Marius Chaîne
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Abbé Marius Chaîne was a French scholar of Ethiopic and Copt
ic philology
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, Bouches-du-Rhône
. In 1897 he joined the Society of Jesus
, but abandoned it after World War I
. He devoted his life to Ethiopic and Coptic philology.
Copt
The Copts are the native Egyptian Christians , a major ethnoreligious group in Egypt....
ic philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
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Life
Marius Chaîne was born in 1873 in TarasconTarascon
Tarascon , sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:...
, Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
. In 1897 he joined the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, but abandoned it after World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. He devoted his life to Ethiopic and Coptic philology.
Works
- 1907: Grammaire éthiopienne. Beyrouth: Imprimerie Catholique. Nouvelle édition 1938. (online version at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
). - 1909: Apocrypha de B. Maria Virgine. Lipsiae: Harrassowitz.
- 1912: Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la collection d’Abbadie. Paris: Leroux.
- 1913: Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la collection Mondon-Vidailhet. Paris: Leroux.
- 1925: La chronologie des temps chrétiens de l'Égypte et de l'Éthiopie. Paris: Geuthner.
- 1933: Éléments de grammaire dialectale copte: bohairique, sahidique, achmimique, fayoumique. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
- 1938: Notions de langue égyptienne. Paris.
- 1955: La proposition nominale dans les dialectes coptes. Paris: A.-Maisonneuve.