Anecdota Oxoniensia. Semitic series.

APPENDIX.
ACCOUNT OF THE MONASTERIES AND CHURCHES
OF THE CHRISTIANS OF EGYPT;
FORMING TIIE CONCLUIING SECTIONS OF TIIE KIIITAT OF
AL-MAIIKRiZ[ (DIED A. II. 845=A.D. 1441).
IBN SIDAH says: Ad-Da-i- (monastery) is an inn (khan) of the Christians,
in the plural Adjcdr'; and the superior of it is called Dagjddr or Dairdnf.
I remark that Ad-Datr- is among Christians the special dwelling-place of the
monks, and Al-Katnfsah (church) is among them the place of assembly of the
people for prayer.
1. AI-.K'llht ah2, the Cell at Misr3. This.Killdy ah stands beside the Mu'allakah
in the.Kasr ash-Sllama in the city of Misr, and is the place of assembly of aged
monks and learned Christians, and its rules are followed by all the monasteries.
2. The Ma~onastery of Turd is also known as the Monastery of Abi Jurj, and
stands on the bank of the Nile. This Abu Jurj is the same as Saint George, and
is one of those whom the emperor Diocletian persecuted that he might renounce
Christianity; but as various tortures, such as scourging and burning with fire, did
not bring about his perversion, his head was cut off on the 3rd of Tishri, which
is equivalent to the i7h of Babah.
3. MIonastery of Shdradn. This monastery stands at the boundary of the
district of Tura, and is built of stone and brick; there are palm-trees here; and
many monks are to be found here. It is also called the Monastery of Shahrdfn,
' A-Makrizi, like Abu Salih, also uses the plurals 9,z and 1;lS.
2 Wiistenfeld remarks that the commoner form is Killiyah,.a/i, which is
nearer to the original KXsiov.
I.e. Fustat l isr or Al-Fust.t, now called by Europeans 'Old Cairo.'
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