Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine

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.