Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine

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Introduction: the monastic economies in late antique Egypt and Palestine: past, present and future Louise Blanke and Jennifer Cromwell
Part I. The Monastic Estate:
2. Monastic estates in Byzantine Arabia and Palaestina (Fourth–Ninth Centuries) Basema Hamarneh
3. Monastic estates in transition from Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: evidence from Aphrodito Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello
4. The naqlun fathers and their business affairs: private assets and activities of the monks in a semi-anchorite community in the late antique fayum Tomasz Derda and Joanna Wegner
Part II. Production and Consumption of Food and Material Goods:
5. Monastic vintages: the economic role of wine in Egyptian monasteries in the sixth-eighth centuries Dorota Dzierzbicka
6. Cooking, baking and serving: a window into the kitchen of Egyptian monastic households and the archaeology of cooking Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom
7. The refectory and the kitchen in the early Byzantine monastery of tell bi'a (Syria): the Egyptian and Palestinian connections Gábor Kalla
8. It's a dung job: exploring fuel disc production in Egyptian monasteries Mennat-Allah El Dorry
9. Illuminating the scriptorium: monastic book production at the medieval monastery of St Michael Andrea Myers Achi
Part III. Monastic Encounters: Travel, Pilgrimage, and Donations:
10. Distinguishing offerings from blessings in early Byzantine Monasticism: The significance of P. Ness. III 79 (c. 600 CE) Daniel F. Caner
11. Staple for body and soul working at and visiting the upper Egyptian monastery deir anba hadra Lena Sophie Krastel, Sebastian Olschok and Tonio Sebastian Richter
12. The monastic landscape of mount Nebo: an economic pattern in the province of Arabia Davide Bianchi
13. Travel in the texts: monastic journeys in late antique Egypt Paula Tutty.

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