Nomocanon of Ibn al-ʿAssal

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The Nomocanon of Ibn al-ʿAssal is a 13th-century Coptic Christian legal and canonical compilation that systematized ecclesiastical and civil law and later served as the primary source for the Ethiopian Fetha Nagast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coptic Christian text
canon law collection
legal code
associatedWith Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria NERFINISHED
author Ibn al-ʿAssal NERFINISHED
compilationType nomocanon
culturalContext medieval Coptic-Arabic Christian scholarship
date 13th century
genre legal and canonical compilation
historicalPeriod medieval period
inCanonLawTraditionOf Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
influenced Fetha Nagast NERFINISHED
influencedBy Byzantine nomocanons NERFINISHED
earlier Coptic canonical collections
influenceScope church and state relations in Ethiopia
language Arabic
laterReception adapted into Geʿez in the Fetha Nagast
legalDomain civil law
ecclesiastical law
legalPhilosophy integration of Roman-Byzantine and Christian canon law principles
legalStatus authoritative reference in Coptic canon law
legalSystemInfluenced Ethiopian Christian legal tradition
medium manuscript
placeOfOrigin Egypt NERFINISHED
primarySourceFor Ethiopian Fetha Nagast NERFINISHED
purpose to systematize civil law
to systematize ecclesiastical law
regionOfInfluence Egypt NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Oriental Orthodox NERFINISHED
religiousCanon Coptic canon law
religiousCommunity Coptic Christians NERFINISHED
religiousLawTradition Christian canon law
religiousTradition Coptic Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
structure systematic compilation of ecclesiastical and civil law
subjectMatter church discipline
ecclesiastical hierarchy
inheritance law
liturgical regulations
marriage law
textualTradition Coptic-Arabic legal literature
typeOfSourceFor Ethiopian imperial law
usedAsSourceFor Fetha Nagast NERFINISHED

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Fetha Nagast translationOf Nomocanon of Ibn al-ʿAssal