Sources and Credits

Where each text comes from, and the licence under which it may be reused.

The Martyrdom of Isaac of Tiphre

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from two papers on the martyrdom that he read to the Society of Biblical Archaeology in 1885 (Proceedings, vol. 7, 1884–5, and Transactions, vol. 9, 1893); public domain. The text was transcribed for Roger Pearse’s collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts (tertullian.org/fathers). SermonIndex has removed the page numbers and the footnotes and divided the text into sections; the wording is the translator’s own. The Coptic text and the footnotes are left out. Licence: Public domain.

The Life of Shenouda (Syriac version)

English translation by Roger Pearse (2009), made from François Nau’s French translation (1900) of the Syriac text, and dedicated by the translator to the public domain. It was published in Roger Pearse’s collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts (tertullian.org/fathers). SermonIndex has removed the page numbers and the footnotes and divided the text into sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Licence: Public domain.

Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt , edited with English translations by E. A. Wallis Budge (London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1913; Coptic Texts 3); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1913 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The Coptic texts, the introduction, the lists of words and the index are also left out. Greek words that occur in the text are given in Latin letters; Coptic words and manuscript marks that the machine reading printed in Greek letters are left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1913 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt , edited from the papyrus codex Oriental 5001 in the British Museum, with English translations, by E. A. Wallis Budge (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1910; Coptic Texts 1); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1910 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The Coptic, Syriac and Ethiopic texts, the introduction and the indexes are also left out. Greek words that occur in the text are given in Latin letters; Coptic words and manuscript marks that the machine reading printed in Greek letters are left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1910 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Coptic Martyrdoms and Lives in the Dialect of Upper Egypt

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from Coptic Martyrdoms, etc., in the Dialect of Upper Egypt , edited with English translations by E. A. Wallis Budge (London: Oxford University Press, for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1914); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1914 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The Coptic texts, the preface, the introduction and summaries, the list of Bible quotations and the lists of Coptic words are also left out. Greek words that occur in the text are given in Latin letters; Coptic words and manuscript marks that the machine reading printed in Greek letters are left out. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1914 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.