Late Antique Historiography

Biography of Michael I

Title(s):
  • Biography of Michael I
  • كتاب سيرة
    (kitāb sīrah, Biography)
Author:
Period covered:
early 8th c. until 768
Language:
Coptic
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
John I, author of the original Coptic text of the Lives 43 (Alexander II, 705-730) to 46 (Michael I, 744-768) of the History of the patriarchs of Alexandria, refers to a longer biography of Michael I he has written, which included also the period of his life preceding his patriarchate.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Mawhūb ibn Manṣūr ibn Mufarrij, History of the patriarchs of Alexandria [Evetts 1910: 114]
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • J. Den Heijer (1989) Mawhūb ibn Manṣūr ibn Mufarrij et l'historiographie copto-arabe: Études sur la composition de l'Histoire des patriarches d’Alexandrie (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 513: Subsidia, 83). Leuven: 145-146.
  • B.T.A. Evetts (1910) History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria: Agathon to Michael I (Patrologia Orientalis, 5.1). Paris.
  • G. Levi Della Vida (1940-1941) 'A Christian legend in Moslem garb'. Byzantion 15: 144-157.