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Nabdunah

By René-Georges Coquin

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René-Georges Coquin
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1769a

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.

Bibliography

Troupeau, G. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes, Vol. 2. Paris, 1974. RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN