Life of Apa Cyrus (Coptic; MERC.AT, British Library Or. 6783)
· anonymous
· unknown
· hagiography
Coptic · domain: monastic · researched 2026-11-13
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Only English rendering located: Budge, Coptic Martyrdoms etc. in the Dialect of Upper Egypt (1914), contents item IV 'The life of Apa Cyrus' (HOLLIS alma990022486850203941); Coptic Scriptorium keys its TEI to that volume (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.cyrus.budge:1-9). HOLLIS 'Life of Cyrus Budge' (2 hits, Budge only) and 'Life of Cyrus Coptic' (4 hits, Budge plus unrelated items) show no modern English translation. Older translation only.
c. 3,500 Coptic tokens in the local mirror (2 TEI files); codex MERC.AT, British Library Or. 6783 ff. 23a-27a. The composition date of this monastic Life is not established in the sources consulted.
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 · 1914 · eng
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. "Coptic martyrdoms, etc., in the dialect of Upper Egypt." London, Printed by order of the Trustees, sold at the British museum [etc.] 1914. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022486850203941