nabdunah, Coptic woman known from a single manuscript (National Library, Paris, Arabe 4887, fols. 41v-48r). The daughter of a king Ya‘qub, she wore masculine garments and became a monk in the monastery of Saint Macarius (dayr anba maqar). We do not know at what period she lived.
Nabdunah
By René-Georges Coquin
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- René-Georges Coquin
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Bibliography
Troupeau, G. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes, Vol. 2. Paris, 1974. RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN