Original - The Coptic Orthodox Church

6g
( 107). a Of the wine that is offered up as an offering
no one shall taste aught ere the anaphora be ended. And
in every house when wine is opened (anew), there shall
none taste aught thereof ere the firstfruits of it have been
taken. And when the eulogies lla have been taken, shall they
be put into the^r cup. Then shall they take * other wine R f. 12211
and pour it into a clean vessel and shall pour upon \\.d the
eulogies. And if it be not good, they shall return it and
shall not bring it in unto the house of the Lord. But that
which is offered up before the Lord shall be strong wine
and bread hot, pure and without blemish. Thus it is written, Is
Unto God will I pay my vows and again, A fat offering
will I bring before Thee and a choice burnt-offering and
pure offerings , which is the body
and blood of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, who is true God, unto whom be glory for ever
and ever. Amen.
holy canon of the holy Athanasius, the<? apostolic, ^
the great doctor of the land of the Egyptians, was (in) three
heads h. And unto me, poor Michael, that am not worthy
to be bishop of Tinnis, 20 it seemed good, as I copied 21
to examine it and to divide it into an hundred and seven
chapters, so that each chapter should clearly show the matter
wherewith it is concerned, that he who seeks therein may
a R. Contents: Of the wine of offering. c R. a cup.
d M. whereupon they shall pour.
g What follows is in M. only. For the heading in R. v. Introduction.
e .
> Mp. h Abu 1-Barakat read here l one head (cf. Introd.).
17 Lit. blessed portions.
18 Ps. CXVI. 14, Jonah II. 10. Ps. LI. 19.
etc. for Arab. Tinnis reads Tanis But this is in
20 Renaudot, Hist. 322 .
Ar. San (Copt. Jaane, Jani, Hebr. Zoan). Wansleben, Hist. 25, has identified
Tinnis correctly. In Copt, it is Thennesi. It lay in the eastern Delta ; v.
Abu Salih, f. 76 n., A. J. Butler, Arab Conquest 352.
21 Or translated .
it,