Héritage et transmission dans le monachisme égyptien. BEC 27. Collections – Expositions in its modes of socio-political

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Héritage et transmission dans le monachisme égyptien. BEC 27. Collections – Expositions in its modes of socio-politicalThis book presents an annotated edition of four wills written on papyrus, dated to the 7th century AD, and written by the superiors of a monastery in Upper Egypt, the Monastery of Saint Phoibammon, located on the left bank of Thebes. Using the form of a private law will, the superiors bequeath to their successor the spiritual direction of the monastery along with ownership of its property and its administration. The implications of this case are both