8vo. xiii, 152 pp of French text, 54 pp of Arabic text, translated & introduced by Piet Van Den Akker, index, original boards in slightly rubbed round the edges d/w, Recherches publiees sous la direction de L’Institut de Lettres Orientales, Beyrouth, Nouvelle Serie No: 1, B. Orient Chretien, Dar El-Machreq, Beirut, first edition, 1972.

Synopsis

This text was known for the first time in an edition of 1871/2 and re edited in 1926. This is the first time the text have been examined from different sources. It traces the history of the Egyptian Church from the 8th century .