This article explores a 14th century description of the Octoechos in the Coptic Orthodox Church b... more This article explores a 14th century description of the Octoechos in the Coptic Orthodox Church by Ibn Kabar. While it may seem that Ibn Kabar states the Coptic Church knew an octoechos system taken from the Byzantine church, certain characteristics in his description point to a strategic use of Islamic and Syriac Christian musical theory texts. Ibn Kabar's reuse of these texts represent an attempt to fit a musical theory for application of liturgical music in the Coptic Church.
Bilingualism and language contact is a sociolinguistic phenomenon found in nearly all cultures. I... more Bilingualism and language contact is a sociolinguistic phenomenon found in nearly all cultures. If one understands the sociolinguistic nature of a multilingual society, bilingualism emerges as a powerful media to communicate very specific (and often non-translatable) cultural thoughts. Conversely, bilingual texts become unintelligible without understanding the sociolinguistic nature of how a society communicates. Seen from a sociolinguistic view, Coptic is not simply-the final stage of Ancient Egyptian, it is an innovative formation of a bilingual language variety from two parent languages, Egyptian and Greek. Coptic liturgical texts exhibit common and uncommon bilingual strategies. This article discusses the poetic and bilingual aspects of an obscure liturgical text from the glorification corpus, the hymn Agios Istin.
This article explores a 14th century description of the Octoechos in the Coptic Orthodox Church b... more This article explores a 14th century description of the Octoechos in the Coptic Orthodox Church by Ibn Kabar. While it may seem that Ibn Kabar states the Coptic Church knew an octoechos system taken from the Byzantine church, certain characteristics in his description point to a strategic use of Islamic and Syriac Christian musical theory texts. Ibn Kabar's reuse of these texts represent an attempt to fit a musical theory for application of liturgical music in the Coptic Church.
Bilingualism and language contact is a sociolinguistic phenomenon found in nearly all cultures. I... more Bilingualism and language contact is a sociolinguistic phenomenon found in nearly all cultures. If one understands the sociolinguistic nature of a multilingual society, bilingualism emerges as a powerful media to communicate very specific (and often non-translatable) cultural thoughts. Conversely, bilingual texts become unintelligible without understanding the sociolinguistic nature of how a society communicates. Seen from a sociolinguistic view, Coptic is not simply-the final stage of Ancient Egyptian, it is an innovative formation of a bilingual language variety from two parent languages, Egyptian and Greek. Coptic liturgical texts exhibit common and uncommon bilingual strategies. This article discusses the poetic and bilingual aspects of an obscure liturgical text from the glorification corpus, the hymn Agios Istin.
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