Monastic and lay wills from Coptic Jeme Cover Image

Mnisze i świeckie testamenty z koptyjskiej Dżeme
Monastic and lay wills from Coptic Jeme

Author(s): Maria Nowak, Esther Garel
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Sub Lupa

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at presenting wills composed in Egypt shortly before and shortly after the Arab conquest, which, with one Greek exception, are written in Coptic. The main focus is to present changes that the testamentary model underwent at the end of the Byzantine period in Egypt as well as the common elements of the discussed Coptic wills and the Byzantine testamentary model known from Egypt.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: XIII
  • Page Range: 191-210
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish