Manual for the correct use and reading of the Persons attested in colophons section of PAThs database

A detailed technical description of database schema is published at schema/persons.

Ref.: paths.persons

ID

• The unique stable identifier of each Person. The identifier is a sequential integer provided by the database engine. This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__persons.id

CREATOR

• Reference to the user who created the record This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__persons.creator

NAME

• The Coptic Literaty Manuscript id where the Person name is found
• DB id: paths__persons.name

Type

• Type of the Person: copyist, commemorated person, donor, decorator, restorer, deliverer, founder of sacred building, sponsor, reader, eponym
• DB id: paths__persons.type

Profession / Rank

• “Profession” of the Person: Administrator, Anchorite / Ascetic, Archabbas, Archbishop, Archdeacon, Archimandrite, Archkyrios, Archōn, Archpresbyter, Archreader, Attendant, Bishop, Cantor, Cleric, Coenobiarch, Copyist / Calligrapher, Crucifer, Deacon / Deuteros deacon, Deuterarios, Dioikētēs, Grammateus, Higumenos, Kyrios / Sir, Leitourgos, Monk, Nauklēros, Lector, Subdeacon, Superior / proestōs, Syngrapheus, Teacher, Presbyter`
• DB id: paths__persons.profession

CARNAL SON OF

• Carnal patronymic
• DB id: paths__persons.patronymiccarnal

SPIRITUAL SON OF

• Carnal patronymic
• DB id: paths__persons.patronymicspirit

CARNAL OR SPIRITUAL BROTHER OF

• Name of the carnal or spiritual brother
• DB id: paths__persons.hasbrother

CARNAL OR SPIRITUAL FATHER OF

• Name of the carnal or spiritual son
• DB id: paths__persons.hasfather

PLACE OF BIRTH

• PAThs place where the Person was born
• DB id: paths__persons.placebirth

AFFILIATION TO

• PAThs place to which the Person was affiliated
• DB id: paths__persons.placeaffiliation

SEX

• PAThs place to which the Person was affiliated
• DB id: paths__persons.sex

DATE FROM

• The upper chronological limit expressed in years of the ‘Coptic’ phase of the site
• DB id: paths__persons.datefrom

DATE TO

• The lower chronological limit expressed in years of the ‘Coptic’ phase of the site
• DB id: paths__persons.dateto

NOTES

• General notes
• DB id: paths__persons.notes

EDITORS

• Initials of the person(s) responsible for the record.
• DB id: paths__persons.editors

STATUS

• If the record has been fully compiled the status is set to complete; if it is under study the status is set to in-progress. If the status is blank it means that the provided information are incomplete, not reliable and liable to change in the future.
• DB id: paths__persons.status

LAST MODIFIED

• Date of last edit
• DB id: paths__persons.lastmodified

Other name form attestations

For each Person manu variants of the name might be available

These fields are not part of the persons table but of the m_nameforms table.

NAME FORM

• Original variant of the Person’s name, as found il the Colophon
• DB id: paths__m_nameforms.nameform

LANGUAGE

• Language of the name form, Coptic or Greek
• DB id: paths__m_nameforms.language

TRANSLITERATION

• Romanisation of the name variant
• DB id: paths__m_nameforms.transliteration

Bibliography

For each Person multiple instances of the following group of fields can be filed, each one describing a bibliographic reference.

These fields are not part of the places table but of the m_biblio table.

SHORT REFERENCE

• Short reference of the bibliographic item as stored in biblio table
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.short

SPECIFIC DETAILS

• Pages of the publication if not precised in the reference
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.details

DETAILS ABOUT IMAGES

• Pages or figures containing reproductions of (part[s] of) the manuscript
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.images