Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Peter and John

Dormitio et assumptio virginis a Petro et Johanne · Anonymous · Coptic recension; date unknown (Evelyn White's Wadi Natrun manuscripts) · apocryphon · ECCA 126; CANT 131

Coptic · domain: biblical-apocryphal · researched 2026-11-13

Why this is in the register

NASSCAL e-Clavis (ECCA 126, CANT 131) lists as the only English translation Hugh G. Evelyn White, The Monasteries of the Wadi 'n Natrun, Part 1: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926), text and English translation pp. 54-58; the only other modern version listed is Spanish (Aranda Perez 1995) (https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/dormition-and-assumption-of-the-virgin-by-peter-and-john/). No later English translation was located.

Included as an 'older translation only' entry. One of the Coptic Dormition accounts (C7 in van Esbroeck's classification, C1/2 in Mimouni's); the Coptic text is translated only in Evelyn White's 1926 volume, pp. 54-58.

Existing translations recorded

Electronic text

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Peter — 13 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Sources checked

• https://archive.org/details/monasteriesofwdi01evel
• https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/dormition-and-assumption-of-the-virgin-by-peter-and-john/

Cite: Tergwame, “Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin by Peter and John” (coptic gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anonymous-dormition-virgin-peter-john