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Cantors Of The Coptic Music

Cantors, Their Role and Musical Training Because members of the clergy were not equally talented as singers, it became and has remained the tradition to entrust performance of the music to a professional cantor (Arabic: ‘arif, “one who knows,” or mu‘allim, “teacher”), who is employed and trained by the church to be responsible for the …

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Dayr Al-‘Asal (Minyat Bani Khasib)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

DAYR AL-‘ASAL (Minyat Bani Khasib) This monastery, which ancient authors spoke of, seems to have disappeared. Yaqut (1866-1873, Vol. 2, p. 681) described it as very well situated and populated by numerous monks. Ibn Duqmaq (1893, p. 16) mentioned it with Abyuhah 9 miles (15 km) to the south of Minya. ABU SALIH THE ARMENIAN …

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Dayr Apa Phoibammon

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

DAYR APA PHOIBAMMON History The monastery of Phoibammon is situated between MADINAT HABU and Armant, at the end of a narrow wadi ending in a circular cliff about 80 feet (25 m) high. It was excavated in 1947 and 1948 by Charles Bachatly, secretary-general of the SOCIETY OF COPTIC ARCHAEOLOGY. Graffiti on the cliff face …

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Dayr Al-Dik

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

DAYR AL-DIK [This monastery, now in ruins, is situated on the right bank of the Nile, a good hour’s walk to the north of ANTINOOPOLIS. There were also on the edge of the river some cells fitted up with a church in caves in the cliffs that overhang the river.] History The monastery of Dayr …

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Bashmuric

Groups, History / By Youssef Matta

BASHMURIC The history of the Bashmuric dialect is in large measure that of a “phantom dialect.” Coptic Egypt had many more dialects than modern science has been able to identify from the texts discovered; but some of these never reached the literary stage. Others did (perhaps poorly enough), but none of their witnesses has been …

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