of the angel's wrath and the man's bodily disintegration (bones breaking, pus flowing) reflects a common hagiographic motif of divine punishment for impiety, paralleling accounts in Coptic martyrdom and ascetic literature where physical suffering precedes repentance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue unit, as classified, with a clear exchange: the holy ones question the sufferer, who responds with a confession and acknowledgment of Christ's teaching. The structure reinforces the hagiographic pattern of sin, punishment, and repentance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲭⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲡⲭⲥ (Christ) is used in the sufferer's confession, echoing New Testament themes of Christ as teacher and judge. The reference to Christ 'beginning to teach' (ⲕⲏⲛ ⲉⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ) may allude to the concept of divine pedagogy found in Pauline and patristic writings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁϥϯ ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲛⲁϥϯ ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ (they gave forth a sound) is ambiguous: it may refer to the bones emitting a sound or to the sufferer crying out. The English draft interprets it as the bones, but the Coptic could allow either reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛⲁϥϯ ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ is ambiguous: it could mean the bones emitted a sound or the man cried out. The reading taken follows the English draft, interpreting it as the bones.","The identity of the 'beasts that devoured him' (ⲛⲓⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛⲥⲱϥ) is unclear; they may be literal or metaphorical for the man's afflictions."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"ⲧⲟⲧⲉ\nⲛⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲑⲗⲩⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ̄ ⲓ︦︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϫⲉ ϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲁⲛ\nⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲉϥϭⲁϧⲉⲙ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ ϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲙⲙⲏⲓ ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ\nⲁⲩⲉⲣⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲍⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩϫⲟϣϥ ⲉϫⲱϥ\nⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲁⲗⲏⲑⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲧⲁⲕⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲣⲉⲙ \nⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲧⲁⲥⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲕϣⲁⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲗⲟⲅⲓⲕⲏ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲧⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲑⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲉⲉⲣ ⲫⲁϧⲣⲓ\nⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲃⲱⲕ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ\nⲉⲁⲩϣⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲉϥⲉⲣϧⲟⲧ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ. ⲛⲓⲁ(ⲅⲓ)ⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲧⲫⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲉ ϥ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡ(ⲡ)ⲉ ⲁⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ϫⲉ\nⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲕ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲁⲕⲱⲥ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁϥϣⲉ\nⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϫ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁϩⲟϥ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ.","english":"Then the blessed athletes of Christ Jesus, knowing that God does not wish that any should perish in their sins, but rather desires that they all turn to him in true repentance, took a little of the water, made the sign of the cross over him with the sign of the cross, and sprinkled it upon him, saying, \"O Lord Jesus Christ, the true physician of our souls and our bodies, who does not wish that any should perish among those who have gone astray, but desires that they all be gathered into your rational flock through repentance, and that the salvation of your soul may be accomplished, you will be merciful to us all through the prayers of our father Agabos and your servant, the blessed Maxime.\" Then they sprinkled the water upon him, and his body was healed, his wounds were healed, and he recovered. The saints then received him in peace, saying, \"Behold, you have been saved; do not sin again, lest the wrath of God overtake you and you die an evil death.\" Then he went to his own place, healthy and glorifying God at all times because of the salvation that had come to him through the prayers of the saints.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"In this healing context ⲥⲱⲙⲁ refers to the living body as the site of divine intervention, not the corpse typical of martyrdom accounts.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲧⲫⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ: the phrase 'in peace' is a liturgical formula for receiving a penitent, not a comment on civil order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲁⲗⲏⲑⲓⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'true physician' (ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲁⲗⲏⲑⲓⲛⲟⲥ) echoes Christ as healer in the New Testament, e.g., Mark 5:34 and patristic typology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The sign of the cross (ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ) is a standard ritual gesture in Coptic healing miracles, often performed with water to effect physical and spiritual restoration.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ... ⲧⲟⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The passage is framed by two instances of ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ('then'), marking a narrative sequence: first the prayer and sprinkling, then the healing and reception.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The warning 'lest the wrath of God overtake you' (ⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲙⲫϯ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲕ) reflects a common hagiographic trope: the healed penitent is exhorted to avoid relapse, reinforcing the moral lesson for the audience.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲁⲩϫⲟϣϥ ⲉϫⲱϥ (line 4) is ambiguous: it could mean 'they sprinkled it upon him' (the water) or 'they sprinkled him' (the person). The English draft takes the former, which is consistent with the ritual context.","The phrase ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲧⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲑⲟⲕ (line 8) is syntactically unclear; the draft reads it as a purpose clause for the salvation of the supplicant's soul, but the Coptic may also be a prayer for Christ's own soul."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲃ︦ ϧⲉⲛ ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ ⲛⲉ ϩⲁⲛ ϩⲉⲗⲗⲏⲛⲟⲥ\nⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ\nϯϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲁⲩϯ ϣⲑⲟⲩⲓⲧ ϧⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ\nϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲏ ⲛⲁⲓ\nⲛⲉ ⲛⲓⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲑⲏⲛⲁⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁⲩⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲉⲓⲇⲱⲗⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲣⲅⲓⲁ ⲛⲭⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲉⲣⲡⲉⲓⲣⲁⲍⲉⲓⲛ\nⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲕ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲧⲱⲓⲥ\nⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϭⲁϭⲉⲩ ⲛⲕⲉⲗⲁⲫⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲙⲁϣⲑⲁⲙ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲗ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ\nⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲉ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲉϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲛϩⲱⲃ. ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁⲓ\nⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉϥϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲫⲙⲱⲓⲧ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲫⲙⲁ\nⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲕⲱⲗϩ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲟ.\nⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲟⲩ\nⲙⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦\nⲉϯϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ","english":"Then some philosophers in Athens, who were Greeks, for they had heard about the healings that took place through these saints by the power of Christ Jesus, began to mock them, saying, \"Who are these who are said to drive out demons from people if they pray over them in the name of Christ? Are these not the gods of the Athenians?\" Then the idol-worshippers there rose up in wicked deceit, wishing to tempt the holy ones. They bound their hands behind them and tied them with ropes like wild colts, and they blindfolded them like blind men, saying thus, \"If they are prophets and they drive out demons, they will know our deed.\" And they took one of them with them as if he were leading the way before them on the road. And when they came to the place where the holy ones dwelt, the man who was leading the way before them knocked at the door. Then the holy Domitius answered them, saying, \"What do you want in this place?\" And they said to him, \"Bring us to the saints of God, that we may bow before you, so that your mercy may reach us through your prayer over us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic phrase 'ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'Then there were some philosophers' or 'Then some philosophers were negligent.' The context of mockery supports the former reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ' (prophet) is used by the idol-worshippers to test the saints, implying a biblical or prophetic authority that would enable them to know hidden deeds. The rendering follows the pinned glossary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Athens (ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ) is presented as a center of Greek philosophy and pagan worship, contrasting with the Christian saints. This reflects the hagiographical trope of Christian holy men confronting pagan intellectuals.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a narrative unit of testing: the philosophers mock, the idol-worshippers bind and blindfold the saints, and Domitius responds. The structure moves from external challenge to the saints' calm reply, typical of hagiographic confrontation scenes.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲕ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲕ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ' is ambiguous: it could mean 'they bound their hands behind them' or 'they bound their hands to them.' The English draft takes the former, which fits the context of restraint.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of binding and blindfolding saints as a test of their prophetic power appears in other Coptic hagiographies, such as the Life of Apa Cyrus, suggesting a shared narrative tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic 'ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ' may be read as 'then there were' or 'they were negligent'; the context of mockery supports the former.","The phrase 'ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲕ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ' is ambiguous between 'bound their hands behind them' and 'bound their hands to them'; the English draft chooses the former.","The identity of 'ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ' (the man) leading the way is unclear—he may be one of the idol-worshippers or a separate guide."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ϫⲁϭⲟ ⲛⲕⲉⲗⲁⲫⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ\nⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲭⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲁϥϭⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲁϥⲉⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ.\nⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲡⲗⲟⲩⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦\nⲉϥⲉⲧⲁⲗϭⲉ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲥⲉϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓⲛ.\nⲛϯⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲕⲉⲗⲁⲫⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ ⲁ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲱⲗⲕ\nⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϫⲁϭⲟ. ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲥⲙⲏ\nⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲉⲣⲡⲉⲓⲣⲁⲍⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϩⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲟ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲛϯ ϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲃⲟⲏⲑⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ\nⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ\nⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲧⲁⲫⲙⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉ. ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ\nⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉ ⲧⲉⲛ- ⲛⲁϩϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲉⲛϭⲓⲥⲉⲩ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϫⲉ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲏⲗ ⲉⲣⲟϥ.\nⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ\nⲁⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲩⲧⲏⲓϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁϣⲉ\nⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲗⲉⲱⲛⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϫⲱⲕⲉⲙ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥϣⲱϯ","english":"...that healing might overtake us, for truly we are lame and blind. Behold, you see this man, that he himself has shown us the way and brought us to this place.\"\n\nThe holy Dometius said to them with simplicity, \"The Lord Jesus Christ will heal you, and it will happen to you just as you have requested.\"\n\nImmediately they became lame and blind; their hands were stretched out to them, and they became crippled. At once they cried out with a great voice, saying, \"Man of God, have mercy on us, for we came to this place to test you.\" And immediately they fell on their faces at the feet of the holy ones with great faith, saying, \"We have sinned against you. Have mercy on us, help us, and we will become Christians from this day forward, and we will be servants of Christ.\"\n\nAnd the holy Maximus said to them, \"Do you truly believe that Jesus is the Son of God?\" They said, \"Yes, we believe with all our heart, O holy ones, that Jesus is the Son of God, and there is no other besides him.\"\n\nWhen the servants of Christ heard these things from those people, they prayed over a little oil and gave it to them, saying, \"Go to the shrine of the holy Leontius and immerse yourselves in his pool.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic word ⲛⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ (nbeelle) means 'blind' and is used here in a literal sense, describing the physical affliction of the philosophers.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The holy Dometius (ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ) is one of the two saints in this hagiography; his name is a variant of 'Domitius' or 'Dometius'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦","severity":"info","text":"The nomina sacra ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ abbreviate 'the Lord Jesus Christ', a standard Christian title reflecting New Testament usage (e.g., Acts 2:36).","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲗⲉⲱⲛⲧⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The shrine of Saint Leontius (ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲗⲉⲱⲛⲧⲓⲟⲥ) refers to a local cult site, likely in Egypt, associated with healing through immersion in a pool.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ('at once') marks a rapid narrative sequence, emphasizing the immediate punishment and subsequent repentance of the philosophers.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The declaration 'we will become Christians' (ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ) reflects a conversion motif common in Coptic hagiography, where adversaries are transformed into believers.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic phrase ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ (ntef pioujai tahon) is ambiguous: it could mean 'that healing might overtake us' (as in the English draft) or 'that salvation might reach us'. The reading taken follows the context of physical healing.","The identity of ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ (niebiaik) is unclear; it may be a variant of ⲛⲓⲁⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ (servants) or a scribal error. The English draft renders it as 'servants of Christ'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲑⲁϩⲥ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ϫⲉ\nⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲧⲁϩⲉ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲟⲥ\nⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ϯϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲱⲙⲥ\nⲉⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲫⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ\nⲛⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩϩⲓ ⲱⲓϣ ⲛϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ ⲑⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲓⲟⲥ. ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ\nⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲩϯ ⲱⲟⲩ\nⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϥϭⲓ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ. ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲱ ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁⲓ\nⲛⲛⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣⲅⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛϫⲓϫ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ.\nⲟⲩⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲟⲭⲓⲁ ⲉϥϩⲏⲗ ϣⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲉϥϭⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲱⲗⲓ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛϫⲓϫ\nⲛⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲛⲓⲥⲭⲟⲗⲁⲕⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲁϩϯ\nⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲥϧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲛⲓⲥⲭⲟⲗⲁⲕⲓ ⲁϥⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲙⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥϫⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϣϭⲏⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ\nⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉϥⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲓⲁ","english":"and that you might be healed in this small moment, and we believe that\nhealing will overtake you. And they did according to the way the saints had said\nto them, and they were healed by the power of Christ. After that, they received\nthe seal\nof the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and they became\nChristians in that place. And they marveled at the miracle that had happened\nto them in Athens, the city of the Athenians. From that day\na multitude became Christians, for among them they were giving glory\nto God the Word who took flesh. For if I wished to recount the abundance\nof the graces of healing that God worked through the hands of these saints, the time would fail me for speaking.\nFor a certain businessman of the city of Antioch was journeying to these blessed ones little by little, receiving a blessing from them, taking their handiwork\nfrom them. For it was his work, or rather his leisure, because of his faith\ntoward the saints. He wrote their names on the sails, and he made them into a cross\nin the middle of the sail of his ship on the sea. It happened\nthat the ship was in Constantinople and his business","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ (cross) here refers to the shape formed by the sails, not a devotional object. The businessman arranges the sails into a cross, a protective sign.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ (bless) is used when the businessman receives a blessing from the saints. The verb here implies a blessing conferred by the holy men, not praise directed toward God.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Athens (ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲛⲁⲥ) is named as the city where the healing and conversion occur. This setting is unusual for Coptic hagiography, which typically locates miracles in Egypt or Syria.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The businessman from Antioch (ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲟⲭⲓⲁ) who visits the saints and later places a cross on his ship's sail reflects a motif of lay devotion and the spread of the saints' cult through trade routes.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲱⲙⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲱⲙⲥ (they received the seal) is ambiguous: it may refer to baptism (the seal of the Trinity) or to a formal mark of Christian identity. The context of conversion supports the baptismal reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲱⲙⲥ (they received the seal) could denote either baptism or a symbolic mark; the narrative of conversion favors baptism.","The businessman's 'handiwork' (ⲡⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛϫⲓϫ) is unclear: it may refer to physical objects made by the saints or to their written blessings."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ → “bless”. The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ carries more than one sense (praise); this passage takes it as “bless”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"ⲉⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲏⲓⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲙⲏⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲉϥⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲥⲙⲏϯ ⲥⲁϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲛⲓⲥⲟⲃⲧ ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲙⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϫⲉ\nⲥⲉⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓϩⲱⲓⲙⲓ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲭⲱ ⲛⲛⲓⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ\nⲡⲉⲛϣⲟⲧ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲱⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ϩⲁⲗⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ ⲉⲧϭⲟⲗⲕ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ\nⲛⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲥⲉⲕ ⲛⲓϩⲁⲗⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲭⲁ ⲛⲓⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲓ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲙⲏⲛ. ⲉⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ‐ ⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛⲁϥϭⲓ ϩⲣⲁϥ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ\nⲉⲧⲁϥϯ ϩⲑⲏϥ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ\nⲉϥⲫⲟⲣϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲛⲉϥ ⲑⲱⲣⲡ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲩⲛⲏⲑⲓⲁ\nⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲩⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲛⲓⲥⲭⲟⲗⲁⲕⲓ ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲩⲟ. ⲉⲧⲁϥⲱϣ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲛⲓⲛⲉϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲧⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ\nϩⲓ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲗⲁⲟⲩⲟ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲩϣ(ⲟ)ⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲭⲱⲣⲁ. ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲫⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ\nⲡⲁⲓϫⲟⲓ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲥϧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲗⲁⲟⲩⲟ\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲉⲛϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲧ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ϫⲉ","english":"they left that place. For the harbor of the city was located in the middle, inside the walls. Then the king learned that the ships were in danger. He commanded that the ships be brought inside because of the danger of the ships of the sea, for there were some pirates who were sailing to that place. So they brought the ships inside to moor in the harbor. Still, the magisterian of the king and his soldiers were rejoicing with the ships that were moored inside. When he gave his attention, he saw the sail of the ship that had been first, a wonder to him, spread out upon the ground, with the sailors gathered around it according to their custom. He saw the names of the saints Maximos and Dometios written on the sail. When he read the names, he commanded that they call the sailors to him, and he said to them, \"What are these names written on the sail?\" They said to him, \"They are holy men of God who dwell in our region.\" The magisterian said to them, \"Is this ship yours?\" They said to him, \"No, but we wrote a name on our sail because of a holy prayer, so that we might obtain help for our ship in our sailing.\" He said to them, \"You do well.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (magisterian) denotes a high-ranking Roman official, likely the magister officiorum or a local military commander. The term reflects the administrative and military hierarchy of the late Roman Empire.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ϩⲁⲛ ϩⲁⲗⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ϩⲁⲛ ϩⲁⲗⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (pirates) alludes to the threat of piracy in the eastern Mediterranean, a common trope in hagiography to heighten peril and underscore divine protection. The term ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ is a Coptic plural of ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲏⲥ (pirate), from Greek πειρατής.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue between the magisterian and the sailors, framed by the king's command and the sailors' explanation. The exchange advances the plot by revealing the saints' names and the sailors' reliance on prayer, typical of hagiographic narrative patterns.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ (a holy prayer) echoes the early Christian practice of invoking saints for intercession, as seen in the Acts of the Apostles and later hagiography. The sailors' act of writing names on the sail for protection parallels the use of nomina sacra in amulets.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲧⲁϥⲱϣ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲉⲧⲁϥⲱϣ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ (when he read the names) is ambiguous: it could mean the magisterian read the names aloud or simply saw them. The English draft assumes reading aloud, but the Coptic verb ⲱϣ can mean both 'read' and 'call out'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ is not specified beyond being a royal official; his role may be conflated with a local governor.","The phrase ⲉⲧⲁϥⲱϣ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲁⲛ is ambiguous between reading silently and calling out the names.","The sailors' claim that the ship is not theirs (ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ) may indicate they are not the owners, but the Coptic could also be read as a polite denial."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"ⲉⲩϣⲟⲡ ⲑⲱⲛ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲩϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ \nⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲉⲥⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲛⲓⲛⲉϥ ⲛⲥⲉϭⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϣⲁ\nⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϫⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲑⲟ ⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲡⲉ\nⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲡⲉ\nⲫⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁϥⲟⲓ ⲛⲥⲧⲁⲩⲗⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲛⲓϩⲑⲱⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ\nⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲉⲫⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ. ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲁϥⲑⲁϣϥ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲱⲣⲉⲙ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲛⲓϩⲑⲱⲣ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲙⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ\nⲁⲩⲉⲣⲁⲡⲟⲧⲁⲍⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉϥⲟⲛϧ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ\nⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ\nⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲙⲙⲏⲓ ⲛⲁⲧϣϧⲉⲧϧⲱⲧⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡϯⲙⲁϯ ⲛϯⲥⲩⲅⲕⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲁⲩⲑⲱϣ ⲛⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲩⲗⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲧϣⲉⲃⲓⲱ\nⲛⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ\nⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲓⲥⲧⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ. ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲛⲓⲛⲉϥ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲛϩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲑⲣⲟⲩⲃⲟⲗⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ","english":"they were there. They said to him, \"They are in Syria.\" Then the magisterianus gave an order to bind them and bring them to the king. He himself, the magisterianus, went before them and informed the king, and he said that they should appear before him. The name of that king was Theodosius. For Theodosius was of Egyptian origin. He had been a stauletes first under the emperor Valentinus. The king spoke to the father of the saints. For when Theodosius saw that he was a strong man, he appointed him archon over all the places of refuge of the harbors that were in the territory of his kingdom. Then the saints renounced this world while Valentinus was still alive. The father of the king, Valentinus, after he had rested according to the true laws without deceit of God and the entire consent of the senate, they appointed Theodosius the stauletes as king of the eighth year of Valentinus, the father of the blessed Maximus and Domitius, according to what is written in the histories of the church. When the pious king Theodosius saw his ships bound, he had them released.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (magisterianus) denotes a high-ranking imperial official, often a messenger or agent of the magister officiorum. The title appears in late Roman and Byzantine administration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲗⲓⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲗⲓⲧⲏⲥ (stauletes) is a Greek loanword meaning 'one who bears a cross' or 'cross-bearer,' possibly a military or courtly title. Its precise function here is unclear but may denote a standard-bearer or a minor official.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The emperor Theodosius I (r. 379–395) was of Spanish origin, not Egyptian. The text's claim that Theodosius was Egyptian (ⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ) is a hagiographic invention, likely to connect the saintly figures to a local or monastic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲓⲥⲧⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the histories of the church' (ⲛⲓⲓⲥⲧⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ) likely refers to a lost Coptic ecclesiastical history or a compilation of saints' lives. This signals the text's self-presentation as part of a broader historiographical tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲱⲣⲉⲙ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲱⲣⲉⲙ (places of refuge) is ambiguous; it may refer to harbors, shelters, or administrative districts. The English draft renders it as 'places of refuge of the harbors,' but the Coptic does not explicitly mention harbors here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲧϣⲉⲃⲓⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The text states Theodosius was appointed king in the eighth year of Valentinus. If Valentinus refers to Valentinian I (r. 364–375), his eighth year would be 371/372, but this conflicts with known history. The chronology is likely symbolic or confused.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Valentinus' is unclear: it may refer to Valentinian I or a different emperor; the text conflates him with the father of Maximus and Domitius.","The phrase ⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲱⲣⲉⲙ (places of refuge) is ambiguous; the English draft adds 'harbors' without explicit Coptic warrant.","The sequence of events after the saints' renunciation is unclear; the text jumps between Theodosius's appointment and the release of the ships."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲫⲏⲣ ⲙⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲭⲁⲩ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲛϩ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ\nⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓϣⲁⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ\nⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲣⲁⲩϣ ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ\nⲡⲓⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁⲓ. ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫ(ⲉ)... ϩⲁⲛ ⲁϣ ⲛⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲉ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲧ. ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲏⲛ\nⲡⲉ ⲉⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲣⲧ ⲡⲓⲭⲉⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥϣⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲉⲁϥϩⲓ ⲁⲣⲭⲏ\nⲙⲙⲟⲣⲧ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲗⲟⲩⲕⲟϫⲓ\nⲙⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲛⲉϥ ⲛⲥⲉⲭⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ\nⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟⲥ\nⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥϫⲟⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲁϥϯ\nⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲑⲟ ⲉϥϫⲟⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥϫⲟⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲟⲣⲡϥ ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ϩⲓⲛⲁ\nⲛⲧⲉϥⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉϥⲧⲁⲙⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ\nϩⲁⲛ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲕⲧⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ϣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ\n(ϫ)ⲉ ⲥⲉϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲉⲛⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲛϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ. ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ\nⲇⲉ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲣⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ","english":"He was saying, \"What a wonder! They are members; they did not leave them bound, so that Christ might not be angry with me.\" And the magisterianus said to the king, \"They are in a state of joy. Who are the men of God that you know?\" They said, \"Our lord Maximos is one, and Dometios is the other.\" Again he said to them, \"What kind of appearance do they have?\" They answered him, \"One is a tall man, having begun to grow gray; the other is a short man, having begun to grow gray.\" Then the king gave an order to give each of them a small loaf of bread and to release them in peace. After these things, the king summoned a courier of the palace, whose name was Markellos, a man strong in his deeds like a lion. He gave him a horse strong in its power and sent him to Syria so that he might learn the certainty of the matter before informing the king. And after a few days, the courier returned to the king, saying, \"Your sons, the brothers of the king, greet you greatly.\" King Theodosios rejoiced greatly and informed the king and all his own, and there was great joy in the palace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (εἰρήνη) here means 'peace' in a liturgical or formal sense, as in the colophon formula 'in peace', not civil order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲉⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The magisterianus (ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲉⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ) was a late Roman imperial agent, often a courier or investigator, reflecting the administrative setting of the narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ('again, also') marks a narrative resumption after the identification of the saints, typical of hagiographic dialogue sequences.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"King Theodosios is identified as an Egyptian-born stauletes under Valentinus, a detail unique to this Coptic hagiography, likely reflecting local reception of imperial history.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲗⲟⲩⲕⲟϫⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲗⲟⲩⲕⲟϫⲓ ('five small loaves') is ambiguous: ⲅ̄ may be a numeral or a scribal abbreviation; the English draft reads 'a small loaf' each, but the Coptic specifies five total.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The numeral ⲅ̄ in ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲗⲟⲩⲕⲟϫⲓ could be read as 'three' or 'five' depending on scribal convention; the English draft simplifies to 'a small loaf' each.","The identity of 'the king' in the final sentence is unclear: Theodosios is named, but the text says 'informed the king' as if a second king is present, possibly a textual corruption."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ. ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ϩⲁⲛ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁ\nⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛⲓ ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲑⲱⲧ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϯ ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲧⲫⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ. ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁ\nⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲣ ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϣⲁ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲉⲩⲓⲛⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲁⲕⲁⲑⲁⲣⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲫⲟϩ ϣⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ.\nⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ (ϩ)ⲱⲗ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱϥ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥϭⲓ\nⲡⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟϥ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ϩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲛⲁⲛⲉⲩ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲉⲣ ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦. ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ\nⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛ(ⲓⲃ)ⲉⲛ ⲉⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲫⲛⲁϩϯ ⲛⲛⲓⲕⲁⲓⲁ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥⲭⲁ ⲛⲓϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲓⲙⲏ\nⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲩϯ ⲥⲱⲓⲧ ϧⲉⲛ\nϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲁϥϩⲏⲗ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ\nⲉϥⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲉⲣⲁⲡⲟⲗⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲱⲥ","english":"all that day. And after a few days, the king sent their mother and their sister the Syrian, so that they might see them and their hearts might be comforted. And the saints gave a blessing to their mother and their sister, and they departed in peace. From that day, the people of Constantinople made the journey to the saints at the place of their walking, by day and by night, bringing to them every one who was sick, a multitude of various kinds, and those with whom unclean spirits were. And when they came to these blessed ones, they would pray over them, and they were healed through the grace of God our Savior.\n\nAfter these things, King Theodosius also went to them, until he received their blessing and their counsel, and they taught him good works that would be beneficial for his kingdom and for the Church of God. And in these things he was firmly established in every steadfastness, to keep the faith of the councils and to make the children of the Church honored by him in every honor. Then these blessed ones became known, giving guidance throughout all Syria; the pious King Theodosius himself would go to them, taking counsel with them and enjoying their teaching and their blessing as","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in peace' is a liturgical formula common in colophons, not a comment on civil order. Here it marks the saints' departure as blessed and orderly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The word 'church' can denote the building, congregation, or institution. Here it refers to the institutional Church of God, as it is paired with the king's realm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The king Theodosius is likely Theodosius II (408–450), a Christian emperor who supported the Council of Ephesus (431) and the Council of Chalcedon (451). The text aligns him with orthodox faith and church authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage transitions from the saints' private blessing of family to public ministry, then to royal consultation. The sequence emphasizes their growing influence and the king's submission to their counsel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The description of crowds bringing the sick and possessed to the saints for healing reflects a common hagiographic topos, reinforcing the saints' sanctity and the efficacy of their intercession.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic reads 'the people of Constantinople' but the preceding context places the saints in Syria. This may be a geographical inconsistency or a scribal error; the English draft retains the reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'the people of Constantinople' may be a scribal error or a deliberate reference to pilgrims from the capital; the Coptic is clear but the geography is inconsistent with the Syrian setting."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"ⲉϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥϫⲓ ⲛϩⲓ ⲕⲟⲧ\nϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϩⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲥⲃⲱ ⲉⲥⲟⲓ ⲛⲛⲓϣϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲟⲩϣⲱⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲁϣⲛⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲙⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲓⲧⲓⲙⲏ\nⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲓⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲱⲛϧ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩ ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲛ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥⲕⲉϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲇⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲛⲟⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓⲙⲉⲧⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲛϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ\nⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓⲗⲱⲓϫⲓ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ\nⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲗⲱⲓϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲃⲱⲛ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲟϣ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲁϩ ⲡϩⲟ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ. ⲛϯⲛⲁⲕⲏⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲓⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϣⲁⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲙⲓ\nⲉⲡⲟⲩⲁⲝⲓⲱⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲧⲉⲓⲁ ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ\nⲁⲩⲙⲉⲛⲣⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱϥ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ϩⲱϥ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁϥϯ ⲱⲟⲩ","english":"He knew that the kingdom was theirs, for truly his taking of the turn happened to him anew, along with a teaching that was great, and in order to say it in a clear manner, he who had striven for the great love of God and the honor in this way entered into the churches of God through the teachings of life of these blessed ones, not only for himself alone, but also for his other children, Arcadius and Honorius, whom he raised up likewise in this piety in this way through the teaching and the good manner of these blessed ones. In this way also the little one, Theodosius. After these things, the archbishop of Constantinople rested himself, and certainly through this persecution which God had sent to the saints, like Jacob the patriarch who came down to Egypt at the time of the persecution of the famine until his people became numerous and filled the face of the earth, in this way also these saints, Maximus and Domitius, the sons of the king. We are not weary of calling them sons of the king until everyone knows their worth and their angelic life and their conduct, since they loved Christ more than all of this world and they followed him with their whole heart. Because of this, he himself, Christ Jesus, gave glory.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲗⲁⲟⲥ (λαός) here refers to the people of Egypt who became numerous, echoing the biblical model of Jacob's descent into Egypt. In liturgical contexts it denotes the laity as distinct from clergy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The patriarch Jacob's descent into Egypt during famine (Genesis 46) is cited as a typological parallel to the saints' persecution, reinforcing the hagiographic theme of providential suffering.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲇⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲛⲟⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Arcadius and Honorius were the historical sons of Emperor Theodosius I, who ruled the Eastern and Western Roman Empires respectively. Their mention anchors the hagiography in late 4th–early 5th century imperial history.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ('in this way') structures the passage as a series of parallel exempla: the emperor's transformation, the raising of his sons, and the typology of Jacob, all mirroring the saints' influence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The saints are explicitly called 'sons of the king' (ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ) to emphasize their royal lineage, a common hagiographic trope that elevates their renunciation of worldly power. The narrator insists on this title to underscore their worth.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲉϥϫⲓ ⲛϩⲓ ⲕⲟⲧ ('his taking of the turn') is obscure; it may refer to a change of heart or a conversion experience, but the exact referent is unclear.","The identity of 'the archbishop of Constantinople' (ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ) is not specified; it could be John Chrysostom or another contemporary figure, but the text does not name him."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ → “people”. Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (laity); this passage takes it as “people”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲓ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ\nⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲉⲕⲱⲧ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲁⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲥⲉⲛϯ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲛⲁⲧⲕⲓⲙ\nⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲗⲩⲙⲏⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲭⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲉⲓⲥⲟⲥ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲱϯ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϯⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ ϥⲛⲁⲕⲏⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲗⲩⲙⲏⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲑⲟ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲫⲟⲣⲙⲏ ⲛⲧϫⲓ\nⲛⲓ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲫⲟϣⲛⲉϥ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲁⲩⲓ ϣⲁ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲧϩⲉⲙⲥⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓ‐ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲧϣⲉⲃⲓⲱ ⲛⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ\nⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲛϫⲉ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ\nⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲱϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲕ︦ⲉ︦ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲉⲁϥⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲧⲁϩⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲣⲱⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ\nϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲛⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲁ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲫⲟϩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲛⲓⲥϧⲁⲓ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣ ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲫⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ\nⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛϧⲓⲥⲓ ϩⲓ ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲣⲁⲥϯ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦.","english":"Truly they were to be administered by him so that they might go up the holy mountain to complete their work there and build a church there in their name. The foundation was established upon the rock, immovable, Christ, which became a harbor of salvation for all who would turn to God because of the forgiveness of their sins. Truly indeed the paradise rejoiced, as God, because of the salvation that had come to the soul of the sinners in that place. And moreover, it will not cease to be a harbor of salvation forever and ever. But let us hasten to the beginning of the taking of the blessed ones.\n\nThen, therefore, they sought after one to ordain as archbishop of the city of the kingdom. They came to Theodosius, the entire populace and all together, entreating him to appoint Maximus as archbishop of the see of the one who had fallen asleep. Then Theodosius the king rejoiced greatly at this matter, and immediately he sent a magistrate after him, along with other soldiers, having written to the eparch of Syria so that he might bring the saints under his protection until the bishops of the eparchy were assembled. When the magistrate and the soldiers reached the eparch and gave him the king's letters, he rejoiced and said to them, \"Let us dine today, for you have labored on the road, and tomorrow we will go in the will of God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ψυχή is rendered 'soul' here, but in context it refers to the living person's spiritual essence, not the afterlife soul.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'bishop' is used for the ecclesiastical office; here 'archbishop' (ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ) indicates a metropolitan see.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲛⲁⲧⲕⲓⲙ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the rock, immovable' echoes New Testament imagery of Christ as the foundation (cf. 1 Cor 3:11, Matt 16:18), common in Coptic hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'entire populace' (δῆμος) petitioning the emperor reflects late antique civic acclamation, a standard topos in hagiography to show popular support for a saint's appointment.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲑⲟ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲫⲟⲣⲙⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The narrator's exhortation 'let us hasten to the beginning' marks a transition from a digression on the church's foundation back to the main narrative, a common structural device in Coptic hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲉⲓⲥⲟⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'the paradise rejoiced' is ambiguous: it may refer to the Garden of Eden or metaphorically to the church as paradise; the Coptic does not specify.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the one who had fallen asleep' (ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ) is not specified; likely the previous archbishop of the see.","The phrase 'the paradise rejoiced' (ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲉⲓⲥⲟⲥ ⲛⲑⲉ) could be literal or metaphorical; the Coptic does not clarify."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲥⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲫⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ ⲁⲥⲙⲟⲕⲙⲉⲕ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲁⲥⲉⲣ ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ\nⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲓ\nⲛⲭⲱⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲕⲉⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲧⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ\nⲓⲥ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲱⲗ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲟⲗⲧⲉⲛ\nⲉⲫⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ. ϩⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲛⲉⲥⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉϥϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲁⲗ(ⲓⲃⲓ) ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲭⲟⲡⲟⲩ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ. ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲥϯ ⲇⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲩⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϫⲉⲙⲟⲩ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁ","english":"By divine economy, then, the wife of the eparchos, who had been appointed to this, reflected, saying, \"The king will take these saints to Constantinople.\" She became very grieved because she had a great house of faith there with them. And immediately she sent her sons, the stewards, and her other servants at evening. They informed the saints, saying, \"Behold, the king has sent to take you to Constantinople. Therefore, if you wish, go into seclusion for yourselves.\" When the saints heard these words, they immediately girded themselves and came out of the monastery, saying, \"This is the time that God wishes to take us to the place of our father Abba Makarios, the man of God in truth.\" As the saints were walking, they found an old shepherd sitting in a cave in a desert place. They bowed down at his feet. But at his appearance, the magistrianos and those with him went to the monastery seeking the blessed ones, and they did not find them. Then","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ (eparchos) denotes a provincial governor in the late Roman/Byzantine administration, a title retained in Coptic hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲙⲁⲅⲓⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (magistrianos) refers to an imperial agent or courier, a functionary of the Byzantine court, here sent to retrieve the saints.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is a Greek/Syriac honorific for a monastic elder, retained in the Coptic text as a fixed form of address for Abba Makarios.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The wife of the eparchos acts as a secret ally, a common hagiographic trope where a high-ranking woman aids saints against imperial orders, reflecting the tension between state and monastic authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage advances the narrative by shifting the saints from the monastery to a desert encounter with a shepherd, setting up a new phase of their journey.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲕⲁⲗ(ⲓⲃⲓ)","severity":"caution","text":"The word ⲕⲁⲗ(ⲓⲃⲓ) is partially abbreviated in the Coptic; it likely means 'cave' (from Greek καλύβη), but the reading is uncertain due to the scribal contraction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ is ambiguous: it may mean 'a house that she had there' or 'a house that belonged to her there'; the translation takes it as a house of faith.","The shepherd's identity is not specified; he may be a holy figure or a narrative device."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":27,"ref":"p27","source":"ⲡⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲉⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ\nⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲁⲗⲁⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲏ. ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲭⲏⲡ ⲡⲉ\nⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲡⲉ\n ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲁ\nϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲕⲱϯ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲃⲁϣⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ\nⲁⲩⲧⲏⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲟⲕ ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲛ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲫⲁⲥⲕⲓⲁ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϣⲧⲉⲙⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲟⲩ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲟⲕ ⲧⲁⲗⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉⲣⲉ ⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲓⲥⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲛⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉⲩⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲉϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϧⲁϫⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲟⲗⲧⲉⲛ ϣⲁⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ.\nⲉⲧⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲃ︦ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲙⲙⲉⲧϫⲁⲣ ϩⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ϫⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲡⲁⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲉ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲁⲫⲙⲏⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃ‐ ⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲟⲣⲁⲙⲁ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲅⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲉⲁϥϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲟⲛϩⲉⲛ","english":"The eparchos commanded that they be sought with firmness throughout all the places of Syria and Palestine. Because of this, these saints were hidden for many days and did not reveal themselves at all, since they would be recognized by anyone in Syria and those who were in the region. After these things, these blessed ones arose by a counsel of God; they removed the monastic garments, put them into some sacks, and wore some worldly garments, and they bound some headbands on their heads so that they would not be recognized. Then they came out, therefore, with a small sack hung upon them, each one wearing the worldly garments according to the Syrians, and they walked praying to God, saying, \"God of our father Abba Makarios, may you lead the way before us and bring us to him in peace.\" When they had walked for two days upon the shores of the sea, the younger one said to the elder with great boldness of heart, \"Find courage, my lord brother, for in the will of our Lord Jesus Christ our God, the truth and the prayers of the holy Abba Makarios, he who saw him in the vision—our blessed father Agavos who said to him, 'Be strong.'","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ (eparchos) denotes a provincial governor in the late Roman/Byzantine administration, here likely the governor of Syria or a region under the emperor's authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲛ (worldly garments) contrasts with the monastic habit (ⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ) the saints remove, marking a deliberate disguise to evade imperial pursuit.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (in peace) is a liturgical formula common in Coptic colophons and prayers, not a comment on civil order; here it concludes the saints' prayer for safe passage.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲁⲗⲁⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of Syria and Palestine (ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲁⲗⲁⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲏ) situates the narrative in the eastern Roman provinces, a common setting for hagiographic tales of monastic flight from imperial persecution.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ (after these things) marks a clear narrative transition from the saints' hiding to their divinely counseled plan to disguise themselves and travel.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃ‐ ⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text has a scribal break or abbreviation ⲁⲃ‐ ⲃⲁ for ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (Abba Makarios); the English draft resolves it as 'Abba Makarios', but the manuscript may show a lacuna or ditography here.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'younger one' and 'elder' is not specified in this passage; they may be Maxime and Domece, but the text does not name them here.","The phrase 'the truth and the prayers of the holy Abba Makarios' is syntactically ambiguous in Coptic, possibly meaning 'by the truth and prayers' or 'the truth of the prayers'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":28,"ref":"p28","source":"ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧ\nⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲁϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲁⲛ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ. ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ. ⲙⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲡⲓⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛϣϭⲏⲣ ⲥⲁ ⲡⲁⲓⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲥ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲛⲛⲁϫⲉⲙ\nⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱ. ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ\nⲉⲥⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϫⲉ ⲱ ⲡⲁⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲭⲛⲁϩϯ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ ⲙⲡⲉⲛ̄ ⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲫⲱⲛϩ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ⲗⲓⲙⲛⲏ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ. ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉ ⲡⲁⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ϯⲛⲁϩϯ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ\nⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲭⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϣⲱϥⲧ ϩⲱ\nϩⲱⲥ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲩⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲟⲙϯ\nⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲙⲡⲓ︦ⲥ︦ⲗ︦\nⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲕⲉⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲓⲃⲓ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲩϣⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲥⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲉϥϩⲟⲗϫ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϥϩⲟⲗϫ","english":"Their hands were upon their children after you, and they brought me down to Egypt, and they remained under the hand of our faith, saying, \"His prayer will find a way for us until we reach Rakote, to his place. Let us walk, then, my brother, upon the shore of the sea, in a straight line until we reach Rakote. Did you not hear the pragmateutes who said to us at that time, 'We will go along the shore of the sea until we reach Rakote'?\" And the elder said, \"And we will find water there, and we will drink.\" The younger said to him with joy and steadfast hope, \"O my lord brother, do you not believe that there is power in our Lord Jesus Christ to turn this water and these stones into lakes of water?\" The elder said to him, \"Yes, my lord, I believe that there is power in him in all things, but forgive me, my brother, for I have sinned as a man.\" After these words, they walked with joy and confidence of heart, rejoicing and blessing God, and they gave strength to each other in a straight line. But God, who had led the way for the saint at that time in the desert and on the sea, it was he who also led the way for these other saints. And if they became thirsty, they would go to the sea and drink from it, for it was sweet, and they did not ask each other about this, because it was sweet.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ","severity":"info","text":"Rakote is the Coptic name for Alexandria, Egypt. The term appears multiple times in this passage as the saints' destination.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲁⲅⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword pragmateutes (πραγματευτής) here likely means 'merchant' or 'business agent,' not a proper name. The younger saint recalls his earlier advice to travel along the shore.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦","severity":"info","text":"The nomina sacra for Jesus Christ appear in the younger saint's speech, invoking Christ's power to transform water and stone into lakes. This echoes Gospel themes of divine authority over nature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase 'until we reach Rakote' frames the journey as a pilgrimage to Alexandria, a major center of Coptic Christianity and monasticism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage alternates between dialogue (the elder and younger saints) and narrative summary, a common hagiographic device to convey theological instruction through conversation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase 'they brought me down to Egypt' is ambiguous: the speaker may be the elder saint or a collective voice. The English draft interprets it as first-person singular, but the Coptic allows a plural reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the speaker in 'they brought me down to Egypt' is unclear; it may be the elder saint or a collective 'us.'","The phrase 'their hands were upon their children' is obscure; it may refer to the saints' care for disciples or a textual corruption."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":29,"ref":"p29","source":"ⲓⲉ ϥⲉⲛϣⲁϣⲓ. ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉϥⲟⲓ ⲛϫⲁϫ(ⲣⲓ)ⲙ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ\nⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲥⲉⲟϣ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧϧⲟⲥⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲁ ⲉⲑⲱⲛ\nⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϥⲑⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲉⲁⲥⲓⲁⲓ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲩ ⲡⲉ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ϯϧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲏⲓ\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ϣⲁ ⲑ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϧⲓⲥⲓ \nⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲧϩⲉⲙⲕⲟ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲩϫⲏⲛ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛⲥⲉⲕⲉϩ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲥⲙⲟⲧ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉⲧⲁⲛⲁⲗⲏⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲥϭⲟⲥⲓ ⲉⲡⲓϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲛϣϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ\nⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲉⲙⲟϣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲁⲛϣⲧⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲛϧⲟⲥⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ. ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲑⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲱⲛⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲑⲗⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲫⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲏϣ\nⲛϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲕⲉⲉ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲩⲥⲏϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ\nϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲑⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲧⲥⲱ ⲉⲩⲣⲟϫⲡ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛ\nⲣⲉϥⲙⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲇⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲣ ϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ\nⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉϥⲧⲟⲩϫⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲣ","english":"And they rejoiced. When they had walked, they came out upon a rock of stone which was very sharp, so that they walked upon their hands and their knees many times. For the sufferings which these blessed ones endured upon those high rocks are indescribable. For they did not know where they were going, but the love of Christ and the hope which was in their heart lightened the suffering which came upon them. And according to what was told to me, these blessed ones walked until the ninth day, and they suffered greatly because of the numbness of their knees, for they were men who were weak in their body and not accustomed to such sufferings. Therefore, they said, \"Let us go up upon a high rock, more than our strength, and then walk, for we are weary upon the high rock exceedingly. Have you not seen the strength of these athletes and combatants of Christ, who became martyrs without shedding blood, through these many sufferings which they endured? Then they spent several days sitting upon that rock, without eating and without drinking, being withered like dead men. But God, who saves those who hope in him at all times, delivers them from all their tribulation, who made","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword μάρτυς is rendered 'martyr' in the hagiographical sense, though its older forensic sense 'witness' survives in paschal and apologetic registers. Here it describes those who attained martyrdom without bloodshed.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The description of walking on hands and knees over sharp rocks and sitting withered on a rock without food or drink reflects the ascetic ideal of bodily mortification common in Coptic hagiography, where physical suffering is a path to spiritual perfection.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a narrative unit that recounts the physical trials of the blessed ones, culminating in a comparison to martyrs who shed no blood, thereby linking their ascetic suffering to the category of martyrdom.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of suffering on a high rock and being saved by God echoes the biblical account of Elijah on Mount Carmel and the testing of Abraham, common in hagiographical typology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'martyrs without shedding blood' reflects a later Coptic tradition that recognized ascetic suffering as equivalent to blood martyrdom, a development in the reception of martyrdom in monastic contexts.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic phrase ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲫⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲟϥ is ambiguous: it could mean 'who became martyrs without shedding blood' (i.e., without violent death) or 'who became martyrs without blood' (i.e., without the physical blood of martyrdom). The reading taken follows the hagiographical sense of ascetic martyrdom."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ → “martyr”. Greek μάρτυς. 'Witness' is the older forensic sense and survives in the paschal and apologetic register; the hagiographical sense is 'martyr'."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (witness); this passage takes it as “martyr”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":30,"ref":"p30","source":"ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲛⲁϩⲙⲉϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲁϥⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲛⲉϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲟⲩϫⲟ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ\nⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲁⲗⲁϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲙ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲉⲧϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲫⲓⲟⲙ.\nⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓϫⲟⲙ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲛⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϣⲧⲉⲙⲑⲣⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϩⲁⲣⲙⲁ ⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲱⲗⲓ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ\nⲛⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲁϥϥⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁⲕⲟⲩⲙ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓⲁⲏⲣ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ϧⲓⲥⲓ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉⲑⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲩⲓ\nⲉⲁϥϯ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧ(ⲟⲛ) ⲛⲇⲁ(ⲛⲓⲏⲗ) ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲁϥ(ⲧⲁ)ⲥⲑⲟϥ ⲉϯⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ\nⲛⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲕⲁⲓⲡⲉⲣ ⲑⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲏⲟⲩ ⲛϯⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ ⲛⲅ̄ ⲛⲁⲃⲟⲧ ⲙⲙⲟϣⲓ\nⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓⲁⲏⲣ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ϧⲓⲥⲓ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲭⲁⲩ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ϯⲛⲓϣϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲟϣϫⲉϣ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲥⲁⲣⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲁ ⲡⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ\n ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲉϫⲓ ϣⲁ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲫⲟⲟⲩ.","english":"The memory of Daniel from the time of the lion saved him from the mouths of the lions, and he saved Jonah from the belly of the great fish, and he rescued Susanna from the false judgment of death. Likewise, he saved his Roman soldiers from the mouths of the wild beasts of that place and from the flesh-eating beasts that were upon the shores of the sea.\n\nGod of the powers, he who separated Enoch from seeing death, and who sent chariots of fire to carry Elijah up to heaven. He who sent his angel, and he carried Abba Koum from the air without suffering until he brought him to Babylon upon the lake of the lions, and he gave the portion to Daniel, and again he prepared him to go to Judea, to conquer Babylon and to go to Judea for five months of travel.\n\nLikewise, the Lord sent his angel, and he raised up these saints in the air without suffering until he brought them to Shiet, and he placed them upon the great rock, which is the place of their asceticism, Saris by name. For this was a sign of God that happened in it, manifesting that the servant of God, Abba Makarios, called it the rock of Koun, which receives into the day.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ, ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ, ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The passage lists three biblical deliverances: Daniel from the lions (Dan 6), Jonah from the fish (Jon 2), and Susanna from false judgment (Dan 13, Theodotion). These are standard proof-texts in Coptic hagiography for divine rescue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ, ⲉⲛⲱⲭ","severity":"info","text":"Enoch's separation from death (Gen 5:24 LXX) and Elijah's fiery chariot (2 Kgs 2:11) are invoked as precedents for bodily assumption. The pairing is common in Coptic literature to illustrate God's power over death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (angel) appears twice: once for the angel who transported Abba Koum, and once for the angel who raised the saints. The term is consistently rendered 'angel' per the pinned glossary, not 'messenger'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϣⲓⲏⲧ","severity":"info","text":"Shiet (ϣⲓⲏⲧ) is the Coptic name for the Wadi el-Natrun monastic settlement, a major center of early Egyptian monasticism. The saints are transported there, linking the narrative to the historical desert fathers.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲟⲩⲙ","severity":"info","text":"Abba Koum (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲟⲩⲙ) is likely a variant of Abba Kōm, a figure known in Coptic tradition for being transported by an angel. The name may be a corruption or local form; the text treats him as a biblical-era holy man.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧ(ⲟⲛ) ⲛⲇⲁ(ⲛⲓⲏⲗ)","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'the portion (ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲛ) of Daniel' is ambiguous: it may refer to a meal (Greek ἄριστον) or a share of food. The Coptic text is partially restored (parentheses indicate supplied letters), so the reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧ(ⲟⲛ) ⲛⲇⲁ(ⲛⲓⲏⲗ) is partially restored; it likely means 'the meal/portion of Daniel' but the exact sense is uncertain.","The geography of the travel to Judea (ϯⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ) is confused: the text says 'to conquer Babylon and to go to Judea for five months of travel,' which may conflate two separate journeys or reflect a textual corruption.","The identity of 'the servant of God, Abba Makarios' who names the rock is unclear; he may be a local anchorite or a later gloss."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":31,"ref":"p31","source":"ⲙⲁ ϩⲑⲏⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϯ ϩⲑⲏϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ\nⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲉϥⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲩⲙⲏϯ ⲉϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉϥⲥⲱⲕ\nⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲁⲏⲣ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ\nⲛⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲁ ⲛⲁ ⲧⲟⲟⲩ(ⲓ) ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ϯϫⲟⲙ\nⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲁⲛϫⲉⲙⲧⲉⲛ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϫⲟⲩϣⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲓϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲓⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓ ⲉⲩⲣⲏⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲑⲉⲱⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲛⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲁ ⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲥⲓϩⲓ ⲁⲛⲙⲟⲕⲙⲉⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲛⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲃ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓⲭⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲡⲓϣⲑⲟⲣⲧⲉⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓϩⲱⲓⲙⲓ\nⲙⲫⲟⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱϥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲙⲏ ⲉⲛϫⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲓⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ϣⲏⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛ ⲕⲉϫⲓ\nⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ. ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲛⲥⲟⲙⲥ\nⲉⲙⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲙⲛⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲫⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϫⲡ ⲉ̄ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲁⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ","english":"Listen to me with your ears, that you may hear this miracle which happened to these blessed ones, according to what they told me. For it happened in the evening, when God brought these blessed ones to the desert; they saw in the evening a man of light standing in their midst, holding their hands, and drawing them through the air until he brought them down upon the rock which we had first seen. Then they arose upon their feet with all the strength which Christ had given us; we found ourselves upon the rock in the desert, and when we looked out upon the mountain, we saw their cell and a few small wild olive trees, and the view of the mountain; we marveled, and we were as if our heart was inscribed; we pondered concerning what had happened to us, that by night we would sleep in a place of work upon the shore of the sea, hearing the roaring of the waves, but by day we would stand in a desert, finding rest and seeing small wild olive trees and their tombs and other things of this kind of marvelous work. Then after a little while, as we conversed with them, and when the time of the birth drew near, we saw a man","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (makarios) is used here for the saints Maxime and Domece, a standard hagiographic term for the blessed dead.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The 'man of light' (ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ) recalls angelic or theophanic figures in biblical visions, e.g., Daniel 10:5–6, where a man in linen appears with a luminous face.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲥⲓⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲓⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲓ (wild olive trees) are a common ascetic motif in Egyptian desert literature, symbolizing the harsh environment and the monks' self-sufficiency.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from third-person narration of the saints' experience to first-person plural ('we found ourselves'), marking a narrative transition that includes the hagiographer as a witness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ (the evening) is repeated twice in close succession; the OCR may have duplicated a word or the text itself is emphatic. The sense is clear but the repetition is unusual.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲁⲛⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲁ ⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲥⲓϩⲓ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'we were as if our heart was inscribed' (i.e., deeply impressed) or 'we were as if our heart was sealed' (i.e., overwhelmed). The reading taken is 'inscribed' based on context of wonder.","The identity of the 'man of light' is not explicitly named as an angel or Christ; the text leaves it open, though the description suggests a divine or angelic guide."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":32,"ref":"p32","source":"ⲉϥⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϫⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ϯϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲧⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲫⲣⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ\nⲁⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲁⲛϫⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲙϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲛⲁⲛϧⲱⲛⲧ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϣⲉⲛϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲑⲱⲛ ⲡⲉ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲝⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲧⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲏⲣ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲣ\nϩⲟϯ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲛⲫⲱⲧ ⲉϥⲭⲁ ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲃⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲏⲗ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛϯ\nⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲛϧⲱⲛⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ\nⲡⲉ ⲉⲛϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲛϫⲓ ⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲱⲛ\nⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲑⲱϥ. ⲉⲡϧⲁⲓⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉϥϭⲱⲣⲉⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲉ\nⲁⲙⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲗ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲫⲙⲁ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲛϫⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲁϩⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲛϣⲉⲡ\nϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲛϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲁϥϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϧⲁϫⲱⲛ ⲉⲫⲙⲁ\nⲙⲡⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲫⲟϩ ϣⲁ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁϥϣⲟⲡⲧⲉⲛ\nⲉⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲣⲁⲩϣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲱⲃ. ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲉⲛϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲉⲕⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲁⲛⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁ ⲧⲉⲕⲥⲕⲉⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲛ","english":"He was drawing over them some camels in the old woman who is on the south of the mountain. We rejoiced greatly, we found strength in our heart and our soul. And we came down from upon the rock, and we built ourselves a dwelling, saying, \"Let us ask, 'This place, whose is it?'\" But when he saw us, the linen garments being upon us and the leather girdles bound upon our loins, he feared greatly and began to flee, leaving the beasts behind, because we had given repentance until he stood still. When we had built the dwelling, we spoke with the man, asking him; but he did not understand our speech, nor did we understand his. Then the desert dweller said to us, crying out, \"Come, I will lead you to the place of Abba Makarios.\" We rejoiced and found great strength, and thus we followed the man, receiving grace from God and giving glory to him because he had taken the lead for us to the place of his going. But when we had arrived at the prophet of God, he received us with joy and asked us, \"Why have you come to this place?\" And we answered, saying, \"We have heard of your virtues and your labors, and we have come to be under your discipline and your guidance.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ϩⲙⲟⲧ is rendered 'grace' per the pinned glossary, indicating unearned divine favour. Here the saints 'receive grace from God' (ⲁⲛϣⲉⲡ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦), marking a moment of spiritual blessing.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek/Syriac address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained in the Coptic for the holy figure Makarios, reflecting the monastic title of respect. The English draft renders it as 'Abba'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'linen garments' (ⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲝⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ) and 'leather girdles' (ⲛⲓⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ) are standard monastic attire in Egyptian desert tradition, marking the saints as ascetics. The shepherd's fear suggests unfamiliarity with such figures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from the saints' arrival and building of a dwelling to a failed first encounter with a local, then a successful meeting with the desert dweller who leads them to Abba Makarios. The repetition of 'we rejoiced' and 'we found strength' frames each stage as providential.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of mutual incomprehension (the saints and the shepherd cannot understand each other) is a hagiographic topos emphasising the saints' foreignness and the miraculous nature of their eventual communication with the desert father.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ϫⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'over them some camels' or 'over them as camels'; the English draft takes the former, implying the man of light draws camels over the saints, but the Coptic syntax is unclear.","The clause 'ϧⲉⲛ ϯϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲧⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲫⲣⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ' is obscure: 'in the old woman who is on the south of the mountain' may be a topographical reference or a textual corruption; the English draft omits it, suggesting a lacuna or misreading."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":33,"ref":"p33","source":"ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉϥϯ ⲛⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ\nϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲟϩⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲁϥⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥϧⲟⲥⲓ. ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛϯ ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲛϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲁⲛϣⲧⲉⲙϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲕⲉⲙⲁ ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦\nⲙⲡⲉⲣϩⲓⲧⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲁⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ. ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ϫⲉ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲓⲥϫⲉ\nⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲙⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲙⲉ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥϭⲓⲧⲧⲉⲛ ⲁϥⲉⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲕⲱⲧ\nⲙⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲛϫⲓϫ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ϣⲓⲏⲧ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ\nⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲩⲧⲁⲣⲕⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ\nⲉⲩϩⲟⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲧ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣϫⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲕ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲓ\nⲉⲛⲟⲛϧ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁϫⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲓⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧ. ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁϥⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ. ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϫⲁϫ ⲱⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ\nⲛⲛⲓⲥⲕⲉⲩⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲓⲕⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲧⲥⲁⲃⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲛϯⲛⲉⲃϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ\nⲛϣⲱⲗⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϯ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲕⲉⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲁϥⲧⲁⲥⲑⲟ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ\nⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ.","english":"of the monk. He himself, however, stood giving his blessing to us well, and he said to us, \"You will not be able to stand in this place, for it is a desert and it is high.\" We, however, gave repentance to him, saying, \"If we are not able to sit in this place, we will go to another place, only because of God. Do not abandon us, our good father.\" He answered, \"Well, if it is so, come, let me show you the place where you will be.\" And he took us and brought us onto a rock, and he showed us the manner of building the cave and the handiwork according to plan. All these things the blessed ones had prepared for me, for they had come to be for them, since I am a man of that same city with them, Constantinople. And in all these things they would test me many times, forbidding me, saying, \"Do not reveal anything of what I have shown you to anyone while we are alive.\" For even if I had not known them first, they would not have revealed anything of these things to me, but I knew them and they also knew me. For the prophet of God, Abba Makarios, had drawn over them his sons the prophet, rather the prophet had brought them to the rock. He showed them the place of the stones and gave them the tools of weaving and taught them the beginning of the weaving and the manner of the warp, and he gave into their hands all the remaining commandments, having established his place of dwelling in peace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'prophet' is used for Abba Makarios, a title that in Coptic hagiography often designates a monastic elder with prophetic or visionary gifts, not necessarily a biblical prophet.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ('in peace') is a liturgical colophon formula, not a comment on civil order; it closes the description of the dwelling's establishment.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The narrator identifies himself as a man of Constantinople, linking the story to the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and suggesting a Constantinopolitan origin for the hagiographic tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϫⲁϫ ⲱⲛⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from dialogue to a narrative summary of Abba Makarios' instruction, detailing the transmission of weaving skills and monastic commandments, which serves as a foundation for the saints' ascetic practice.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'blessed ones' (ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) likely refer to Maxime and Domece themselves, indicating that the narrator received the cave and tools from them posthumously, a common hagiographic motif of inheritance of sanctity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase 'a man of that same city with them' is ambiguous: it could mean the narrator is from the same city as the saints (Constantinople) or that he is a fellow citizen of the city where the events occur; the reading 'Constantinople' is adopted from the context.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ' could be read as the narrator being from the same city as the saints (Constantinople) or from the same unnamed city as the location; the context supports Constantinople.","The identity of 'ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ' ('the blessed ones') is not explicitly stated but is inferred from the narrative to be Maxime and Domece."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":34,"ref":"p34","source":"ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲃⲱⲥ\nⲛⲝⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ\nⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉ ϩⲗⲓ ⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲣⲁⲛ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ... ϫⲉ\nⲟⲩ(ⲏ)ⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ϧⲉⲛⲧ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ... ϩⲟⲧ (sic!) ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲉϣⲧⲉⲙⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲗⲓ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉϩⲓ ⲕⲟⲧ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ\nⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ. ⲧⲟⲩⲧⲣⲟⲫⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉ\nⲡⲓⲱⲓⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϫⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲁϥ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲣⲡ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ\nⲧⲉⲃⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲉⲕ ⲃ︦ⲃ︦ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲧⲱⲃϩ\nⲉⲩⲟϣ ⲛⲁⲩϫⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲋ̄ⲋ̄ ⲛⲗⲉⲝⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ\nⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲁ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ. ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϩⲟ ⲛϩⲗⲓ\nⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲓⲙⲏⲧⲓ ⲉⲟⲩϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲓⲧ ⲉϥⲣⲱⲓⲥ ⲉⲛⲓϩⲟⲥⲉⲙ ⲉϥⲱⲗⲓ","english":"The saints then took off the garments of the Xenite of Syria and put on the habit of the monks of that place, and they said to one another, \"See that no one knows our name, nor that we are monks at first... because this place is in the kingdom... of Syria.\" Therefore they made every effort not to speak with any person, nor to turn toward anyone at all, except for their dwelling place and the church. Their food was bread and salt at all times; from the time they entered the monastic life, they never tasted any oil at all, nor wine, nor milk. And they performed two hundred prostrations at all times, and they made supplications. They would recite their psalms in two hundred phrases, with an alleluia, according to the custom of the Syrians. They lived in silence, not seeing the face of any person at all, except for an old man of the mountain who watched over the cells, who brought","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲝⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the Xenite of Syria' likely refers to a specific monastic garment or style associated with Syrian ascetics. The term 'Xenite' (from Greek ξενικός) denotes something foreign or of a stranger, here indicating a distinctive habit.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ (from Greek σχῆμα) denotes the monastic habit or schema, a formal garment signifying the monastic state. The phrase 'the habit of the monks of that place' indicates adoption of local monastic dress.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲃ̄ⲃ̄ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The numeral ⲃ̄ⲃ̄ (202) appears twice, indicating two hundred prostrations and two hundred psalm phrases. Such numerical precision reflects the structured ascetic regimen typical of Syrian monasticism, as noted in the source.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'hallelujah' is a fixed rendering for ⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ, a liturgical acclamation. Here it is recited after psalm phrases, following Syrian custom, as the text explicitly states.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ (from Greek ἐκκλησία) is rendered as 'church' per the glossary. In context, it refers to the building or congregation that the saints frequented alongside their dwelling place.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩ(ⲏ)ⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ϧⲉⲛⲧ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ... ϩⲟⲧ (sic!) ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text is corrupt here: ⲟⲩ(ⲏ)ⲓ may be ⲟⲩⲏⲓ 'house' or ⲟⲩⲉⲓ 'one', and ϩⲟⲧ (sic!) is unclear. The English draft reads 'this place is in the kingdom... of Syria', but the exact sense is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲟⲩ(ⲏ)ⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ϧⲉⲛⲧ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ... ϩⲟⲧ (sic!) ⲉϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ is corrupt; the reading 'this place is in the kingdom... of Syria' is conjectural. The numeral ⲃ̄ⲃ̄ (202) is clear but its exact significance (e.g., 200+2 or a scribal error) is not specified."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ","text":"ⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ → “hallelujah”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":35,"ref":"p35","source":"ⲙⲡⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛϫⲓϫ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲱⲓⲕ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲣⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲁϥⲉⲣⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲉⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲣⲱ\nⲡⲉ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲉϥϩⲏⲗ ϣⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲙ(ⲏ)ϣ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲉϥϭⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ.\nⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲇ(ⲉ) ⲁⲣⲉϣⲁⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓ ⲉϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲁⲩϥⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ\nⲁⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϩⲟ ⲛϩⲗⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲟ ⲫⲁϧⲧ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϥⲙⲏⲛ\nϣⲁⲧⲟⲩϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϯ ϩⲑⲏϥ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ\nⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲁⲕϣⲁⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲓⲕⲁⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲭⲛⲁϫⲟⲥ\nϫⲉ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ ⲫϯ ϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ϥϣⲟⲡ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ\nⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ. ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ\nⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲣⲱⲕϩ\nⲛⲛⲓⲉⲛⲉⲣⲅⲓⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲙⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲡⲉⲛϣⲗⲟⲗ ⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧϣⲓⲡⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧϫⲱ\nⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ.\nϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϩⲓ ⲕⲟⲧ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲅ̄ϯ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲙⲓ\nⲉⲡⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲭⲛⲁϩⲱⲗ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ.\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲭⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲑⲟⲙ ⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ","english":"The work of their hands was not enough to bring them even a small piece of bread, for this one also used to serve as a deacon to the other abba Makarios, because he knew him from the beginning, when he used to go to him many times to receive his blessing.\n\nBut when the saints entered the church, they did not raise their eyes upward at all to see anyone's face, but their faces were cast downward, and they remained thus until they entered the cave, with humility and fear of God. For indeed, if you had seen them in this state, you would have said, \"Truly, God dwells in these men.\" For indeed, he dwells in them like Elijah and John. In this way, the saints had the fire of the Holy Spirit within them, burning up the evil energies of the spirit of the wicked one, which fights against our salvation at all times, without shame. For it is not I who say this, but Abba Makarios the Spirit-bearer.\n\nOnce, he said to me, turning to them after three years, so that I might know their manner of sitting. And when evening came, he said, \"They said to me, 'You will go.' But I said to them, 'No, but I will sleep in this place.' And they left me inside, on one side of the cave, and...","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The title 'Abba' (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ) is retained as a formal address for the elder monk Makarios, consistent with Coptic hagiographic usage.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ here means 'blessing' (the blessing received from Abba Makarios), as the object is a person; when directed to God it would mean 'praise'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The saints are compared to Elijah and John (the Baptist), biblical models of ascetic holiness and divine presence, a common hagiographic topos.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲡⲛⲁⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'Spirit-bearer' (ⲡⲓⲡⲛⲁⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ) for Abba Makarios indicates his charismatic authority, a title used in monastic literature for those believed to possess the Holy Spirit.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from third-person narration to a first-person account ('he said to me'), marking a narrative frame where the speaker is an eyewitness, likely the hagiographer.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲅ̄ϯ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'after three years' (ⲅ̄ϯ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ) is ambiguous: it may refer to the duration of the saints' stay or the time before the speaker's visit; the Coptic does not specify.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲅ̄ϯ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ' (after three years) is ambiguous: it may refer to the time elapsed since the saints' arrival or the period before the speaker's interaction with them.","The identity of the first-person speaker ('he said to me') is not explicitly named in this passage, though it is likely the hagiographer or a disciple of Makarios."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":36,"ref":"p36","source":"ⲁⲩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲑⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲑⲟ ⲁⲩⲭⲁⲩ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲩⲭⲱ ⲛⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲁϣ ⲛⲁⲓⲧⲓⲁ ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ\nⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϩⲁⲛ\nϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲛⲭⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦- ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ\nⲉϥⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲱⲕ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ\nⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲙⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϧⲱⲕ\nⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲑⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩⲭⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ\nϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ. ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲫⲁⲓ\nϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ\nⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ. ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϩⲓⲛⲁ\nⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛϫⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲥⲟⲓ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ\nⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ. ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲩⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲕⲓⲙ\nⲉⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲁⲩⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ\nⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲩϭⲱⲗⲕ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲩⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲁϥ ϩⲁⲛ","english":"They lay down in one place and took their work before him, and they put them down. And they were silent, for they had done this. For what reason? Because the schema of the Syrians is not a goatskin, but black garments which they wear. Then, when these blessed ones saw the father of the spirit, the bearer, Abba Makarios, wearing the goatskin and the goatskin, they also wished to walk according to their father, that they might be bound according to his manner. For this reason, they brought their goatskin before him, and they put it down. And while they were doing this, that he might pray over them, so that they might rise and be bound. Immediately, he knew this through the prophetic spirit which was in him, the holy Abba Makarios, and he prayed over them. \"I beseech God,\" he said, \"that he might reveal to me their taking up the work.\" The answer opened, said the one who sat with me, and there came a light like the day. But they did not see the light, for they thought they were sleeping. The great one moved to the small one. They rose, they were bound. I, for my part, used to see them, but they did not see me. They stretched out their hands upward to the sky. And I saw the demons coming upon the small one like flies.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ (schema) here denotes the monastic habit or way of life, specifically the distinctive black garments of Syrian monks, as opposed to the goatskin (ⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ) associated with Egyptian ascetics.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ","severity":"info","text":"The goatskin (ⲙⲁⲣϭⲛⲁϩ) was a traditional garment of Egyptian desert monks, symbolizing austerity. The text contrasts this with the Syrian black garments, highlighting a difference in ascetic practice between regions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue unit, marked by the saints' silent offering of their goatskins to Abba Makarios and his subsequent prayer. The narrative shifts between the saints' actions and the elder's prophetic insight, emphasizing the theme of spiritual obedience.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲑⲱⲕ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲑⲱⲕ (they took their work) is ambiguous: it may refer to their manual labor (e.g., basket-weaving) or to their ascetic practice (the 'work' of monastic discipline). The English draft interprets it as 'work,' but the context of offering goatskins suggests a ritual act.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The vision of demons coming 'like flies' upon the small one reflects a common hagiographic motif of demonic assault on ascetics, paralleling accounts in the Life of Antony. This detail underscores the spiritual warfare central to Coptic monastic literature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the one who sat with me' (ϯⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲥⲟⲓ) is unclear; it may refer to a disciple or a narrative voice.","The phrase 'their taking up the work' (ⲛⲧⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ) is ambiguous: it could mean their assumption of monastic labor or their reception of the goatskin as a symbol of their vow."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":37,"ref":"p37","source":"ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲉⲩⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲣⲱϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲏϥⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉϥⲧⲁⲕⲧⲉ ϭⲗⲟ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥϭⲟϫⲓ\nⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲉⲣⲧⲟⲗⲙⲁⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉϧⲱⲛⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ. ⲉⲣⲉ\nϣⲱⲣⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲁⲩⲭⲁⲩ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲟⲛ ϩⲱⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱ\nⲁⲓⲁⲓⲧ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓϩⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ϫⲱ\nⲙⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲭⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϫⲱ ⲙⲡⲓⲓⲃ︦ ⲙⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ. ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ\nϫⲉ ⲥⲉ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϫⲱ ⲛⲥ︦ ⲙⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲋ̄ⲋ̄ ⲛⲗⲉⲝⲓⲥ ⲉⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲙⲉⲙ\nⲟⲩⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲗⲉⲝⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲁϩ\nⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥⲛⲁ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ. ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛⲣⲱϥ ⲉⲉⲣⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲁϥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱϥ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϩ\nⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲛⲁ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱ ⲁⲓϫⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲏⲑⲏⲥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲕⲁⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϧⲙⲟⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲁⲓϫⲉⲙ\nϩⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛϫⲱⲓ.\nⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩϯϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲓϯ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ\nⲁⲓⲑⲉⲧ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲓⲧⲏⲓϥ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ.","english":"Some were coming over his eyes and his mouth, and I saw an angel of the Lord, having a sword of fire in his hand, turning a wheel toward him, striking at the demons. They did not dare to approach the great one at all. But first they placed them down again, as if they would sleep. I also did likewise, for I hid them in the same way. And the great one spoke this same word to me: \"Do you wish us to recite the Psalm of the Ib?\" I said, \"Yes.\" And the small one recited the Psalm of the 66th, verse by verse, each one with an alleluia, and according to the verse, a flame of fire came forth from his mouth and went up to the sky. Likewise, the great one also, when he opened his mouth to sing, a flame of fire came forth from his mouth like a river of fire and went up to the sky. I also recited a small apostrophe. When I saw their condition and their good work, and the great zeal that was in them toward God, I greatly admired them, and as I was coming out, I said, \"Pray for me.\" But they refused me, that I should put the schema on them, and thus I strengthened their heart, I gave it to them, and I departed from them in peace.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲋ̄ⲋ̄","severity":"info","text":"The 'Psalm of the 66th' likely refers to Psalm 66 in the Septuagint (Psalm 67 in the Masoretic numbering), a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. The Coptic text specifies the number with a supralinear stroke (ⲋ̄ⲋ̄ = 66).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲓⲥⲭⲏⲙⲁ (schema) refers to the monastic habit or garb. The narrator attempts to place it on Maxime and Domece, but they refuse, indicating a transfer of authority or a ritual investiture that is rejected.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲓⲃ","severity":"info","text":"The 'Psalm of the Ib' (ⲡⲓⲓⲃ) is obscure; 'ib' may be a Coptic transliteration of a Hebrew or Greek term, possibly a miswriting or variant for a specific psalm. It is not a standard psalm title in the Coptic Psalter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The demons (ⲛⲓⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ) are depicted as threatened by an angel with a fiery sword and wheel, a common motif in Coptic hagiography for divine protection of ascetics. The wheel (ϭⲗⲟ) may symbolize cosmic order or punishment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage alternates between first-person narration (the elder's account) and direct speech, with a repetitive pattern of psalm recitation producing fire. The structure emphasizes the miraculous power of the saints' prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲗⲏⲗⲟⲩⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The use of 'hallelujah' as a refrain after each verse reflects liturgical practice in Coptic psalmody, where 'alleluia' is a standard response. This detail grounds the narrative in actual monastic worship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the great one' and 'the small one' is not explicitly stated in this passage, but from context they are likely Maxime and Domece, with the great one being the elder. The phrase 'Psalm of the Ib' is unclear; it may be a textual corruption or a local title. The narrator's role (whether Abba Makarios or another) is ambiguous."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":38,"ref":"p38","source":"ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ\nⲣⲏⲧⲱⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲣ ⲡⲉⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲗⲏⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲛⲧⲁϩⲓ ⲧⲟⲧ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ\nⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ(ⲉϥ)ⲁ(ϣ)ⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲓϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ\nⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲭⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲟ ⲛⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ ϩⲓⲛⲁ\nⲛⲧⲁ(ⲩ)ϣⲧⲉⲙⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲉϯⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲧⲉ ϯⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲛϩⲁⲛ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲧⲁϯ ⲑⲱϣ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ.\nⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲉⲣ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϫⲉ ϥⲉⲣⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓⲛ\nⲉⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲡⲓϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲭⲃⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲓⲭⲉⲓⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ\nⲁϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲓⲛⲁⲙ. ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲇⲉ\nⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲫⲱⲛϩ ⲛϯⲭⲉϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϯⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲩⲣⲁⲛⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲕⲉⲩⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϩⲟ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ","english":"Behold then, we heard the great Abba Makarios teaching us explicitly that these blessed ones were worthy of the grace of the Spirit, the Paraclete, like a fire. For indeed, in truth, if I were to lay my hand upon those whom that great one had cut off for me concerning them, and those whom I also saw with my own eyes, the account would be too long. Therefore, I have left aside the majority concerning those who are small in the faith, so that they might not think that the truth is a lie. I will relate a few things out of many, to which I have limited the discourse.\n\nFor the old man, who first marveled at him, saying that he serves as a deacon to these saints, is a lover of God, especially, and he had a great faith in them. Now this one, a soldier once loaded his camels with loads, and the soldier, having made peace with the old man, straightened up and gave a loaf from his right hand into his mouth. But the old man, the lover of God, immediately turned the other cheek to him, fulfilling the commandment of the Gospel. Then the tyrannical soldier submitted himself, straightened up in the vessel that was in his hand, into the face of the old man.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The address 'Abba' (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ) is retained from the Coptic as a fixed term, reflecting the Greek/Syriac honorific for a monastic elder. Here it introduces Makarios, likely the same figure as in the previous passage.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'fulfilling the commandment of the Gospel' (ⲉϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϯⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ) echoes the Gospel injunction to turn the other cheek (cf. Matthew 5:39). The old man's action of offering the other cheek is a direct enactment of this teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲧⲩⲣⲁⲛⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The 'tyrannical soldier' (ⲡⲓⲧⲩⲣⲁⲛⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ) reflects the hagiographic trope of a violent military figure who initially persecutes the saint but later submits. This motif is common in Coptic martyrdom and monastic narratives.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲅⲁⲣ","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from the narrator's direct speech to a narrative exemplum introduced by 'For the old man' (ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲅⲁⲣ). This marks a structural transition from general teaching to a specific anecdote illustrating the old man's faith and the soldier's conversion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'with my own eyes' (ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ) is clear, but the preceding clause 'those whom that great one had cut off for me concerning them' (ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ) is ambiguous: it may refer to a list of names or a group of people that the great one (likely Abba Makarios) had designated for the narrator's attention.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'that great one' (ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ) is not explicitly stated; it may refer to Abba Makarios or another monastic authority. The phrase 'cut off for me' (ϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ) could mean 'selected' or 'separated' for the narrator's instruction, but the exact referent is unclear."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":39,"ref":"p39","source":"ⲁϥⲫⲱⲣⲕ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛϫⲁϭⲉ. ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϣⲉⲡ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉ\nⲁϥⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲩϣⲱϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϯⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡ(ⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛ)ⲁϥ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥⲱⲗⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛϫⲓϫ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲭⲏⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ\nⲙⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲱⲓⲕ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲩⲛⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙ ϫⲉⲡⲣⲟⲙⲉⲛⲉⲥⲓⲛ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲑⲟϣ ⲁⲣⲃⲁⲧ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϯⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ\nϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲩⲃ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲑⲣⲉϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲱⲓⲕ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ\n ⲁϥⲉⲡⲧ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲁϥⲓ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ. ⲉⲧⲁϥⲫⲟϩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ\nⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲡⲓϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉϥⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲁϥⲫⲟϩ ⲉⲟⲩⲙⲁ\nⲉϥⲟⲓ ⲛϩⲁⲗⲙⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲩⲛⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲥⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲁϥⲥⲗⲁϯ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲁϥϩⲉⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲧⲉϥⲫⲁⲧ ⲥⲛⲟⲩⲓ\nⲕⲱϣ ⲉⲡⲓϣⲁⲣ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ⲉⲑⲙⲟⲛⲓ. ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲁ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ\nⲣⲓⲙⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛϣⲁϣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲉⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲫⲱϧ\nⲛⲛⲉϥϩⲃⲱⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲧⲁⲗⲉ ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲁⲫⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ\nⲫⲱϣ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲣⲓⲙⲓ. ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲁϥϣⲉⲡ\nϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯϣⲉⲡ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲡⲁⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲭ︦ⲥ︦","english":"He opened his eyes wide. The old man then received grace from God, for he was worthy. His eye was healed because of the commandment of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. It also happened to him once that he took the small handiwork of these blessed ones in Egypt, so that he might make a small loaf of bread for them according to his custom. This man was a man of the district of Arbat, dwelling in the village called Pinooub. After he made the small loaf of bread for the saints, he loaded the camel and went to Shiet. When he arrived at the place, he went down to the cell, and as he walked with the camel, he arrived at a place that was a salt marsh. And by a chance encounter with the evil enemy, the camel slipped, fell, and its two legs broke. He alone was left in the desert. When this happened, the old man wept with great lamentation and great grief, so that he tore his clothes and put dust on his head, because the camel was not his. For this reason he was grieved and wept. Then he received grace from God, saying, \"I receive grace from you, my Lord Jesus Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ϩⲙⲟⲧ is rendered 'grace' in this edition, denoting unearned divine favour. The old man receives it twice in this passage, first as a healing, then as a prayer formula.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲓⲏⲥ ⲡⲭⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'commandment of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ' is a generic scriptural reference, not a specific verse. It underscores the hagiographic motif of healing through obedience to Gospel precepts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲩⲃ","severity":"info","text":"The village Pinooub (ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲩⲃ) is likely a toponym in the Arbat district of Upper Egypt. Its identification remains uncertain; it may be a variant of Panopolis or a different locality.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This narrative passage follows a pattern: a miracle (healing), a service episode (baking bread), a disaster (camel injury), and a prayerful resolution. The repetition of 'received grace' frames the old man's piety.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲫⲱⲣⲕ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛϫⲁϭⲉ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'he opened his eye wide' (ⲁϥⲫⲱⲣⲕ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛϫⲁϭⲉ) is ambiguous: it may indicate astonishment or a literal healing of the eye. The following clause 'his eye was healed' suggests the latter, but the Coptic allows both readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'he opened his eye wide' could be either a reaction of wonder or a description of the healing; the text resolves it with 'his eye was healed'.","The identity of 'the old man' is not explicitly stated; from context he is likely the narrator or a disciple of the saints, but the Coptic does not name him here."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":40,"ref":"p40","source":"ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲭⲁ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲏϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ\nⲁϥϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ\nⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ. ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ\nⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥⲉⲣⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲁⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ.\n ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲫⲟϩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲩϩⲓ ⲫⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ\nⲁ ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲣⲓⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲉϥⲣⲁϧⲧ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲁⲩⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩϧⲱⲛⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ϧⲟϯ ⲁϥⲉϣ\nϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁϥⲧⲉⲙ ⲣⲱϥ ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ. ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ\nⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣ ϩⲟϯ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲱⲛⲕ ⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ϯϫⲟⲙ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲙⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲛⲛⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϫⲟϥ ⲁⲩϥⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ ⲉⲩϫⲱ\nⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲧⲱⲃϩ\nⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲓ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ. ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲝⲁⲓⲡⲛⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϥⲟϫϥ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϫ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲕ\nⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ. ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ\nϥⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲛϫⲉ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲓ","english":"God of the saints. And when he had placed the camel, now lying down, on the ground, he entered the cave of these blessed ones and told them what had happened to him with the camel. For they did not know the certainty of the matter, but when they saw him suffering, they walked with him. When they arrived at the place, still a little distance from the camel, the old man wept upon seeing it. And they, the holy ones, when they saw the camel fallen down on the ground, stood and prayed to God. And when they approached it, it became afraid and cried out to them, and it shut its mouth to the ground as if worshiping the saints. They said to the camel, “Do not be afraid, but arise and stand in the power of him who raised himself from the dead, Jesus Christ, the God of the Christians.” And when they said this, they lifted their eyes to heaven, saying, “God of our father Abba Macarius, hear us as we pray to you, O lover of mankind.” And suddenly the camel sprang up and stood on its feet, whole as if it had never been ill at all. And the old man worshiped the saints, saying, “Blessed is Jesus Christ, who dwells in you.” And still","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ (to bow or prostrate in worship) appears twice: once describing the camel's posture (shutting its mouth to the ground 'as if worshiping the saints') and once for the old man's action. The gesture is distinct from ⲟⲩⲱϣ 'to wish' and carries ritual significance in hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek/Syriac address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained in the prayer 'God of our father Abba Macarius', marking the saint's authority and the liturgical register of the invocation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲙⲱⲟⲩⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'him who raised himself from the dead, Jesus Christ' echoes the resurrection narrative (cf. Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:6; John 20:9) and is used here as a formula of power to heal the camel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The camel (ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ) is a common beast of burden in Egyptian monastic settings; its illness and miraculous recovery illustrate the saints' intercessory power and the theme of animal obedience in hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a narrative arc: crisis (camel fallen), prayer (saints and old man), miracle (camel restored), and doxology (old man's praise). The repetition of 'worship' (ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ) frames the episode as a liturgical tableau.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The prayer 'God of our father Abba Macarius' and the epithet 'lover of mankind' (ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲓ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ) reflect the cult of Macarius of Egypt, a major figure in Coptic monasticism, and indicate the text's liturgical use.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲉⲧⲁϥⲭⲁ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲏϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ' could mean either 'he placed the camel lying down on the ground' (as translated) or 'he left the camel lying on the ground'; the reading taken assumes intentional placement.","The phrase 'ⲁϥⲧⲉⲙ ⲣⲱϥ ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ' is rendered 'it shut its mouth to the ground', but ⲧⲉⲙ ⲣⲱϥ could also mean 'it closed its mouth' without specifying direction; the ground is implied by context."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","text":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ → “worship”. ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ is to bow or prostrate in worship, distinct from ⲟⲩⲱϣ 'to wish'. The gesture matters in martyrdom scenes before an official."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","text":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ carries more than one sense (bow down, prostrate); this passage takes it as “worship”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":41,"ref":"p41","source":"ⲉⲩⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϩⲟ\nⲙⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲉϥⲙⲉϩ ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲗⲉ ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲁⲫⲉ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ϩⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲟⲣⲕ ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉϥϥⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡϩⲟ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ.\nⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ\nⲛⲧϫⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲭⲁⲥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲑⲙⲟⲕϩ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉϥⲛⲁϭⲓ\nⲉⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲧϫⲓϫ ⲙⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϭⲟϩ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲃⲟⲗ. ⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲓⲧ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲛϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲡⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ\nⲙⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲟⲩ ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲧⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲡⲓϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ\nⲙⲃⲟⲗ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲉϥϩⲓ ⲧϫⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲁϥϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯⲇⲱⲣⲉⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁϩⲟϥ \nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϩⲟⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲧⲁⲙⲉ\nϩⲗⲓ ⲉⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲙⲉⲩⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲓⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲕ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲉⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲛ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲧⲁ\nⲫⲁⲓ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧϫⲟⲙ ⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ\nⲛⲱⲓⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲥⲑⲟ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲟⲥⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁ","english":"They walked to the place of dwelling at once. The holy Domitius saw the face of the old man, filled with tears, because of the time he had placed earth upon his head in the moment when the camel fell from him. The holy Domitius took hold of the lock of the cloak that was upon him, as if he were seeking the face of the old man. He himself, however, because of his great faith in them and the miracle he had seen that had happened through the holy saints, he took hold of the hand of the blessed one and placed it upon his painful eye, as if he would receive his blessing. And when the hand of the holy one touched his eye, immediately he saw clearly. The old man, the camel driver, that is, marveled at what had happened, not only that the camel was saved, but that he saw clearly immediately, in the moment when the hand of the saint touched his eye. And he gave great glory to God because of the gift that had befallen him. And the holy ones rejoiced with him, saying, \"See, do not tell anyone about this.\" And they also said to him, \"Do not think that the healing came to you because of us, for we are sinful men, but this happened through the power of Christ.\" He, however, having taken the few loaves of bread from them, returned to his place of work in the desert. And when","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ is rendered 'bless' per the pinned glossary; here the old man seeks to receive the saint's blessing by placing the saint's hand on his eye, consistent with the object rule (God praised, person blessed).","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The camel driver's act of placing earth on his head is a traditional gesture of mourning or desperation in late antique Egyptian culture, reflecting his grief over the camel's fall.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms the climax of the camel-healing episode: the old man's sight is restored, the saints disclaim credit, and the old man returns to work, closing the narrative arc begun in the previous passage.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The saints' insistence that the healing is through Christ's power, not their own, is a standard hagiographic topos emphasizing humility and divine agency, common in Coptic miracle stories.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲟⲣⲕ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'lock of the cloak' (ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲟⲣⲕ) is ambiguous: it may mean a fold or a tassel; the translation 'lock' follows the Coptic but the exact referent is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲟⲣⲕ could refer to a fold, tassel, or lock of the cloak; the reading 'lock' is conventional but not certain.","The old man's identity as 'the camel driver' (ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲛϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ) is clarified parenthetically, but the Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲓⲧ is obscure; it may be a scribal error or a rare word."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":42,"ref":"p42","source":"ⲛⲉϥϣⲫⲏⲣ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲛⲁⲩϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲡⲱⲥ ⲁⲕⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲃⲟⲗ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ\nⲛⲓⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧ(ⲁⲩ)ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ\nⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲁⲩϯ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲅⲁⲣ ϩⲱ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ\nⲉⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲑⲣⲟⲩⲕⲏⲛ ⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲓϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲉⲓϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ\nϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲙⲫⲃⲁⲗ\nⲛⲟⲩⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲁⲫⲙⲏⲓ ⲧⲉ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲧⲉ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ\nⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲓⲉⲣ ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ ⲡⲁⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲡⲉ. ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϩⲱⲃ\nⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲑⲙⲁⲓⲏ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϭⲓⲧϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲕⲁⲓ\nⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲡⲉⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛϯϫⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦\nϯ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲉⲣ ϣⲓϣⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲕⲱϯ\nⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣ\nϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲟϩ ⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲉϥϯ\nⲙⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ϩⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ϣⲁ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲕⲉⲛⲓϥⲓ ⲉⲑⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ\nⲟⲩⲭⲣⲱⲙ ⲉϥⲙⲟϩ ⲡⲉ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲉⲣⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ","english":"His companions saw him when his eye opened, and they marveled greatly and asked him, \"How did you see outside?\" He then told them, \"The disciples of Abba Makarios are those who healed me, and all who heard gave glory to God. For I myself, after hearing this word, after they rested, I asked the great Abba Makarios so that I might know the confirmation, saying to him thus: 'Holy father, I heard concerning these blessed ones that they opened the eye of a blind man. Is that true?' He said to me, 'Yes, it is true.' I then said to him, as if marveling, 'Truly, this deed is great.' He answered and said to me, 'No, my son, this is not a great deed according to the measure of the great grace that they received from God. For they were worthy of the power that is with Elijah and John; Christ gave them his sign in the manner of his apostles, because they did not seek all the glory of this world that will perish, for the sake of the glory of him in whom they hoped, Christ. For they were like a flame of fire giving light greatly, as it were, reaching to the final breath that comes from their mouth, a fire that is full, so that if they opened their mouths to pray.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The term ϩⲙⲟⲧ (grace) is rendered as 'unearned favour of God' per the pinned glossary. Here it refers to the divine gift received by the disciples, contrasted with human deeds.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of Elijah and John evokes biblical figures associated with prophetic and ascetic power (1 Kings 17–19; Mark 1:4–8). The text aligns the saints with these prototypes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Abba Makarios likely refers to Makarios of Egypt (c. 300–391), a Desert Father. The dialogue situates the healing within a monastic lineage, reinforcing the authority of the anchoritic tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue within a dialogue: the healed man reports his exchange with Abba Makarios. The nested speech (direct discourse) is a common hagiographic device to authenticate miracles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲟϩ ⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ","severity":"info","text":"The simile of the saints as a 'flame of fire' (ϣⲟϩ ⲛⲭⲣⲱⲙ) echoes patristic and hagiographic topoi of spiritual illumination (cf. Athanasius, Life of Antony). It underscores the saints' role as mediators of divine light.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲧ(ⲁⲩ)ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲉⲧ(ⲁⲩ)ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟⲓ is a parenthetical insertion; the scribe may have corrected or glossed the verb. The reading 'who healed me' is secure, but the exact form is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲉⲧ(ⲁⲩ)ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟⲓ shows a parenthetical correction; the intended subject ('they') is clear, but the scribal intervention may indicate a variant tradition. The reading 'who healed me' is adopted."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ → “apostle”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":43,"ref":"p43","source":"ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓϣⲁϩ ⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉⲧⲉⲃⲣⲏϫ ⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ\nϣⲁ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣ ⲁⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲛⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲛⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲓϯ ⲱⲟⲩ\nⲙⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲛⲓϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ. ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲥⲣⲁⲛⲁⲥ ⲛϯ- ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦\nⲉϯ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲉⲃⲓⲁⲓⲕ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲑⲃⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲫⲗⲏⲟⲩ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲥⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲟϣⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ\nⲉⲧⲁϥⲫⲱⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲡⲏ (sic) ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϥⲓ\nⲁϩⲟⲙ. ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϣⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲁ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡϣⲁⲓ\nⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲁϥϣⲱⲛⲓ\nⲁϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩϧⲙⲟⲙ ⲉϥⲟϣ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁϥϩⲣⲟϣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲓⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ. ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲑⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲧⲡ ⲛϫⲉ\nⲫⲣⲏ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁϣ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ. ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲡϫⲱⲕ\nⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲕⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ϯⲛⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ. ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ\nⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ϭⲉⲣⲟ ⲡⲓϧⲏⲃⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲛϭⲉⲣⲱϥ.","english":"The flame was coming out of their mouths like a lamp that gives light up to the sky. Therefore, my son, do not disbelieve all those things that you have heard concerning them. As for me, I kissed his holy hands, giving glory to Christ, who works wonders among those who do his will. Then after these things, the love of God for humanity took hold, which gives rest to his servants and removes them from this world, from its pleasures and its disturbances, at the proper times, and brings them into the places of rest of the heavenly kingdom, which is filled with joy and delight, a place from which sorrow, grief, and sighing have fled. On the holy day of the feast of the Epiphany, which is the feast of the Baptism, the blessed Maximos prepared himself, and then he fell ill; a severe fever afflicted him. When the illness became severe, he said, \"Do me the kindness, call for me our father Abba Makarios.\" As for me, I went and called him. Then after the sun had set, he said to us, \"What time is this?\" We told him, \"It is the end of the day.\" He then said to us, \"Still a little while, and I will go to my place of rest.\" When the dawn came, our father Abba Makarios said to us, \"Extinguish the lamp,\" and we extinguished it.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲣⲓ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ (literally 'do the agape') is a request for a charitable act, here 'do me the kindness'. The term retains its technical sense of a liturgical love-meal or charitable service, not merely 'love'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ is kept in the Coptic as a title of respect for the monastic elder, rendered 'Abba Makarios' in the English draft.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡϣⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The feast of Epiphany (ⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲁ) is identified as the feast of Baptism (ⲡϣⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ), a major celebration in the Coptic calendar, marking Christ's baptism and the theophany. This sets the narrative in a liturgical context.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The particle ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ('therefore') marks a shift from the preceding miracle narrative to a direct exhortation, typical of hagiographic dialogue where the speaker addresses a disciple.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲡⲏ (sic)","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲡⲏ (with sic) is a Greek loanword λύπη ('grief'), but the spelling may be a scribal error or variant. The sense is clear from context, but the form is irregular.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲓ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The request 'do me the kindness' (ⲁⲣⲓ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ) reflects a formulaic expression in Coptic monastic literature, where the agape meal or service is invoked as a bond of charity among the brethren.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲡⲏ (sic) may be a scribal error for ⲡⲓⲗⲩⲡⲏ (λύπη) or a variant spelling; the reading 'grief' is secure.","The phrase ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓϣⲁϩ ⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ is rendered as 'the flame was coming out of their mouths', but the subject ⲡⲓϣⲁϩ ('flame') could also be interpreted as 'heat' or 'fire'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ → “love”. Greek ἀγάπη. The liturgical meal sense ('agape') is technical and should not be flattened to 'love'."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ carries more than one sense (charity, agape (the meal)); this passage takes it as “love”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":44,"ref":"p44","source":"ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ\nⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩϩⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ\nϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲱ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ\nϧⲁϫⲱⲓ ϩⲓ ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ϯⲛⲁϩϯ ϫⲉ ⲭⲛⲁⲥⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲛⲧⲉⲕⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲧ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭⲁⲕⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦. ⲥⲟⲃϯ ⲛⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩⲃⲉⲛ ϩⲓ ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ\nⲕⲱⲗⲩⲥⲓⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲟⲙ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ ϫⲉ ⲛⲑⲟⲕ\nⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲉⲣ ϩⲟϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϧⲁ ⲧϩⲏ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁϥⲭⲁ ⲣⲱϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲛ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ\nⲙⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲁⲓ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲛⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲟⲗⲧ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲁⲓ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲭⲁ ⲣⲱϥ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲕⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲁ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ\nⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲭⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲛⲥⲱϥ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ\nⲛϫⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϥⲭⲱ ⲛⲣⲱϥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ\nⲉⲡⲓϧⲏⲃⲥ ⲥⲭⲉ‐ ⲇⲟⲛ ⲁϥϭⲉⲛⲟ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲙⲡⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲭⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲡⲓϧⲏⲃⲥ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ\nⲭⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲓϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","english":"Then the blessed Maximus raised his mind up to the sky and said, \"Send forth your light and your truth, O my God, to take the way before me on the path, for truly I believe that you will straighten my way and save me from the hands of the powers of the darkness of the air of the spirits. Prepare my vessels on your ways, my God, so that I may reach you without hindrance. Let there be for me a hope of strength, Jesus my God, for you are my light and my savior. I was afraid, I, for the sake of the heart of the waters.\" After these things he was silent for a little while, and again he said, \"Now then, let us go out, for behold, here are the apostles and the prophets who have come out to me.\" Then he was silent. After a little while, the holy Abba Macarius saw the choir of the saints who had come after him, following him. Abba Macarius arose and stood, being silent. When I saw also the lamp, he—the old man Abba Macarius—found my heart, saying, \"Do you wish that I make the lamp well?\" He said, \"No, but leave it as it is. I, however, gave heed to him, saying, 'Do a kindness.'","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The narrator's request 'ⲁⲣⲓ ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ' (do a kindness) uses the Greek loanword ἀγάπη. In a monastic context this may evoke the agape meal, a liturgical fellowship, not merely a generic good deed.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The title ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained for Macarius, reflecting the Syriac/Greek honorific for monastic elders. Its use here signals the narrator's deference and the saint's authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Maximus sees 'the apostles and the prophets' coming to him, a vision that echoes the heavenly court of saints common in Coptic martyrdom and monastic literature, drawing on biblical categories (e.g., Luke 9:30, Acts 3:24).","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓϧⲏⲃⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The lamp (ⲡⲓϧⲏⲃⲥ) is a recurring symbol in this hagiography, often associated with divine light and the saints' miraculous radiance. Macarius's offer to adjust it may reflect a practical monastic detail or a metaphor for spiritual guidance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue: Maximus prays aloud, then falls silent, then speaks again; Macarius responds with a question and receives a reply. The alternation of speech and silence marks a contemplative rhythm typical of Coptic hagiographic dialogues.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭⲁⲕⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡⲛⲁ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'powers of the darkness of the air of the spirits' is textually uncertain; the Coptic ⲛⲓⲡⲛⲁ (spirits) may be a corruption or a reference to demonic aerial beings. The translation 'heart of the waters' for ⲧϩⲏ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ is also ambiguous.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲧϩⲏ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ' (heart of the waters) is obscure; it may be a metaphor for a perilous place or a textual corruption.","The identity of the speaker in the final exchange (narrator or Macarius) is ambiguous; the Coptic shifts abruptly."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":45,"ref":"p45","source":"ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯϭⲟⲗⲃⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ϫⲉ\nⲭⲁ ⲣⲱⲕ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲡⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ\nⲛⲭⲁ ⲣⲱϥ ⲡⲉ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉϥϭⲛⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲕⲱϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ\nⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ\nⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲩⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲕⲱϯ.\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲥⲉⲣϩⲏⲇⲟⲛⲉⲓⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ\nⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲥ ⲁⲥϥⲟϫⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲓ.\nⲫⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ\nⲉⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲟⲣ ⲓ︦ⲇ︦ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ. ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ\nⲉⲧⲁⲛⲑⲱⲙⲥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲗⲉⲓ‐ ⲯⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲥϯ ⲁϥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ ⲁϥϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ\nⲉϫⲱϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϧⲙⲟⲙ. ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ\nⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁϥϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϣⲉⲙϣⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓⲥⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲕϭⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ⲫⲓ ⲉⲛⲉϥϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ ⲉⲓϫⲱ\nⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ. ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲥϯ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϩⲣⲟϣ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲡⲓϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲫⲟϩ ⲉⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ⲙⲙⲁϩ ⲅ̄","english":"My father, rest yourself upon my weakness a little. He, however, answered, saying, \"Be quiet, my son, for this is not a time for speech, but rather a time for silence.\" And the blessed Maximus would speak with one of the saints, asking him about the names of the saints that were around him. But we did not know whom he was speaking of. However, the spirit-bearing Abba Makarios informed us that he was being told the names of the saints that were around him. And when his soul took delight in the presence of the saints, immediately it separated itself from the body with joy.\n\nThis is the manner in which this blessed one came to completion in peace, having rested himself with all the saints of the desert of Scetis, the mountain of Tabennesi. Then, after the burial of his holy relic, and after his departure to his rest, his blessed brother Dometius fell ill. A great fever came upon him. And when the great Abba Makarios saw that he had fallen ill, he said to me, \"Sit, my son, and serve your brother until you receive his blessing.\" I, however, placed my hands upon him, saying to him, \"Pray for me, my holy father.\" But at his rest, the holy Dometius grew worse in his illness, and he passed away on the third hour of the night.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"Here ⲯⲩⲭⲏ is rendered 'soul' as the animating principle that separates from the body at death, consistent with the pinned glossary sense.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ is used here in the sense of 'blessing' (ⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ), applied to a person (Dometius), following the glossary rule that a person is blessed.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲟⲩϩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ is the liturgical formula 'in peace', describing Maximus's death, not a comment on civil order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ⲛⲥⲟⲣ ⲓ︦ⲇ︦ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'desert of Scetis, the mountain of Tabennesi' conflates two distinct monastic centers: Scetis (Wadi Natrun) and Tabennesi (Pachomian foundation), possibly reflecting a later hagiographic conflation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from Maximus's deathbed vision to Dometius's illness and death, marking a narrative transition from one saint to the other.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The epithet ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ('spirit-bearing') for Abba Makarios is unusual; the Coptic text may contain a scribal error or abbreviation, as the expected form is ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'one of the saints' with whom Maximus speaks is not specified; the narrator admits ignorance.","The phrase 'ⲛⲥⲟⲣ ⲓ︦ⲇ︦ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ' may be a conflation of two distinct locations or a scribal error.","The epithet ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ is ambiguous due to possible abbreviation or corruption."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":46,"ref":"p46","source":"ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥϧⲟⲥⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲭⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ\nⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲓⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲓ\nⲉⲓⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ϩⲓ ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϥϫⲟⲩϣⲧ\nⲉⲡⲥⲁ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁϥⲫⲟⲛϩϥ ⲉⲡⲥⲁ ⲛϯⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲗⲏ. ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲁϣ ⲉϥⲥⲟⲙⲥ ⲉⲡⲭⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲩⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲁϫⲱⲥ ⲛϯⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁϥⲥⲟⲙⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ ⲁϥϥⲓ ⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲣⲓⲙⲓ ⲉϥϫⲱⲗϩ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲣ ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲫⲙⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ\nⲛⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ\nⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲙⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⲱ ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ. ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ. ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲁⲛϫⲉⲙϥ ⲉϥϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ\nⲉϥⲟⲩⲉϩ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ϯϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲥⲛⲟⲩϯ ϭⲟⲗⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉⲧⲫⲉ. ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲱⲕ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲍ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ ⲁⲛϭⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲛϣⲧⲟϥ\nⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯϭⲟⲗⲃⲓ ⲁ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲣ ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲓⲥⲓⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲧⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓ ⲛⲥⲁ\nⲧⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲉϥⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲱϥ.","english":"I saw him weeping, and I said to him, \"Do you wish me to call our father Abba Macarius?\" He said, \"Yes.\" So I went and called him, and I was still walking with him on the road when he stopped for a long time, gazing toward the side of the cave, and then he turned toward the east. I thought, \"Perhaps he is praying.\" He bowed toward the chorus of the saints, drawing the blessed soul of the holy Domitius upward. He bowed toward the sky, raised his hands, and wept, lamenting in his grief, saying, \"Woe is me, for I have not become a monk at all! For these are the true monks, who in a short time of turmoil found the path of perfection. But I, when I saw him weeping in this manner, I was amazed and said to him, 'What is the matter, O holy father?' He said to me, 'Come, my son, for the holy Domitius has reposed.' When we entered the cave, we found him seated, leaning inward, with his right hand stretched upward to the sky. After he had completed seventeen days of prayer, we took his holy body and wrapped it in a cloth. The holy Abba Macarius testified to Abba Isidore that the ranks that followed the soul of the great one were the same as those that followed the soul of his brother who was with them.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) here refers to the soul of the deceased Domitius, which is drawn upward by the saints. In the glossary, this term is rendered 'soul' except where it means 'life' in the sense of a living person.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ is consistently rendered 'monk' per the pinned glossary. In this passage, the speaker laments not having become a monk, contrasting himself with the 'true monks' who attained perfection.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲥⲱⲙⲁ (body) here refers to the corpse of Domitius, which is taken and wrapped after his death. This aligns with the glossary's note that in ascetic literature, ⲥⲱⲙⲁ is the body as the site of struggle, but after death it is the corpse.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The eastward orientation (ⲉⲡⲥⲁ ⲛϯⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲗⲏ) and the gesture of raising the right hand to the sky are typical of early Christian prayer and ascetic practice, symbolizing orientation toward paradise and the divine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue within the larger narrative, as indicated by the structural classification. The exchange between the narrator and Abba Macarius, and the subsequent lament, advance the theme of ascetic striving and the vision of the saint's soul being received by a chorus.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲍ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ' (seventeen days of prayer) may be a scribal error or a specific liturgical reference; the number seventeen is not standard in known hagiographic accounts of Domitius. The Coptic text is from a single manuscript (coptic-ocr), and the reading is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the ranks that followed the soul' is ambiguous: they may be angelic orders or the souls of other saints. The Coptic ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ (Greek τάξεις) can mean 'orders' or 'ranks' in a celestial hierarchy.","The phrase 'ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲍ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ' (seventeen days) is ambiguous; the number may be symbolic or a corruption of a different numeral."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":47,"ref":"p47","source":"ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲓⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nⲙⲡⲟⲩⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲉⲁⲩⲙⲉⲛⲣⲉ ⲛⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲧⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲥ‐ ⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ\nϧⲉⲛ ϯϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲉⲁⲩⲉⲣⲁⲅⲱⲛⲓⲍⲉⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲉⲩϭⲟϫⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲁⲇⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ ⲉⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲁ ⲧϩⲏ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲫⲏ\nⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲧⲁϩⲉ ⲡⲓⲃⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲩϭⲓ ϣϣⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲅⲱⲛⲟⲑⲉⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲏⲓ ⲉⲁⲩⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉ ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲥⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲁⲡⲟⲗⲁⲩⲥⲓⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲫⲗⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲕⲱⲣϥ ⲁⲩⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲁⲛ ⲗⲉⲃϣ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲥϯ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲇⲉ\nⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲓϭⲓ ⲛϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉϫⲏⲓ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ\nⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲟϯ ⲡⲟⲗⲗⲁⲕⲓⲥ ⲭⲛⲁϫⲉⲙ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ. ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲕⲉⲧ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲣⲁⲩϣ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲭⲏ ⲛⲑⲱⲛ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲕϫⲉ\nⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲥ ⲉϥϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ","english":"Behold, I have informed you of the manner in which these blessed ones completed their course in an angelic life, having loved the labors of the disciplines and the struggles of the times; they persevered in patience, having contended well, running in the stadium of virtue, preparing themselves according to the word of the holy apostle Paul, until they reached the goal of the divine calling which is worthy, and they became with the one who receives the reward, Christ, a true athlete, having despised the honor of this world for a time and all the pleasures that pass away, which they cast aside like a garment, and they became haters of this world as if it were a shadow. It happened once, as I was going up with them, that I said to them, \"Are you in Constantinople, my father? Often I will find you, for you are now a king.\" But they turned their face away from me and said to me with a smile, \"Is your mind still there, O brother? You have spoken this word as if it were in the place you marvel at.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic term ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ is a loan from Greek ἀπόστολος, rendered here as 'apostle' per the pinned glossary. It refers to Paul, named explicitly in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The passage invokes the 'holy apostle Paul' (ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ) and echoes Pauline athletic imagery (e.g., 1 Cor 9:24–27; Phil 3:14) in describing the saints' contest in the stadium of virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Constantinople (ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ) is named as the city where the narrator expects to find the saints, reflecting the hagiographical setting of the brothers' aristocratic origin and their flight from worldly honors.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the narrative of the saints' ascetic struggle with a direct address to the reader ('Behold, I have informed you'), then shifts to a dialogue where the narrator's question about Constantinople is met with a smiling rebuke, marking a transition from hagiographic summary to dramatic exchange.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲡⲓⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲡϣⲱⲓ ('the divine calling which is worthy') is ambiguous: ⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ may mean 'calling' or 'summons,' but the Coptic could also be read as a corruption of ⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ 'to be worthy'; the translation follows the sense of a worthy divine vocation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲓⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲡϣⲱⲓ is ambiguous: ⲑⲱϩⲉⲙ may be a noun meaning 'calling' or a verbal form; the translation takes it as 'divine calling.' The clause ⲉⲧⲁⲕϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲥ ⲉϥϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲫⲓⲣⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ is syntactically difficult; the translation interprets it as a rhetorical question about the narrator's mindset."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":48,"ref":"p48","source":"ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲱ ⲉⲛϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲱ ⲡⲓⲥⲟⲛ ⲡϣⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲉⲕϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲑⲙⲟⲩⲛⲕ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲣⲉ\nⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲕⲛⲁϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲕϫⲟϥ\nϯⲛⲟⲩ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲙⲁ ϩⲑⲏⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣ ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ\nⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϣⲉⲡ ϧⲓⲥⲓ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣ\nⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥ ⲉⲫⲁⲓ ⲓⲉ ⲁⲕⲙⲏⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲱⲟⲩⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲡⲁⲣⲁⲡⲧⲱⲙⲁ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ\nⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉⲛⲙⲉⲛⲣⲉ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϭⲓ ϩⲣⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲫⲗⲏⲟⲩ\nⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲧⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ϯϧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲉⲙⲓ\nⲉⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲛϣⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛϭⲓ ϩⲣⲁϥ\nⲙⲡⲟⲩⲭⲁⲛ ⲉⲉⲣ ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲛⲟⲃⲓ ϯⲙⲉⲧϣⲉⲙⲙⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲭⲁ ⲣⲱϥ\nϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲑⲃⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛϣⲗⲟⲗ ⲛⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ⲉⲧⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲧⲱⲃϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉⲑⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲛϯϩⲟϯ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲫϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲑⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲏⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ\nⲁⲝⲓⲱⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲁⲙⲁⲟ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲫϯ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ\nⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧⲉϥⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉϥϭⲗⲓⲗ","english":"We are not weary of telling you many times, O brother, the elder, whether you sit with us or whether you are in your dwelling place, hold fast to the name of salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ in steadfastness. For truly, the holy name is in your heart; it is not a word that you have spoken now. Therefore, pay attention to yourself in firmness; do not be negligent concerning the name of salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ, but hold fast to it in your whole heart, with perseverance, with endurance, for truly, if we are negligent in this, we will die in our transgressions. Therefore, let us not love boldness and laughter and idle words, for these destroy the whole discipline of the monk, according to the manner we know of this, while we are still in Syria. For when humanity was led astray by laughter, they did not cease to remember our sins. But sojourning and silence in humility and groaning are the garments of our mourning; groaning gives birth to prayer in purity; prayer gives birth to the fear of God and love; and these give birth to the human being. For truly, there is no rank, nor wealth, nor power, nor honor before God, but a holy soul is what He seeks, and His sacrifice and His incense.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ (Greek ἀγάπη) here refers to the liturgical love-feast, not merely an emotion. The passage pairs it with prayer and fear of God as a generative practice.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) is rendered 'soul' but in context it denotes the whole living person, as the object of God's seeking, not the disembodied soul after death.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of Syria situates the narrative in a known monastic geography. Syrian asceticism was influential in Coptic hagiography, often emphasizing groaning and prayer as spiritual disciplines.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated use of ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ('therefore') marks a hortatory structure, transitioning from admonition to a list of virtues and vices, typical of monastic paraenesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'name of salvation' may be a technical term for a prayer formula or invocation of Jesus, but the Coptic is ambiguous; it could also mean 'saving name' as a title. The reading here follows the English draft.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲓⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The exhortation to hold fast to the name of Jesus echoes Pauline language (e.g., Phil 2:12, Acts 4:12) but is not a direct quotation; it reflects a common monastic devotion to the Jesus prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ could be read as 'the name of salvation' (a title) or 'the saving name' (a formula). The English draft takes the former. The Coptic syntax allows both.","The clause ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲣⲉ... is incomplete in the OCR; the sense is supplied from context but the exact wording is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":49,"ref":"p49","source":"ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϣⲉⲡ ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲁⲓϯ\nⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲉⲓϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲭⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲓⲟϯ ⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉϫⲱⲓ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁ ⲡⲓϣⲁϥⲉ ϫⲱⲣϫ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ\nⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲧⲥⲏⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲁⲡⲁⲝ ⲁⲡⲗⲱⲥ ⲁ ⲡⲓϣⲁϥⲉ\nϫⲱⲣϫ ⲁⲩⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲑⲱϣ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲓⲥⲓⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱ ϧⲁ ⲡⲓⲁⲧⲉⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲁⲩⲁⲓⲧ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛ. ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ\nⲉϥϩⲟⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲑⲣⲁⲟⲩⲏ\nⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ. ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛϫⲉ ⲅ̄ ⲛⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲱ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲓϩⲱⲣ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲉⲙⲓ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲏ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϣⲉ ⲁⲛ\nⲡⲉ ⲉⲑⲣⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲫⲣⲁⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲛϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲭⲁ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲁⲓ\nⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲩϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲛ ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲛⲛⲁⲉⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲁⲍⲉⲓⲛ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ. ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲣⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲣⲟⲩⲥϧⲉ\nⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲓⲡⲧⲩⲭⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲁ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲫⲟⲟⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ\nⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫϯ.","english":"our salvation. I received their word to me with a steadfast heart, and I gave repentance, saying, \"Forgive me, my fathers, intercede for me.\" Then after a year of days from the departure of these blessed ones, the desert spread out beautifully, whether of the mountain of Pernouj or of the monasteries that are scattered throughout Egypt, once and for all the desert spread out. They built for themselves great churches, and they appointed Abba Isidore the presbyter. But I, even I, the unworthy one, was made a deacon. After these things, the great Abba Macarius called out from the church, crying out and saying, \"Call this place 'The Romans'.\" Three of the great elders of the mountain of Pernouj, who were with us, namely Apa Pamo, Apa Pihor, and Apa Athre, answered the holy Abba Macarius, saying, \"Do you not know our name, our blessed father?\" He said to them, \"Yes, but it is not fitting that we call the name of one of them upon the place, and leave the other aside, since they completed their course in one patience together with each other. And also, because they are brothers, therefore we will name them together with each other, and we will call their place 'The Romans' after their completion.\" In this manner also, he caused them to write a name upon the diptych: \"Our Roman fathers, until this day, according to the manner that God commanded him.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ (from Greek ἐκκλησία) appears twice: first in the plural (ⲛⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ) for the churches built by the desert monks, then in the singular (ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ) for the church from which Abba Macarius calls out. The context determines the sense as the building or congregation, not the institution.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The naming of the place as 'The Romans' (ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ) and the subsequent diptych inscription (ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲓⲡⲧⲩⲭⲟⲛ) reflect a liturgical commemoration practice. Diptychs were lists of names read during the liturgy, often including founders or benefactors. This passage shows the community's effort to honor both brothers equally.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a first-person narrative (the speaker's repentance and ordination as deacon) to a third-person account of Abba Macarius's decision to name the place. This structural break marks a transition from personal testimony to communal decision-making, typical of hagiographic narrative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'after a year of days from the departure of these blessed ones' (ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲁⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) indicates a one-year interval between the death of Maxime and Domece and the subsequent expansion of the desert monastic settlements.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The naming of the place as 'The Romans' and the diptych inscription 'Our Roman fathers' suggests that Maxime and Domece were identified as Roman (likely meaning from the Roman Empire, possibly from Rome or a Roman province). This designation may have been used to distinguish them from Egyptian-born monks in the community.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ","severity":"caution","text":"The toponym ⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ (Pernouj) is uncertain; it may refer to a specific mountain or region in Egypt. The Coptic text does not clarify its location, and the English draft leaves it untranslated. It may be a variant of a known place name, but no secure identification is available.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the speaker in the first-person section (ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϣⲉⲡ ...) is not explicitly named; it may be a disciple or the narrator. The reading taken is that it is a disciple who becomes deacon.","The phrase ⲡⲓϣⲁϥⲉ ϫⲱⲣϫ ⲛⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ('the desert spread out beautifully') is ambiguous: it may mean the desert expanded physically or that monastic settlements proliferated. The reading taken is the latter, as supported by the subsequent building of churches.","The toponym ⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ (Pernouj) is not securely identified; it may be a variant of a known location or a scribal error."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲡⲁ","text":"ⲁⲡⲁ → “Apa”. A title of a monastic father. Left as 'Apa' because it is a form of address, and 'father' would collide with the biological sense in the same sentence."}]},{"i":50,"ref":"p50","source":"ⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲟⲛ\nⲙⲫⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ\nⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲣ ⲓⲱⲧ ⲉϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲕⲱⲧ ⲉϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲁ ⲫ︦︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ\nϫⲉ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲑⲣⲁⲟⲩⲏ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲑⲟⲕ ϩⲱⲕ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ\nⲟⲩⲁϩⲕ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲕ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ. ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲙ ⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲁϫⲱϥ ⲁϥⲉⲛϥ ⲉⲡⲓⲁⲗⲟⲕ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲫⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲓϣⲏⲓ ⲁϥⲟϩⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ϯⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲥⲁ ⲡⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲱϣ\nⲛⲁϥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ\nⲉϫⲱϥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲧⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲧⲏⲓϥ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ\nϫⲉ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲓϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲭⲁ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉϧⲣⲏⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ\nⲉⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲕϧⲓⲥⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲓⲁϩ ⲁⲗⲟⲗⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲟ︦ⲥ︦\nⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲑⲁϣⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ\nⲡⲓϣⲗⲟⲗ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲓⲣⲓ ⲙⲫⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲫϯ\nⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲧϣⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲧⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲫⲱⲛ\nⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲉϫⲱⲣϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲑⲙⲟⲩⲛⲕ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ\nⲛⲓⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ϫⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲧⲁⲥⲑⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲭⲱ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲧϣⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ.","english":"He also bore witness to us of this, namely Abba Papnoute, the disciple of Abba Makarios, who became a spiritual father after him, saying, \"When I was building this church, God commanded our father through a shining cherub, 'Call this place so that the Romans may inhabit it, and you also,' he said, 'follow me so that I may show you the place where your name will be invoked.' Then the cherub drew him, brought him to the bay of the river of the Hellespont, to the place of the shrine, and stood upon the rock to the south, crying out to him, saying, 'This is the place where your name will be invoked, the place which you built.' The Romans beheld it forever, because they are the first to have placed their bodies in this holy mountain, having become the first beginning of your labors in this vineyard of the Lord Sabaoth, this which they assigned to you as a time and as a beginning, namely this precious crown of the monks, the people who do the will of God and who draw their counsels down upon the race of men concerning their polity and their prayer and their vigils which they send forth by day and by night in unceasing supplication for sinners, so that they may be reconciled to God in their whole heart, and that he may forgive them according to his counsels within his creation.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"Here ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ refers to the physical church building that Abba Papnoute constructed, as indicated by the verb ⲕⲱⲧ 'to build'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ here means 'corpse' or 'body' of the deceased Romans, who are the first to be buried in the holy mountain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ is used as a title for both Papnoute and Makarios, reflecting the standard Coptic honorific for monastic elders.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲁⲗⲟⲕ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'bay of the river of the Hellespont' locates the shrine in a region associated with early Christian monasticism in Asia Minor, though the narrative is legendary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a dialogue within a dialogue: Abba Papnoute recounts a divine command and a cherub's guidance, embedded in the larger hagiographic narrative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'Romans' are presented as prototypical monks whose burial sanctifies the mountain, reflecting a hagiographic topos that links Roman martyrs to the foundation of monastic sites.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'Romans' (ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ) is ambiguous: they may be Roman soldiers, martyrs, or early monks; the text treats them as the first to deposit their bodies in the mountain.","The phrase ⲡⲓⲁⲗⲟⲕ ⲛⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ is geographically vague; it may refer to a legendary or symbolic location rather than a real site."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."}]},{"i":51,"ref":"p51","source":"ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲓⲥ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉ\nϩⲗⲓ ⲉⲣ ⲁⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϣⲱⲡ\nⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϯ ϩⲑⲏϥ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϣⲧⲉⲙϭⲓ\nⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲙⲁⲗⲓⲥⲧⲁ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ\nⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲙⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ\nⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ ⲥⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲉϣⲁⲛ ⲛⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ ϩⲓ ⲕⲟⲧ ⲉⲁⲃⲃⲁ\nⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲁϥϭⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϣⲉⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲟⲡⲱⲥ ⲡⲕⲉ\nⲛⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣⲡⲣⲟⲕⲟⲡⲧⲉⲓⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲣ ⲡⲉⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛϯⲙⲉⲣⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲡⲓⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ\nⲁ ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲭⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ϩⲱⲥ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ","english":"Behold, these are my holy fathers, those whom I have seen and those whom I have heard; I have informed you about them with certainty. So then, see that no one disbelieves all that I have said concerning these saints, but rather, take heed with fear of those things I have said about them, so that you may not receive judgment. Especially those things spoken by our great spiritual father, Abba Makarios, the man who bore God, and whom God loved because of his purity. For it is written, \"When the old men gathered around Abba Makarios, he would take them to his cave, saying, 'Come, let you see the martyrion of the little strangers, so that you also may make progress in the virtues of those blessed saints, and may be worthy of the portion and inheritance with them in the eternal kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.'\" Behold, the great Abba Makarios considered them as martyrs in the...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ (from Greek μάρτυς) here carries the hagiographical sense 'martyr', as Abba Makarios considers the 'little strangers' as martyrs. The older forensic sense 'witness' is not intended.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek/Syriac address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained in the Coptic as a title for Makarios, consistent with monastic usage. The English draft renders it as 'Abba'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ (martyrion) is a shrine or chapel dedicated to martyrs, often housing relics. Here it is a cave where Abba Makarios shows the 'little strangers' (likely the saints Maxime and Domece) as exemplars.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the narrative with a direct exhortation to the audience, followed by a scriptural citation (the saying of Abba Makarios) that reinforces the martyrs' status. The phrase 'Behold, the great Abba Makarios considered them as martyrs' serves as a closing affirmation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage reflects the Coptic hagiographical tradition of linking desert fathers (like Makarios) with martyr veneration, emphasizing that ascetic struggle can be equated with martyrdom. This theme is common in Egyptian monastic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛϣⲉⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ' (the little strangers) is ambiguous: it may refer to the saints Maxime and Domece as foreign visitors, or to other anonymous holy figures. The English draft takes it as referring to the saints.","The Coptic text breaks off mid-sentence at the end of the passage ('ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ'), leaving the final clause incomplete. The English draft supplies 'in the...' but the full sense is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":52,"ref":"p52","source":"ⲛⲑⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲡⲏⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲁϩϯ\nⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟϩⲁⲓⲣⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲫⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲟϥ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓ ⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲉⲣⲕⲁⲧⲁⲫⲣⲟⲛⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲑⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲥⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ\nⲙⲡⲓⲡⲁⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲡⲉϥⲱⲃϣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲉⲧⲗⲉⲕⲗⲱⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲉⲛⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓ\nⲛⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ⲉⲧϧⲟⲥⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲕⲓⲛⲇⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲓϭⲁⲧϥⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ\nⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϣⲁⲧⲉ ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲉⲧⲥⲱⲕ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ\nϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲉⲫⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ\nⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲥⲏϥⲓ.","english":"let him cling to the spiritual and the elders in their prayer with faith. For they became martyrs by their own choice, without the shedding of blood, through the contempt they showed for the kingdom of their father, which was about to destroy them because of the kingdom of the heavens and its blessings, and the memory of the palace whose linen they wore, and the taking of meals that were meager in many ways, and the sufferings they endured in the high places of the sea and the danger of the wild beasts of that place, until God took them by his help that drew them, until he brought them to the mountain of Shiet, to the holy place of Abba Makarios, where they completed their course. Therefore I said that they became martyrs without a sword.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic uses ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ (from Greek μάρτυς) in the hagiographical sense 'martyr', but the passage specifies martyrdom 'without the shedding of blood' (ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲫⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲟϥ) and 'without a sword' (ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲥⲏϥⲓ), indicating a non-violent, confessional martyrdom.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲃⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The address ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (Abba) is retained from the Coptic for Abba Makarios, the anchoritic father associated with the monastery of Scetis (ϣⲓⲏⲧ).","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ϣⲓⲏⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The toponym ϣⲓⲏⲧ (Shiet) refers to the Wadi el-Natrun region in Egypt, the site of the monastery of Abba Makarios (Scetis), a major center of Coptic monasticism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the narrative by summarizing the martyrdoms of the elders, linking their voluntary suffering to the earlier testimony of Abba Makarios, and reiterating the theme of bloodless martyrdom.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The concept of 'bloodless martyrdom' (ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲥⲏϥⲓ) reflects a Coptic hagiographical topos where ascetic suffering is equated with martyrdom, a theme prominent in the monastic literature of Scetis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲫⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲟϥ is read as 'without the shedding of blood' (i.e., bloodless martyrdom), but could also be interpreted as 'without blood' in a literal sense; the context supports the hagiographical reading.","The identity of 'their father' (ⲡⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧ) is ambiguous: it may refer to a biological father or a spiritual father; the translation takes it as the biological father whose kingdom they rejected."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":53,"ref":"p53","source":"ⲁⲛϣⲁⲛⲭⲱ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲣ ⲫⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲫⲏ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϣⲓⲃϯ ϩⲱⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲁ ⲛⲓⲥⲩⲛⲏⲑⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲥⲙⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϭⲓ ϧⲉⲣⲉⲃ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲙⲓⲧⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲙⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲛⲭⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲛ ⲛⲛⲁ ⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲁ ⲧϩⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲑⲉⲃⲓⲟ ⲙⲙⲏⲓ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉⲛⲙⲟϣⲓ ϩⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲥⲓ ⲛⲁⲧⲥⲱⲣⲉⲙ ⲉⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nⲛⲛⲓⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧϭⲓ ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛⲁⲛ ϣⲁ ⲫϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯϫⲓ ⲛϣⲁϥⲛⲓ ⲉⲛⲓⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲉⲓⲥⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲭⲁ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ\nⲙⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲩϩⲏⲗ\nⲉⲙⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲉⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲁϩϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲁⲛ ⲙⲏϣ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲏ\nⲉⲧϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲣϣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ\nⲛⲁ ⲡⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲁⲩϣⲁⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲙⲁⲣ \nⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲥⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ϣⲁⲩϭⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲥⲁⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧϯ ⲙⲡⲓⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲡⲓⲥⲱⲙⲁ\nⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲁ ϯⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲉⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ\nⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲟ︦ⲥ︦ ⲟⲩⲟϩ\nⲡⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲕⲩⲛⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲣⲡⲣⲉⲡⲉⲓ ⲙⲫⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ\nⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲧⲁⲛϧⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ\nⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ.","english":"For if we let the remembrance of the holy fathers' conversion slip from us, we will fall away from the worldly habits, and we will receive light in the footsteps of our blessed fathers, having left behind the things of the past, preparing ourselves for the things of the heart in true humility and love, walking on a path of teaching without error, fulfilling the laws of Christ Jesus and the angelic commandments of the monastic life, which guide us to God in a straight path and the attainment of the good in paradise. For indeed, our fathers left the small place of dwelling of these saints, as if it were a church, praying there little by little in faith, and many of those who were sick in body and soul, whether in the plains or the mountains, whether in the deserts or the marshes, when they reached their martyrion, if they pray, they receive healing immediately through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gives healing to the sick, whether of the body or of the soul, through the intercessions of our holy fathers the Romans, Maximus and Domitius, who is the savior of all, our Lord and our God and our Savior Jesus Christ, from whom all glory and all honor and all worship are due to the Father with him and the Holy Spirit, the life-giver and consubstantial with him, now and always and forever and ever, amen.","structure":"doxology","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ (Greek ἀγάπη) is rendered 'love' here, but in a monastic context it may evoke the liturgical agape meal, a technical sense not to be flattened.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) appears twice: once paired with 'body' for the whole person, and once for the soul that receives healing; the glossary allows 'life' for the living person, but here the sense is the soul that survives death.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ (Hebrew amen) is left untranslated, as is standard in liturgical doxologies closing a homily.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ (Greek μαρτύριον) refers to a martyr shrine or church built over a saint's relics; here it is the site where Maximus and Domitius are venerated and where healing occurs.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a doxology, closing the homily with a trinitarian formula: glory, honor, and worship are due to the Father, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, followed by 'amen'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.life-of-maxime-and-domece","label":"source edition: Life of Maxime and Domece","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20Results/Life%20of%20Maxime%20and%20Domece%20OCR%20Output/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The doxology's emphasis on healing through the intercession of Maximus and Domitius reflects their cultic role as wonder-working saints in Coptic tradition, where their martyrion served as a pilgrimage site.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛⲁ ⲡⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟⲩϫ (literally 'those of the mountain of the desert') is ambiguous: it may mean 'those in the mountains or the desert' or refer to specific monastic communities; the English draft takes the former.","The clause ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ (who is the savior of all) is grammatically ambiguous: it could refer to Christ or to Maximus and Domitius collectively; the English draft applies it to Christ, consistent with the following trinitarian doxology."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"doxology","text":"Classified as doxology from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","text":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ → “amen”. Transliterated Hebrew, left untranslated in the liturgy and in the doxologies that close a homily."}]}]}