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It employs elevated, liturgical language, addressing the congregation directly and extolling Mary as mother of God, queen of women, and true bride. The text describes the incarnation, nativity, and nursing of Christ, emphasizing Mary's unique role. Preserved in a single Coptic manuscript from the White Monastery (now in the Pierpont Morgan Library), it was first edited and translated by E. A. Wallis Budge in 1915. The work reflects late antique Egyptian Christian piety and belongs to the Coptic apocryphal tradition of Marian glorification.","historical_context":"The homily likely dates between the 5th and 7th centuries, a period when Coptic Christianity flourished in Egypt under Byzantine rule and later early Islamic rule. It was composed in Coptic, the vernacular language of Egyptian Christians, and survives in a fragmentary manuscript from the White Monastery (Dayr Anba Shinudah), a major center of Coptic monastic and literary activity. The text is attributed pseudepigraphically to Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444), a prominent theologian, to lend authority. It belongs to the genre of festal sermons (homilies) delivered on Marian feasts, reflecting the growing veneration of Mary in late antique Egypt. The work's focus on Mary's dormition and assumption aligns with other Coptic apocrypha, such as the 'Discourse on the Dormition of the Virgin' attributed to John the Theologian. Transmission was limited; the sole known manuscript was discovered in the White Monastery library and later acquired by the Pierpont Morgan Library.","significance":"This homily is a key witness to the development of Marian piety in Coptic Christianity, particularly the traditions of Mary's dormition and assumption. It illustrates how pseudepigraphical attributions to authoritative figures like Cyril of Alexandria were used to promote theological and devotional themes. 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The attribution to Cyril of Alexandria is conventional and not supported by internal evidence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.pseudocyril-alexandria-discourse-on-the-virgin-mary","label":"source edition: PseudoCyril Alexandria Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/PseudoCyril%20Alexandria_Discourse%20on%20the%20Virgin%20Mary%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The homily was translated into Ethiopic and incorporated into the Taʾammǝrā Maryam, a collection of Marian miracles widely read in Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy. This indicates its enduring popularity beyond its original Coptic milieu.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam","label":"gap dossier: Miracles of Mary (Taʾammǝra Māryām)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The work is pseudepigraphically attributed to Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444), but its language and theological concerns point to a composition no earlier than the 6th–7th century, possibly in a monastic context in Upper Egypt.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic source edition used here is based on a single, damaged manuscript with lacunae. 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With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","english":"virgin","count":11,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek παρθένος. In Marian texts the technical sense is fixed; the non-technical 'young woman' belongs to Greek, not to the Coptic usage."},{"coptic":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","english":"Lord","count":8,"first_passage":2,"note":"Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"coptic":"ⲧⲡⲉ","english":"heaven","count":8,"first_passage":4,"note":"The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"coptic":"ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ","english":"Mary","count":6,"first_passage":1,"note":"The Theotokos in homilies and Marian apocrypha; the sister of Martha in other contexts."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","english":"angel","count":3,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"coptic":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","english":"devil","count":3,"first_passage":6,"note":"Greek διάβολος; the personified adversary in hagiography. 'Slanderer' is the etymological sense and is not used in this corpus."},{"coptic":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ","english":"cherubim","count":3,"first_passage":7,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","english":"peace","count":2,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","english":"body","count":2,"first_passage":8,"note":"In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","english":"bless","count":2,"first_passage":9,"note":"The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","english":"archbishop","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":"In the Coptic tradition the title of the patriarch of Alexandria; 'archbishop' is the neutral rendering."},{"coptic":"ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ","english":"Bethlehem","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","english":"amen","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":"Transliterated Hebrew, left untranslated in the liturgy and in the doxologies that close a homily."},{"coptic":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","english":"people","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ","english":"presbyter","count":1,"first_passage":9,"note":"Greek πρεσβύτερος. 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Which our holy father, the honored one, according to this manner, Apa Cyril, the Archbishop of Rakote, delivered concerning the honor of the Mother of the Virgin, the holy Mary, who bore God, truly, revealing her great glory and the honor she received from God. In the peace of God, Amen. O my beloved, the people who love God, open the ears of your heart and listen to the honor of the mother of God, the queen of all women and the true bride, in whom the Son of God deigned to dwell. He came and dwelt in her womb for nine months, and she bore him for us in Bethlehem. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger of beasts. Animals saw him and recognized him, and they bowed down to him. She stretched out her right hand, took hold of him, and placed him in her left hand. She suckled him with her milk and her breast, bending down to him. She gave him the breast, as a father gives the breast in the heavens. She laid him on a bed. He lifted his eyes up to her face. He stretched out his hand and became her little finger. He put it into his mouth, sweeter than manna. The smell of her sacrifice was sweet to him, more than the incense of the sacrifice of the living. When he suckled from her little finger, which had no breast, he called to her.","structure":"incipit","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲞⲨⲖⲞⲄⲞⲤ • Ⲉ ⲀϤⲦⲀⲨⲞϤ • Ⲛ̄ϬⲒ ⲠⲈⲚ ⲠⲈⲦ ⲞⲨⲀⲀⲂ Ⲛ̄ ⲈⲒⲰⲦ ⲈⲦ ⲦⲀⲈⲒⲎⲨ ⲔⲀⲦⲀ ⲤⲘⲞⲦ ⲚⲒⲘ • ⲀⲠⲀⲔⲨⲢⲒⲖⲖⲞⲤ • ⲠⲀⲢⲬⲎⲈⲠⲒⲤⲔⲞⲠⲞⲤ Ⲛ̄ ⲢⲀⲔⲞⲦⲈ","severity":"info","text":"The opening formula identifies the work as a discourse (ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ) delivered by Apa Cyril, archbishop of Rakote (Alexandria), establishing the incipit and the homiletic genre.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.pseudocyril-alexandria-discourse-on-the-virgin-mary","label":"source edition: PseudoCyril Alexandria Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/PseudoCyril%20Alexandria_Discourse%20on%20the%20Virgin%20Mary%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (virgin) is used here in its fixed Marian sense, referring to Mary as the Theotokos, not as a generic young woman.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (archbishop) is the title of the patriarch of Alexandria in Coptic tradition, rendered neutrally as 'archbishop'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (peace) appears in the liturgical formula ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ('in peace'), a standard closing doxology, not a comment on civil order.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of Bethlehem (ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ) as the place of Christ's birth echoes the Gospel accounts (Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4), situating the narrative within the canonical Nativity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲥⲕⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲟ̄ⲙϥ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲃ̄|ⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The detail of the infant Jesus laid in a manger (ⲟⲩⲟ̄ⲙϥ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲃ̄ⲛⲏ) and animals bowing to him draws on apocryphal Nativity traditions, such as the Protoevangelium of James and later Coptic homilies.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic phrase ⲧⲣ̄ⲣⲱ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟ̄ⲙⲉ (queen of all women) may be a title for Mary, but the exact source of this epithet in Coptic tradition is unclear.","The reading of ⲁⲣⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩⲙⲁⲕϩ̄ (she suckled him with her milk) is ambiguous: the suffix ⲟⲩ- could refer to Mary's own milk or be a generic possessive; the translation assumes the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"incipit","text":"Classified as incipit from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ → “archbishop”. In the Coptic tradition the title of the patriarch of Alexandria; 'archbishop' is the neutral rendering."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","text":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ → “virgin”. Greek παρθένος. In Marian texts the technical sense is fixed; the non-technical 'young woman' belongs to Greek, not to the Coptic usage."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ","text":"ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ → “Bethlehem”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"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":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ → “God”. Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ is the ordinary word for 'god'. With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ carries more than one sense (god, deity); this passage takes it as “God”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ","text":"ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ → “Mary”. The Theotokos in homilies and Marian apocrypha; the sister of Martha in other contexts."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","text":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ → “amen”. Transliterated Hebrew, left untranslated in the liturgy and in the doxologies that close a homily."},{"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":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ • Ⲁⲙⲏⲓ̄ⲧⲛ̄ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲩ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ\nⲉϥϯⲡⲓ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲱⲥ • Ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲛⲉⲥϯⲡⲓ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲱϥ ϩⲱⲱⲥ ⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ | ϫⲉ ⲡⲁ ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ̄\nⲡⲁ ϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱ̄ϣⲧ̄ ⲛⲁϥ : Ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ⳿ ⲉϣⲁⲥϯ ⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ\nⲛⲁϥ • ⲛⲉϣⲁⲥⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲁⲕϩ̄ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉϥⲁϩⲉ\nⲣⲁⲧϥ̄ • ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ • Ⲡⲛ︦ⲛ︦ⲥⲱⲥ ⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ̄\nⲛⲁϥ • ⲉⲥϫⲱ̄ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲁ ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲁ ϣⲏⲣⲉ • Ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲙⲛ︦ⲛ︦ⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ̄ • ⲁⲥⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥϭⲓϫ • ⲁⲥⲥⲱⲕ\nⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ • ⲉⲥϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ • ⲡⲁ ϣⲏⲣⲉ\nⲉⲧ ϩⲟⲗϭ̄ • ⲙⲟⲟ̄ϣⲉ⳿ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̄ • ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̄ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ϣⲏ|ⲣⲉ⳿ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ\nⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲟⲩ⳿ ⲉ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ • Ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ ⲇⲉ⳿ ϩⲱⲱϥ\nⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲉ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϩϥ̄ ⲛ̄ⲥⲱⲥ • ⲛϥ̄ϣⲧⲣ̄ⲧⲱⲣ⳿\nⲁⲛ⳿• ⲉϥⲧⲟϭⲥ̄ ⲉ ⲛⲉϥⲕⲟⲩⲓ̄ ⲛ̄ϭⲟⲡ • ⲉϥϥⲓ⳿ ⲟⲩⲱϩ • ⲟⲩⲱϩ • Ⲉϥⲁϣⲉ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲉⲧ\nⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ • ⲁϣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ • Ⲉⲛⲉϣⲁϥϥⲓ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ\nⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ • ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ ⲁϣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲛⲧ̄ ⲉ ⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧϥ̄ • Ⲉⲛⲉϣⲁⲥϫⲓⲧϥ̄ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲥ̄ⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ • ⲛⲥ̄ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁϥ • Ⲁⲙⲏⲓⲧⲛ̄ • ⲱ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ |\nⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲡⲟⲣϫ̄ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲥⲡⲓⲣ\nⲉϥϥⲓ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ⳿ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ • ⲉϥϯⲡⲓ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲱⲥ • Ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ • ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲓⲱⲛ • ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ • ⲉⲓⲥ\nⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ̄ ϩⲓ ϫⲱ • Ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ\nⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲁϥϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ⳿ ϩⲓ ϫⲱ • Ⲁϥⲣ̄ ϣⲃⲏⲣ⳿ ⲣ̄ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲉ⳿\nⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • Ⲁϥⲣ̄ ⲥⲩⲅⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ⳿ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲉ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ •","english":"Come, all of you, and see God calling Mary, 'My mother.' He is giving her milk to drink. And she gives him milk to drink in turn, calling him at all times, 'My Lord and my son,' and she worships him. For at the time when she gives him the breast, she would bend her head down to him as he stands, like a tower. And she also worships him, saying, 'My Lord and my son.' Then after these things, she took his hand and led him along the paths, saying, 'My sweet son, walk a little, a little, like all little children who are taught to walk.' But he himself, the true God, Jesus, followed her without being troubled, adjusting to her small steps, taking step by step, walking in the garments of Mary, his mother, he whom the whole universe fears. He who the whole universe fears would lift his eyes up to her face, and he would be fixed upon her. And she would also take him and carry him and walk with him. Come, all you women, and see Mary, with God leaning on her breast, lifting his face upward, giving her milk to drink. Walk, walk, daughter of Zion. I speak to you, O Mary. Behold, the King, the Christ, is on your lap. For the King, the Christ, has become, he has sat on your lap. The Father has become a companion, he has worked with you. The Son has become a kinsman with you.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (with definite article) is the standard Sahidic term for God in Christian texts. Here it refers to Christ, who is depicted as an infant calling Mary 'my mother'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ renders 'Lord' and in this homily names Christ, consistent with its use for Christ in Coptic Marian literature. Mary addresses the infant Jesus as 'my Lord'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲓⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'daughter of Zion' echoes Old Testament usage (e.g., Isaiah 62:11) and is a typological title for Mary in early Christian and Coptic homiletics, linking her to the personified city of Jerusalem.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The image of Mary nursing the infant Christ and leading him by the hand is a common motif in Coptic Marian apocrypha, emphasizing her role as Theotokos and the humanity of Christ. This passage parallels scenes in the Dormition homilies.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-homily-fragments","label":"gap dossier: Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin (Coptic fragments)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-homily-fragments"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage alternates between direct address to the audience ('Come, all of you') and narrative description of Mary and Jesus, a rhetorical device typical of Coptic homilies to engage listeners and reinforce the miraculous nature of the scene.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This homily, attributed to Cyril of Alexandria, was widely copied in Coptic and Ethiopic traditions. The nursing and walking scenes are echoed in later Ethiopic Marian texts, such as the Ta'ammərā Maryam.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam","label":"gap dossier: Miracles of Mary (Taʾammǝra Māryām)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲉϥϯⲡⲓ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲱⲥ could be read as 'he gives her milk to drink' or 'he gives her to drink'; the context of nursing supports the former. The phrase ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ̄ ⲛⲁϥ is ambiguous between 'she worships him' and 'she bows to him'; the homily likely intends both."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ → “Lord”. Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ carries more than one sense (master, owner); this passage takes it as “Lord”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Ⲁϥⲣ̄ ⲁⲧ ⲡⲱⲣϫ̄ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲉⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • Ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲉ⳿ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲙⲉⲣⲓ|ⲧⲉ • ⲁϥϭⲟⲓ̄ⲗⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿\nⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲃ̄ⲃⲟ • Ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ⳿ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁⲧⲉ⳿ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲣϭⲛ̄\nϩⲙⲟⲧ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟ̄ⲙⲉ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ϫⲉ\nⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲉ • Ⲁⲣϥⲓ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲓϫ⳿ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲃⲟⲓ̄ ⲉ ⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ • ⲁⲣϫⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲛ̄ⲑⲓⲕⲱⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲁⲣⲧⲁⲗⲟⲥ⳿ ϩⲓϫⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲡⲉ • ⲉⲣⲉ\nⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ̄ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲓ ⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲏⲧⲉ • ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ","english":"The Holy Spirit separated from him. The angels submitted, saying, \"He loved her.\" He rejoiced over her because of her purity. For she alone found grace before God among all women, because the Lord was with her. She lifted her hands upward and her eyes to the height. She took the form of God the Father, the image of his Son. She placed it upon her head, while the Holy Spirit led the way, walking outside.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ̄ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the Holy Spirit' (ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ̄ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ) is a standard Christian designation; ⲡⲛⲁ̄ is a loan from Greek πνεῦμα. Here it is personified as an agent separating from the Father and leading Mary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ (grace) is rendered as 'unearned favour of God' per the glossary. In this context, Mary alone found grace before God among all women, emphasizing her unique status.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲣϭⲛ̄ ϩⲙⲟⲧ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'she found grace before God' echoes Luke 1:28–30 (the Annunciation) where Mary is greeted by the angel Gabriel, though the Coptic text does not cite the verse directly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The image of Mary taking the form of God the Father and the image of his Son, then placing it on her head, reflects a theological motif of Mary as the Theotokos and a vessel of the Incarnation, common in Coptic homilies.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the narrative from the previous section, where Mary worships the infant Jesus. Here the Holy Spirit separates from the Father, and angels submit, marking a shift to a celestial scene.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲣ̄ ⲁⲧ ⲡⲱⲣϫ̄ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase ⲁϥⲣ̄ ⲁⲧ ⲡⲱⲣϫ̄ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ is ambiguous: it could mean 'he separated from him' (the Holy Spirit from the Father) or 'he made a separation from him'. The translation takes the former, but the subject is unclear.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The subject of ⲁϥⲣ̄ ⲁⲧ ⲡⲱⲣϫ̄ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ is not explicit; it may be the Holy Spirit or another agent. The reading taken is that the Holy Spirit separated from God the Father.","The phrase ⲁⲣϫⲓ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲛ̄ⲑⲓⲕⲱⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ is obscure: it may mean Mary took the form of God the Father and the image of his Son, or she took the form of the Father as the image of his Son. The translation opts for the former."],"confidence":"medium","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."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ̄ • ⲉⲣⲧⲁϣⲉⲟ̄ⲉⲓϣ • ⲉⲣϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ | Ⲥⲟⲩⲱ̄ⲛϥ̄ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̄ • ϫⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ • ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲱⲧ\nⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁⲓϫⲡⲟϥ • Ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿• ⲁⲓ̄ⲉⲓⲙⲉ • ϫⲉ\nⲉⲣⲧⲏⲕ ⲛ̄ ϩⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲧ • Ϫⲉ ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁϥⲁⲓ̄ⲧⲉⲓ (sic) ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁϥϯ ⲛⲁϥ (sic) ⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲓ ⲛ̄ ⲧ̄ⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲱⲙⲉ • Ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ⳿ ⲇⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁⲣⲁⲓ̄ⲧⲉⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲥⲁⲃⲉ • ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲉ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲇⲱⲣⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ • Ⲁⲣϩⲕⲟ • ⲁϥϯ⳿ⲛⲉ⳿ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕ|ⲓⲃⲉ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲙ̄ⲡⲏⲟⲩⲉ • Ⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲡⲟ⳿ ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲉⲩϩⲁ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ ϩⲱⲱⲧⲉ⳿ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟ⳿ ⲙ̄\nⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲁ ⲡ̄ⲕⲁϩ • Ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲣⲁⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥϩⲩⲗⲏ • ⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϩⲱⲱϥ\nⲭⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲛⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲧ̄ⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • Ⲉⲛⲉϣⲁⲣⲕⲱⲗϫ̄ ⲛ̄\nⲛⲟⲩⲡⲁⲧ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ̄ ⲛⲁϥ • Ⲁⲩⲱ\nⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ̄ ⲛⲉ⳿ ϩⲱⲟⲩ • Ⲱ̄\nⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ • ⲙⲁⲁⲃⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲯⲓⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ • ⲁⲣ|ϫⲟⲕⲟⲩ⳿\nⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ • ⲧⲁⲩⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ̄ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ • Ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ⳿ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϯⲛⲁ\nⲧⲁⲙⲟⲕ • Ⲁⲓ̄ⲉⲥⲩⲭⲁⲍⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲓ̄ ϫⲓⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ̄ • Ⲁⲓ̄ⲁⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥϩⲩⲗⲏ • Ⲁ ⲧⲁⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ⳿ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲁϫⲛ̄ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ • Ⲁ ⲛⲁⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ⳿ ⲣ̄\nⲥⲁⲓ̄ⲣⲉ • Ⲙ̄ⲡ ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ⳿ ⲙⲛ̄ ϩⲣ̄ϣⲓⲣⲉ • Ⲙ̄ⲡ ⲉⲓϯⲧⲕⲁⲥ\nⲉⲓⲙⲓⲥⲉ • Ⲙⲡ ⲉⲓϣⲗⲁϩ• ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ ⲡⲁ | ϣⲏⲣⲉ • Ⲙ̄ⲡ\nⲓ̄ⲉⲓⲙⲉ • ϫⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲓ︦ⲱ︦ⲱ︦ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲱⲛ • Ⲁⲓ̄ⲉⲓⲙⲉ\nⲇⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲡⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁⲓ̄ϫⲡⲟϥ • Ⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ\nⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ⳿ ⲣ̄ ϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲉϥⲧⲁϣⲉⲟ̄ⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲁⲓ̄ ⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲓ̄ •","english":"in the whole world, proclaiming, saying, \"Know him for yourselves, that he is the only son of God, whom I bore, O Mary. I knew that you were intent on the forms: 'Which woman asked God and he gave her the honor of humanity?' But you asked him for wisdom, and he gave you his gift, which is his son. You rejoiced. He gave you the milk of gazelles in the fields, which were born by a ewe. You yourself bore God, the king of the heavens and the earth. You renounced the world and its matter. God himself granted you the heavens and the earth. If you should adorn the garment of your son, they will worship him, and immediately the angels will worship you as well. O Mary, with the months and the years, you completed them to the end, while God gave you glory. Reveal a mystery to me, O Mary. Listen, she said, 'I will tell you. I kept silent from my youth. I renounced the world and its matter. My veil went out without a male. My gazelles became companions. I did not speak with children. I did not give milk to suckle. I did not rejoice to see my son. I did not know from where I had brought him forth. But I knew that he was a god whom I had borne. Gabriel the archangel feared as he proclaimed these things to me.'","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ denotes prostration in worship, distinct from ⲟⲩⲱϣ 'to wish'. Here it describes the angels' worship of Mary, a gesture of veneration that in Coptic martyrdom texts is directed toward a divine or saintly figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Gabriel is named as ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ, a fixed rank in Coptic liturgical usage. His fear at proclaiming the mystery to Mary underscores the awe surrounding the incarnation, a motif found in other Marian apocrypha.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the only son of God' echoes Johannine language (e.g., John 3:16) and Nicene creedal formulations, but here it is placed in Mary's own speech, a distinctive feature of this homily's high Mariology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"Mary is asked to 'reveal a mystery' (ⲟⲩⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ). In Coptic homilies, such revelations often disclose hidden aspects of Christ's nature or Mary's role, aligning with the genre's catechetical and doxological aims.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a public proclamation (ⲉⲣⲧⲁϣⲉⲟ̄ⲉⲓϣ) to a private dialogue between Mary and the homilist, marked by the vocative Ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ. This alternation between direct address and narrative is typical of Coptic Marian discourses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲁⲓ̄ⲧⲉⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲁϥⲁⲓ̄ⲧⲉⲓ (for ⲁϥⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ) and ⲛ̄ⲧⲁϥϯ ⲛⲁϥ show scribal inconsistency in verb forms. The sense 'asked' and 'gave' is clear, but the orthography may reflect a later copyist's dialectal or phonetic spelling.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲣⲁⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥϩⲩⲗⲏ could be read as Mary's renunciation of the world and its matter, or as a general ascetic ideal; the context favors Mary's personal renunciation.","The milk of gazelles (ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ) is an unusual image; it may be a symbolic reference to purity or a local trope, but its precise significance is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","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":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ⲉϥⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛ̄ ⲃⲣ︤ⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ • Ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡ\nⲉⲓⲣ̄ϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲁⲓ̄ⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ • ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲣⲁϣⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲣⲉ\nϥⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲓ̄ • ⲉϥⲥⲧⲱⲧ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲁⲓⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ • Ⲁϥⲉⲓ⳿ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ • ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ | ⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • ⲁϥⲡⲱⲧ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ⳿ ⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ⳿• ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ⳿\nⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ • ⲉⲛ ⲉϥⲗⲟϫⲧ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ̄ ⲡⲉ • ⲉϥⲣ̄\nϩⲙ̄ⲙⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲓ̄ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲉϥϩⲩⲡⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉⲓ̄ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ\nⲥⲁ ⲛ ϩⲟⲩⲛ • Ⲉⲛⲉϣⲁⲓ̄ϩⲩⲙⲛⲉⲩⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ̄\nⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ • ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ⳿ ϩⲩⲙⲛⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲓ̈• ⲙ","english":"He knows that it is a new thing. But I was not afraid; rather, I rejoiced. I knew joy when he greeted me, trembling. And I was filled with delight. He came, said Mary, and opened my mouth. He descended into my womb. And the archangel, the holy Gabriel, who was anointed at my door, was amazed at me, and he marveled at what was within me. If I were to hymn to God at night, the angels would hymn with me.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (archangel) is fixed in Coptic liturgical usage for Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Suriel. Here it specifies Gabriel, the annunciation archangel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲡⲱⲧ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'he descended into my womb' echoes the annunciation narrative (Luke 1:35) where Gabriel announces the conception. The descent motif is common in Coptic homilies on Mary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The detail of Gabriel being 'anointed at my door' (ⲉϥⲗⲟϫⲧ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ) may reflect a liturgical or iconographic tradition where the archangel is depicted with oil or chrism at the threshold of Mary's house.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from Mary's interior emotional response (joy, trembling) to a narrative of Gabriel's actions, then to a conditional hymnody scene. The sequence reinforces Mary's privileged access to angelic communion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of angels hymning with Mary at night appears in later Coptic and Ethiopic Marian literature, e.g., the 'Ta'ammərā Maryam' (Miracles of Mary). This passage may be an early witness to that tradition.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam","label":"gap dossier: Miracles of Mary (Taʾammǝra Māryām)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-taammera-maryam"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉϥⲗⲟϫⲧ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ is ambiguous: it could mean 'anointed at my door' or 'anointed for my sake'. The reading 'at my door' is taken based on the spatial context of Gabriel's arrival.","The Coptic ⲉϥⲥⲧⲱⲧ (trembling) could refer to Gabriel or to Mary; the English draft assigns it to Gabriel, but the syntax allows either."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉϣⲁⲓ̄ⲕⲱⲗϫ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁ ⲡⲁⲧ ⲛ̄ ϣⲱⲣⲡ̄ • ϣⲁⲣⲉ\nⲛ̄ϭⲟⲙ⳿ ⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡⲏⲩⲉ • ⲟⲩⲱ̄ϣⲧ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲥⲁ ⲛ ϩⲟⲩⲛ • Ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̄ ϫⲡ̄ ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ • ϣⲁ|ⲣⲉ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ • ϯ ⲛⲁⲓ̄ ⲛ̄\nⲟⲩϭⲟⲙ • ϣⲁ ϫⲡ̄ⲥⲟ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ • ⲟⲩⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ • ⲛⲉⲧ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲓ̄ • Ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲁⲩ⳿ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲙ • ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ⳿ ⲛⲉⲧ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ̄ • Ϩⲙ̄\nⲡⲣⲏ⳿ ⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉϥⲛⲁϩⲱⲧⲡ̄ • ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲛⲛⲁ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲥϯ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ ⲡⲉ • Ⲙ︦ⲡ ⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲉ ϯϩⲩⲙⲛⲉⲩⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ⳿\nⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ ϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ • Ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲓ̄ⲉⲓⲙⲉ⳿ ⲉ\nⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲁⲓ̄ⲙⲉⲧⲉⲭⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲟⲩ • Ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲁ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ\nⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ ϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ • ⲁⲩⲱϣ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϫⲉ ⲕⲁ|ⲗⲱⲥ • ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ⳿ ⲁⲣϫⲱ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ ⲧϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ⳿ ϣⲁ ⲣⲟⲛ ⲙ̄\nⲡⲉⲛ ⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • Ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲧⲉⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁⲥⲙ̄ⲡϣⲁ ⲛ̄ ϣⲱⲡ\nⲉ ⲣⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • Ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲧⲉⲛ̄ⲧ\nⲁⲥⲧⲟⲩϫⲟ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ • ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲥϭⲓⲛϫⲡⲟ • Ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿\nⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲥ • Ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲧⲙⲁⲁⲩ⳿ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲏ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • | Ⲁⲣⲃⲉⲗ⳿ ⲧⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲣⲱⲙⲉ\nⲧⲏⲣⲥ̄ • ⲉⲥⲥⲟⲛϩ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ • Ⲁⲣⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉ⳿\nⲡⲃⲓⲟⲥ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲅⲁⲙⲟⲥ • Ⲁⲣⲉⲣⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲡⲁⲧϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ\nⲙ̄ ⲙⲉ • Ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲱⲙⲁ⳿ ⲁϥϭⲃ̄ⲃⲉ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲏⲥⲓⲥ • Ⲡⲟⲩⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦\nⲇⲉ⳿ ⲁϥⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲉ • Ⲉϣϫⲉ\nⲁ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲥⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧⲉ • ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϭⲱ ⲉⲓ\nⲙⲏ ⲧⲉⲓ ⲛ̄ⲥⲉϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲉ :-Ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ\nⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲉϥϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲩ|ⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ⳿ ⲉⲧ ⲧⲃ̄ⲃⲏⲩ • Ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ • ⲥⲉϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛ̄ⲥⲧⲩⲗⲗⲟⲥ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄\nⲑⲓⲗⲏ︦ⲙ︦ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ •","english":"The time also when I would embrace my inner parts first, the powers of the heavens worship what is within me. At the time of the third birth, the Trinity gives me power until the day of birth. Joy and delight are what I have. At the time I would eat, manna of the blessed ones comes to me. In the sun also when it would set, it is manna of fragrance. I did not know that I would hymn to his mouth. The whole world gives glory to him. And all these things I knew and I partook of them. And the whole world gave glory to me, crying out, \"Well done! The virgin has brought forth for us the name of the coming of our Savior Christ. Well done, she who is worthy to become for herself the throne of God. Well done, she who saved the whole world through her birth. Well done, the little daughter of the virgin, with whom God dwells. Well done, the mother of all monks and all nuns. The whole of humanity has been bound in the hand of the devil. She has hated the life of marriage. She has become mother of the true solitary. Your body has grown weak in ascetic practices. Your spirit, however, has rejoiced because God is with you. If the righteous one has loved, then none will remain who does not submit to her. If our feet rise up for God while he is in your pure womb, then truly they become pillars in the midst of Jerusalem of heaven.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword παρθένος is used here in its technical Marian sense, not the non-technical 'young woman'. The Coptic text consistently applies it to Mary as the perpetual virgin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword διάβολος appears as the personified adversary, consistent with hagiographic usage. The etymological sense 'slanderer' is not operative here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲉⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of the Trinity giving power at the third birth echoes Trinitarian theology common in Coptic Marian homilies, though no specific scriptural verse is directly quoted.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲛⲛⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to manna (ⲙⲁⲛⲛⲁ) as food for the blessed ones draws on the biblical manna from Exodus, reinterpreted in Christian tradition as a type of the Eucharist or heavenly sustenance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated exclamation ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ('well done') structures a series of acclamations praising Mary, forming a liturgical or hymnic pattern within the narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Mary is called 'mother of all monks and all nuns', reflecting the monastic veneration of Mary in Coptic tradition, where she is seen as a model of ascetic life.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̄ ϫⲡ̄ ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ' ('time of the third birth') is ambiguous: it may refer to a specific event in Mary's life or a symbolic number; the reading taken is as a reference to the birth of Christ as the third in a series (perhaps after Mary's own birth and her presentation).","The clause 'ⲁⲣⲃⲉⲗ ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ' ('the whole of humanity has been bound') is textually uncertain; the reading follows the English draft's interpretation of binding by the devil."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ → “devil”. Greek διάβολος; the personified adversary in hagiography. 'Slanderer' is the etymological sense and is not used in this corpus."}]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ⳿ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ⳿ ϩⲁ\nⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉϥⲟ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̈ • Ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ⳿ ⲧⲉ ⲁϩⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲉ⳿\nⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲧⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ • Ⲉϣϫⲉ\nⲁⲣϩⲱⲃⲥ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲓ̄ⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲏⲣ • ⲏ̄\nⲡϫⲁϥ ⲉⲧ ⲛ̄ ⲃⲟⲗ • Ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ⳿ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ⳿ ⲁϩⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲓϫⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥ|ⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ⳿\nⲉⲩϩⲱⲃⲥ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲟ⳿ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲧⲁⲁⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲩⲧⲛϩ̄ • Ⲉϣϫⲉ\nⲁⲣⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ⳿ ϩⲁ ⲣⲟϥ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲁⲙⲏⲣ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲁⲧ •","english":"If I had stood up under God while he was small, then truly I would be standing now beside the altar of the Son. If I had covered his face with my garments because of the air or the cold outside, then truly the cherubim and the seraphim would be standing upon the altar covering their faces with the fringe of their wings. If I had stood up for him in their midst and their path,","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (with definite article) is the standard Sahidic term for God in Christian texts. Here it is the object of the hypothetical standing, but the phrase 'while he was small' (ⲉϥⲟ ⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̈) is unusual for a divine referent and may reflect the homily's incarnational paradox.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ","severity":"info","text":"ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ (cherubim) and ⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ (seraphim) are angelic orders. Their standing on the altar and covering their faces with wing-fringes evokes temple imagery and the sanctity of the altar, a motif found in Coptic liturgical and apocryphal texts.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of two parallel conditional sentences (Ⲉϣϫⲉ ... Ⲉⲓⲉ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ), each presenting a hypothetical past action of Mary and its imagined consequence. The first concerns standing under God while small; the second, covering his face with garments. The third conditional is broken off mid-clause.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'altar of the Son' (ⲡⲉⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ) and the covering of faces by cherubim and seraphim with wing-fringes (ⲡⲧⲁⲁⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲩⲧⲛϩ̄) reflect a developed temple-angelology, likely drawing on Isaiah 6 and later Christian altar piety.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text breaks off mid-sentence at the end of the passage (ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲁⲧ •), and the English draft supplies a completion ('in their midst and their path') that is not present in the surviving Coptic. The reading of the final clause is therefore conjectural.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉϥⲟ ⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̈ ('while he was small') could refer to the infant Jesus or to a divine diminution; the homily's context suggests the former. The broken final clause leaves the third conditional incomplete."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ","text":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ → “cherubim”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ⳿ ⲧⲉϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ⳿ ϩⲓϫⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ\nⲛ̄ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ⳿ ⲁϩⲉ\nⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ⲉⲩϩⲩⲙⲛⲉⲩⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟϥ • Ⲉϣϫⲉ⳿\nⲁⲣⲧⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲛ • Ⲉⲓⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛⲧⲱⲥ⳿ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉⲧ |\nⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ • ⲥⲉϯ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉ ⲧⲟⲩⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • Ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲧⲁⲉⲓⲟ⳿\nⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲛⲁϣⲉⲛⲧϥ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲉ • Ⲱ ⲧⲉ ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲧⲡⲉ\nⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲫⲱⲥⲧⲏⲣ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ⳿ ⲉⲧ ϩⲙ̄\nⲡϫⲓⲥⲉ⳿ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲥ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛ̄ϩⲏⲧⲥ̄ • Ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲧ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲉⲓⲱⲧ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲙ̄ⲡⲏⲩⲉ⳿\nⲉϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ • ⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ\nⲓ̈ⲱⲥⲏⲫ ϩⲙ̄ ⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲥⲧ̄ⲙⲏⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓ|ⲱⲧ • ⲛ̄ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ϩⲩⲡⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ ϩⲱⲱϥ⳿ ϥϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ⳿\nⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ̄ • Ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ⳿ ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ\nⲙ̄ⲙⲟ⳿ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϫⲏⲕ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • Ⲁⲙⲏⲓ̄ⲧⲛ̄\nⲱ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ• ⲉⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ ⲉ ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲕⲱϩ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲧ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ⲧⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲑⲉⲱ̄ⲣⲉⲓ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲥϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ⳿ ⲉⲧ ϫⲁϫⲱ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲥϭⲓⲛⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ̄ ϩⲓ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ • | Ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ ⲥⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ ⲉ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ⳿ ⲉ\nⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ • Ⲉⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲣ̄ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ⳿ ϣⲟⲟⲡ\nⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ • Ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ ⲥϫⲱⲕⲙ̄\nϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲛ̄ ⲉⲛⲉϩ : Ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ ⲥϯ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲥⲙⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲥ⳿\nⲉⲛⲉϩ • Ⲙ̄ⲡⲉ ⲥϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ⳿ ⲉⲛⲉϩ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩϩⲃ̄ⲥⲱ ⲛ̄\nϩⲟⲓ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟ̄ⲙⲉ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲓ̄ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ :\nⲘ︦ⲡⲉ ⲥϫⲓ ϯⲡⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲏⲣⲡ̄ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • [Ⲉⲛⲉⲥϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩ\nⲛⲓⲙ •","english":"Indeed, now she sits upon a throne of glory, while the cherubim and the seraphim stand by her, hymning the one whom she bore. If she had wrapped him in the swaddling clothes of the virgin, then indeed his body, the body of God, and his precious blood are given to the mouth. What is the honor that they will seek before me? O woman of the sky and the earth, and the stars and the angels who are in the heights, submit to her because of the one who dwells within her. Listen to the one on the right of his father in the heavens, calling Mary, \"My mother.\" He listens to Joseph in the midst of all, like a father. The angels serve him, yet he himself submits to his mother according to the flesh. All these things happened through you, O Mary, the perfect virgin. Come, all you women who desire virginity, behold the form of Mary, the mother of my Lord. Behold her manner of eating, which is sparing, and her manner of sleeping on the ground. She did not desire anything of this world. Her mind was always upon the priests. She never wavered in righteousness. She never gave adornment to her face. She never boasted in a garment of fine linen like all women who love boasting. She never took the crown of wine. She never sat at any time.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (παρθένος) is used here in its technical Marian sense, not the generic 'young woman'. The phrase ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϫⲏⲕ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ('the perfect virgin') reinforces the fixed theological title.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'calling Mary, “My mother”' echoes the canonical scene of Christ addressing Mary as mother (John 19:26–27), but here it is transposed to a celestial setting, with Christ on the right of his Father in heaven.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The pairing of cherubim and seraphim as attendants to Mary's throne is a motif in Coptic Marian homilies, reflecting the liturgical veneration of Mary as Queen of Heaven. This imagery is paralleled in other Coptic dormition texts (dossier:coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-homily-fragments).","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-homily-fragments","label":"gap dossier: Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin (Coptic fragments)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-homily-fragments"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲧⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉ ϩⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲕⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"This conditional clause ('If she had wrapped him in the swaddling clothes of the virgin') continues the series of hypotheticals from the previous passage, building a rhetorical contrast between Mary's earthly care for the infant Christ and her current heavenly glory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϫⲏⲕ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'perfect virgin' (ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϫⲏⲕ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ) is a standard formulation in Coptic Marian literature, emphasizing Mary's perpetual virginity. This passage was later influential in Ethiopic homilies (dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-homily-annunciation-incarnation).","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-homily-annunciation-incarnation","label":"gap dossier: Homily on the Annunciation and the Incarnation (eight-part homily cycle read within the Miracles of Mary)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-homily-annunciation-incarnation"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲑⲉⲱ̄ⲣⲉⲓ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲥϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲉⲧ ϫⲁϫⲱ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'her manner of eating, which is sparing' (ⲧⲉⲥϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲉⲧ ϫⲁϫⲱ) is ambiguous: ϫⲁϫⲱ could mean 'sparing' or 'bitter'. The context of ascetic practice favors 'sparing', but the Coptic allows both readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉⲧ ϫⲁϫⲱ (sparing/bitter) is ambiguous; the context of Mary's asceticism supports 'sparing', but 'bitter' is lexically possible.","The clause ⲉⲩϩⲩⲙⲛⲉⲩⲉ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟϥ ('hymning the one whom she bore') could be read as the cherubim and seraphim hymning Christ, or as Mary hymning him; the Coptic syntax favors the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."},{"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":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ⳿ ⲕⲧⲏⲩ | ⲉ ⲡⲥⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲗⲏ • ⲉⲥϭⲱϣⲧ̄ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲇⲩⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ • Ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ ⲥⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ⳿ ⲉ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ⳿ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲉⲓ ⲙⲏ ⲧⲉⲓ⳿ ⲡⲉⲥⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲧⲉⲥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲥⲥⲛⲏⲩ • Ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ⳿\nϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲥ ⲁⲥϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ̄ ⲉϫⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛ ⲁϣ\nⲛ̄ ϩⲉ⳿• ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉ ⲓⲥⲟⲩⲉⲛ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ̄\nⲉⲛⲉϩ • Ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲥ⳿ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ • ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ ⲉ ϫⲱ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲧϭⲟⲙ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ\nϫⲟⲥⲉ⳿ ⲧⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲣ̄ ϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉⲣⲟ • | Ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲁϫⲡⲟϥ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉ ϣⲁϥⲉⲗⲉⲩⲑⲉⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̄\nⲡⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ • ϩⲓⲧⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲡⲉϥⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉⲧ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ • Ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲛⲁϫⲡⲟϥ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓ̄ⲁ⳿\nⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲡⲗⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ\nϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • Ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣ̄ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ\nⲉϥϩⲏⲡ ⲛ̄ ⲁϣ ⲛ̄ ϩⲉ • ⲏ̄ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲣ̄ ⲡⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲁϣ ⲛ̄ ϩⲉ\nⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲃⲉ • ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲩⲟ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲓ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ̄ • ϩⲓϫⲛ̄ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲣⲁⲡⲉⲍⲁ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ | ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ • ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲥ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲓ ϩⲉ Ϫⲉ ⲉ̄ⲛⲉⲓ̄ⲣⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲕϫⲡⲟ ⲉ̄ⲧ\nⲟⲩⲁ̄ⲁⲃ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓ︦ⲁ︦ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • Ⲛⲁⲓ︦ⲁ︦ⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ ⲱ̄\nⲙⲁⲣⲓ︦ⲁ︦ ⲡϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲧⲗⲁⲗⲓ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲡϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲭⲁⲓ̄ⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓ̄ⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓ̄ⲛ • ⲧϭⲓ̄ ⲛ ϩⲱⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁ̄ⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • Ϩⲙ̄\nⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲣϫⲡⲟ ⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧ ϣⲟⲟⲡ\nϫⲓ⳿ⲛ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲡⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧϥ̄ⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϫⲱⲕ • Ⲁⲩⲱ\nⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ϩⲉⲛϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲣⲁϣⲉ • ϩⲓ⳿ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ •","english":"Her face is turned toward the east, gazing upon her Demiurge at all times. She never encountered a male at any time. If not for her father and her mother and her brothers, because of this, when Gabriel spoke with her, she was troubled at the word, saying, \"How will this happen to me? I have never known a male at any time.\" Gabriel said to her, \"It is a holy spirit that is coming upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Because of this, the one you will bear, O Mary, is the one who frees the race of Adam through his divine body and his precious blood. The one you will bear, O Mary the virgin, is the one who fashioned everyone with his divine hands.\" How will the mystery be hidden? Or how will it be revealed, O wise virgin? They proclaim your name throughout the whole world upon the holy table by the bishops and the priests, saying thus: \"We make the memorial of your holy birth in Mary the virgin.\" Blessed are you, O Mary, the glory of the angels, the delight of the archangels, the hymn of the cherubim and the seraphim, the crown of all the saints. On the day you gave birth to the Son of God, who exists from eternity, who has neither beginning nor end. And we have heard hymns of joy and blessing.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲩⲙⲓⲟⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek δημιουργός, 'demiurge' or 'craftsman'. In Coptic Christian texts it refers to God as creator, not the Gnostic lower deity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ","severity":"info","text":"Echoes Lk 1:35, where Gabriel says the Holy Spirit will come upon Mary. The phrasing 'power of the Most High will overshadow you' also recalls Lk 1:35.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek παρθένος, 'virgin'. In this Marian context the technical sense is fixed; the non-technical 'young woman' does not apply.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of bishops and presbyters proclaiming Mary's name at the altar reflects the liturgical anaphora, where the Theotokos is commemorated.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from narrative (Gabriel's annunciation) to a hymnic acclamation of Mary as 'glory of the angels, delight of the archangels', typical of Coptic Marian encomia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The closing 'hymns of joy and blessing' (ϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲣⲁϣⲉ • ϩⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ) reflects the liturgical use of the passage, possibly as a festal reading for the Nativity or the Dormition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.pseudocyril-alexandria-discourse-on-the-virgin-mary","label":"source edition: PseudoCyril Alexandria Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/PseudoCyril%20Alexandria_Discourse%20on%20the%20Virgin%20Mary%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ ⲕⲧⲏⲩ could be read as 'her face is turned' (stative) or 'her face was turned' (preterite); the English draft takes the present, but the context of the annunciation may imply a past narrative.","The phrase ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲩⲟ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲓ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ̄ is ambiguous: it may mean 'they proclaim your name throughout the whole world' (as in the English draft) or 'they proclaim your name in the whole world' (locative)."],"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":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ → “archangel”. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Suriel; the rank is fixed in Coptic liturgical usage."},{"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":"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":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ϩⲛ̄\nⲧⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲓ̄ⲁ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ ϫⲉ • ⲡⲉⲟ̄ⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧ\nϫⲟⲥⲉ • ⲧⲉϥⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϩⲓ̄ϫⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙ̄\nⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ • Ⲁⲛⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ\nⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟϥ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲧⲉⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉ\nϩⲓ︤ⲟ︥ⲙⲉ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ϥⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ϩⲏⲧⲉ • Ⲱ̄ ⲧⲛ̄ⲧⲁ ⲧⲉⲥⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ ϣⲱⲡ ⲉ̄ ⲣⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲓ̄ ⲁⲧ ϣⲟⲡϥ̄ • Ⲛⲁⲓⲁ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ ⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ ⲁ̄ ⲧⲟⲩⲙⲏⲧⲣⲁ ⲉϣⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ • ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲉ⳿ ⲟ̄ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̄ ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲕⲁϩ⳿ ⲟ̄ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̄ ϩⲩⲡⲟⲡⲟⲇⲓⲟⲛ • ⲕⲁⲧⲁ | ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲡⲉ⳿ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁ ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ⳿ ⲡⲉ\nⲡϩⲩⲡⲟⲡⲟⲇⲓⲟⲛ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁ ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟ⳿ Ⲇⲉ⳿ ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ⳿ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲕⲁϩ • ϫⲉ ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙⲏⲧⲣⲁ⳿\nϣⲱⲡ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ⳿ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • Ⲉⲣⲉ\nⲛⲓⲙ⳿ ⲧⲛ̄ⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿• ⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲃⲏ • ⲱ̄ ⲧⲉⲓ\nⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̄ ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̄ ⲑⲁⲩⲙⲁ • Ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ\nⲙⲉⲛ⳿ ⲟⲩ ⲁⲧ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲡⲉ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲇⲉ • ⲟⲩⲁⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ | ⲡⲉ • ⲟⲩϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ̄ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲛⲟⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲉ⳿ ϩⲓϫⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ •","english":"in the army of heaven, for the glory of God is among the exalted. His peace is upon the earth, among the men of his will. All the peoples see the glory of God who begot him. Because of this, she is blessed among women, and blessed is the fruit of the womb. O, that her womb had become a door for this one who has no beginning. Blessed are you, O virgin, for your womb rose up for the one for whom heaven is a throne and the earth is a footstool, according to what he said: \"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool of my feet.\" But you, your womb became a door for him, and for the earth, for your womb became a door for the one who fills heaven and earth. Who can compare to you, O wise virgin? O this great wonder and this great marvel! In heaven, he has no mother, but on earth, he has no father. He is a lord in heaven, he is an only-begotten on earth.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (παρθένος) is used here in its technical Marian sense, not the non-technical 'young woman'. The address 'O wise virgin' reinforces the fixed theological usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ (καρπός) in homiletic allegory denotes a virtue or work; here 'fruit of the womb' is literal but carries the allegorical sense of Christ as the blessed outcome of Mary's virginity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲡⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁ ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲡⲉ ⲡϩⲩⲡⲟⲡⲟⲇⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁ ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool of my feet' echoes a biblical motif of divine sovereignty (cf. Isa 66:1; Ps 99:5 LXX). The Coptic text attributes it to Christ, consistent with homiletic usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The contrast 'in heaven he has no mother, on earth he has no father' reflects the paradox of Christ's dual nature: divine (no mother in heaven) and human (no earthly father). This is a standard Christological topos in Coptic Marian homilies.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a general doxology (glory of God, peace on earth) to a direct address to Mary, marked by the exclamatory 'O' and the repeated 'blessed are you'. This rhetorical structure is typical of encomiastic homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲉⲥⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲧⲉⲥⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ (her womb) appears twice; the first instance may be a scribal error or variant spelling. The sense is clear, but the orthography is irregular.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟϥ' (who begot him) could refer to God the Father or to Mary as the one who bore Christ; the context favors God the Father, but the ambiguity is unresolved.","The clause 'ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲕⲁϩ' (and for the earth) is syntactically awkward; it may be a dittography or a compressed expression."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ","text":"ⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ → “fruit”. Greek καρπός; in homiletic allegory the fruit is a virtue or a work, and the note should say so rather than leaving 'fruit' literal."}]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Ⲛ̄ ϯⲛⲁϩⲱ⳿ ⲁⲛ⳿ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ⳿ ⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ⳿ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲉⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲉϣⲛⲟⲓ̄ ⲁⲛ⳿ ⲙ̄\nⲡⲁ ⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̄ ϫⲓⲥⲉ • ⲱ̄ ⲧⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲥϩⲗⲟⲟ̄ⲗⲉ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ\nⲛ̄ⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ ⲁϩⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • Ⲉⲣⲉ ⲁϣ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲗⲁⲥ⳿\nⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ̄ ⲛⲁϣϣⲁϫⲉ • ⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̄ ϫⲓⲥⲉ • Ⲱ̄ ⲫⲓⲗⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲕⲱϩⲧ̄ ⲙⲟⲩϩ • ϩⲓ ϫⲱϥ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲉⲛϥ̄ⲣⲟⲕϩ̄\nⲁⲛ⳿ • | Ⲱ̄ ⲡⲙⲁ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ⳿\nⲛ̄ ϣⲱⲡⲉ :-Ⲱ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲡ̄ⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ⳿ ⲱϣ⳿ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ\nⲉ ⲧⲃⲏⲏ̄ⲧⲥ̄ • ϫⲉ Ⲧⲁⲓ̄ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲉⲣⲉ\nⲛ̄ⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ⳿ ⲛⲏⲩ• ⲉ ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄ϩⲏⲧⲥ̄ • Ⲁ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϭⲱϣⲧ̄\nⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ⳿ ⲉϫⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϩⲉ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲧ\nⲧⲛ̄ⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ\nⲡⲁⲓ̄ ⲁϥϭⲟⲓ̄ⲗⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲟⲛⲟⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ ⲛ̄ ϣⲏⲣⲉ :Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ⳿ ⲧⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙ̄ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • | ⲧⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲥϭⲛ̄ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̄\nⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ⳿ ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲣⲁϣⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲡⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ • Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ⳿ ⲡⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁⲇⲓⲟⲛ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲉ :Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ⳿ ⲡⲉⲣⲅⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲉ • Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ⳿\nⲧⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲥⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲱⲛϩ̄• ⲉⲥⲟ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • Ⲱ̄ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉⲑⲏⲡ⳿ ⲛⲁ ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲟ̄ⲛϩ̄\nⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ :-Ϫⲓⲛ ⲧⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧⲉ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟ⳿\nⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ⳿ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲟⲩ • Ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲁϥⲙ̄ⲧⲟⲛ⳿\nⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ | ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲙⲉϩ\nⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲟⲩ • Ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ ⲇⲉ⳿ ⲟⲛ⳿ ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ⳿\nⲛ̄ ⲃⲣ︤ⲣⲉ • ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϩⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲥ • ⲉⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲩ\nⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲡⲉ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ⳿ ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ⳿ ⲉⲓ⳿\nⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ⳿ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ •","english":"I will not cease, O holy virgin, to bless you in my heart. My great tongue will not be silent, O you who bore the one before whom the seraphim stand. What tongue of flesh can speak of your great exaltation? O lampstand filled with fire, yet not consumed! O dwelling place of God, and his abode! O you whom the prophet proclaims from afar concerning you: \"This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous enter.\" The Lord looked out from heaven upon the whole world, and found none equal to you among all women. Therefore he entrusted his only begotten son to you. Hail, mother of the Lord! You who found grace before God. Hail, blessing and joy and delight! Hail, palace of the king of truth! Hail, workshop of the true craftsman! Hail, you who bore for us the life, while remaining a virgin! O this hidden mystery, revealed only in heaven! From the beginning, when God created the sky and the earth in six days, and rested from all his works on the seventh day—again, on the seventh day of the new month, according to the Roman calendar, which is the seventh of the month Parmoute—our Lord came down from heaven.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (παρθένος) is used twice in this passage, once with the epithet 'holy' and once in the phrase 'while remaining a virgin'. In Coptic Marian texts the term is technical, denoting perpetual virginity, not the non-technical 'young woman'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.pseudocyril-alexandria-discourse-on-the-virgin-mary","label":"source edition: PseudoCyril Alexandria Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/PseudoCyril%20Alexandria_Discourse%20on%20the%20Virgin%20Mary%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲙ̄ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the gate of the Lord' echoes Psalm 118:19-20 (LXX 117:19-20), where the righteous enter through the Lord's gate. The Coptic text explicitly attributes the citation to a prophet, likely Ezekiel 44:1-3 or a similar gate vision, but the wording aligns with the psalm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The month Parmoute (ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ) is the eighth month of the Coptic calendar, corresponding to April–May. The reference to the seventh day of Parmoute as the day of the Lord's descent from heaven aligns with the feast of the Annunciation (29 March in the Julian calendar) or a local tradition of the Incarnation.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated Greek acclamation Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ ('Hail') structures a litany of praise to Mary, echoing the Akathistos Hymn. Each Ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ introduces a new epithet: mother of the Lord, palace, workshop, etc., building a rhetorical crescendo that culminates in the mystery of the Incarnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲣⲅⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'workshop of the true craftsman' (ⲡⲉⲣⲅⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ ⲙⲉ) presents Mary as the instrument of the divine artisan, a theme found in later Coptic and Ethiopic homilies that liken the Incarnation to a craft. This metaphor is rare in earlier Greek patristic sources.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-homily-annunciation-incarnation","label":"gap dossier: Homily on the Annunciation and the Incarnation (eight-part homily cycle read within the Miracles of Mary)","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-homily-annunciation-incarnation"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲛ̄ⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ (seraphim) is a plural form of the Hebrew loanword, but the orthography with ⲍ is unusual; it may reflect a scribal variant or a phonetic spelling. The sense is clear: the seraphim stand before the one Mary bore, i.e., Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ϩⲣⲁⲓ̄ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛ̄ ⲃⲣⲣⲉ' could be read as 'again, on the seventh day of the new month' or 'on the seventh day of the month of New (i.e., Parmoute)'; the latter is taken here, following the Roman calendar reference."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","text":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ → “grace”. The unearned favour of God; 'favour' where a human patron is meant."}]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ̄ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ :-Ⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲃⲏ⳿ • ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ\nⲙ̄ⲙⲟ ϫⲓ⳿ ⲡⲉϩⲙⲟⲧ⳿ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿• ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ\nⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ ϫⲱⲛ • ⲛⲉϥⲕⲁ⳿ ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • Ⲁⲩⲱ̄\nⲛϥ̄ⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲛ ⲉⲛⲉⲡⲓⲃⲟⲩ|ⲗⲏ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ :-Ⲁⲓ̄ⲟ⳿(sic) ϣⲟⲡⲛ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲛ̄ • ⲙⲏ ⲡⲟⲧⲉ⳿\nⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲛ • ⲛϥ̄ⲥⲟⲕⲛ̄ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁϥ⳿\nⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ⳿ ⲉ ⲧⲅⲉϩⲉⲛⲛⲁ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲧⲉ :-Ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ⲧⲉⲣϩⲏⲛ⳿\nⲉ ϩⲟⲩⲛ⳿ ⲉ ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ⳿ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁϫⲓ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡⲥ̄ ⲉ","english":"He took flesh in this virgin. O the wise virgin, I entreat you to receive the grace of God, which is his son, upon us. He will cast away our sins, and he will save us from all the snares of the adversary, the devil. All of us have come to your door. Will the devil ever rejoice over us? Will he drag us down with him into the gehenna of fire? O Mary, you are the one who intercedes with the king, Christ, and he will accept your entreaties.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (παρθένος) is used twice in this passage, once with the article ⲧⲉⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ('this virgin') and once as a vocative ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲏ ('the wise virgin'). In Coptic Marian texts the term is technical, denoting Mary's perpetual virginity, not the generic 'young woman'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ (διάβολος) appears twice, first as the 'adversary' (ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ) and then by name. In this corpus the word always denotes the personified devil, not the etymological 'slanderer'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲉϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ('the grace of God') uses ϩⲙⲟⲧ in its theological sense of unearned divine favour. The phrase is glossed as 'which is his son', identifying the grace with Christ incarnate.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲅⲉϩⲉⲛⲛⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲧⲅⲉϩⲉⲛⲛⲁ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲧⲉ ('the gehenna of fire') echoes New Testament language (e.g., Matt 5:22, 18:9) for hell. The phrase is a standard Coptic rendering of γέεννα, from Hebrew Gehinnom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a direct address to Mary (vocative ⲱ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ) to a rhetorical question about the devil's triumph, then back to Mary as intercessor. This alternation between praise and petition is typical of the homiletic genre.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲓⲟ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲁⲓⲟ (with sic) is likely a scribal error or abbreviation; the intended reading may be ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ('we') or ⲁⲓⲱⲛ ('age'). The English draft renders it as 'All of us', which is plausible but not certain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The word ⲁⲓⲟ (with sic) is unclear; it may be a corruption of ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ('we') or ⲁⲓⲱⲛ ('age'). The translation 'All of us' is a reasonable conjecture.","The phrase ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ ϫⲱⲛ is ambiguous: it could mean 'upon us' (as rendered) or 'down upon us' with a spatial sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"ϫⲱⲛ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ • ⲁⲩⲱ̄ ⲡⲟⲩⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲡⲉ :-Ⲛⲧⲟ⳿\nⲅⲁⲣ⳿ ⲁⲣϫⲡⲟϥ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲙⲁⲁⲩ • Ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ\nⲅⲁⲣ⳿ ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲁⲉⲓⲟ⳿ ⲱ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ •\nⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ | ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟ̄ⲙⲉ⳿ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲓϥⲉ⳿(sic) ⲉ ⲍⲱⲛⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ⳿• ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ⳿ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁ\nⲙⲁⲁⲩ :-Ⲧⲉϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲍⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ • Ⲧⲉⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲛⲉⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ\nⲁ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧⲉ • ⲁϥϭⲟⲓ̄ⲗⲉ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟ Ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲓⲁ⳿\nⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲧⲟ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ⳿ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ⳿ ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ⳿ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⳿\nⲉⲥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲣⲟⲛ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̄\nⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ⳿ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ϫⲉ ⲕⲁⲥ\n[The rest is wanting]","english":"... He is your son, and he is your beloved. For you bore him, and he called you \"my mother.\" Indeed, a great honor truly it is, O Mary the virgin, beyond all women of the world, because the one who gave life to every living thing called you \"my mother.\" You are exalted above the cherubim and the seraphim. Your blessedness surpasses the thrones, because Christ loved you. He rejoiced in you through the intercessions of the holy virgin Mary at all times, performing them on our behalf before her beloved son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, so that...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ (virgin) is used here as a fixed Marian title, not the generic 'young woman'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ","severity":"info","text":"ⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ (cherubim) and the following ⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ (seraphim) are angelic orders; the text elevates Mary above them.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲉϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The exaltation of Mary above the cherubim and seraphim echoes the liturgical trope of her superiority to all angelic orders, rooted in the Theotokos theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲓⲁ (intercessions) reflects Mary's role as intercessor before Christ, a key theme in Coptic Marian homilies.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary","label":"gap dossier: Discourse on the Virgin Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-alexandria-mary"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is the climax of the homily, shifting from direct address to a doxological exaltation of Mary, then to a petition for her intercession.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛⲓϥⲉ⳿","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲛⲓϥⲉ⳿ (sic) is likely a scribal error for ⲛⲓϥⲉ (life) or ⲛⲓϥⲉ (breath); the sense 'the one who gave life to every living thing' is clear from context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Coptic ⲛⲓϥⲉ⳿ is corrupt; the intended reading is probably ⲛⲓϥⲉ (life) or ⲛⲓϥⲉ (breath).","The phrase ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲧⲟ̄ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ⳿ is ambiguous: it may mean 'of the virgin' or 'of the virginity'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]}]}