Marcion - Revelator of True Gnosis
software exploring original Gnostic scriptures
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current version: 1.8.3
copyright © 2009-2016 Milan Konvicka
This software is published under the GPL v2 license.
Marcion is an educational software forming an integrated study environment of ancient languages (esp. Coptic, Greek, Latin and Hebrew) and providing necessary tools and resources (dictionaries, grammars, texts, manuscripts). Although Marcion is focused on to study the gnosticism and the early christianity, it is a customizable universal library working with various file formats (html, pdf, djvu) and allowing to collect, organize and backup books and texts of any kind and search for words and phrases in a desired selection of texts.
Overview of primary gnostic sources in Coptic language delivered with Marcion: Nag Hammadi Library (all texts); Berlin Codex (all texts); Codex Tchacos (Gospel of Judas); Askew Codex (Pistis Sophia); Bruce Codex (Books of Jeu)
Overview of sources of the early christianity in Coptic, Greek and Latin languages: Septuagint (LXX); Greek New Testament; Coptic New Testament (Sahidic, Bohairic); Coptic Old Testament (Sahidic, Bohairic); Christian apocrypha (Acts of Apostles); Latin Vulgate
Overview of tools of Marcion: Coptic dictionary (W. E. Crum); Greek dictionary (LSJ); Strong's Hebrew dictionary & concordance; Coptic grammars (J. M. Plumley, H. Tattam); Latin dictionary (Ch. T. Lewis), Latin grammar (Ch. E. Bennett); simultaneous reader of versed texts, numeric converter between various ancient numeral systems; partially automated interlinear translator (word by word) of Coptic texts; Djvu reader; Pdf reader; and more ...
latest update of this web: 7. 6.
2016
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downloads
(all downloads are available on SourceForge
main application & source code
binaries of Marcion 1.8 - Linux [1.8.3] | Windows [1.8.3] | Mac OS X [1.8.2, i64]
sources + data - all platforms
view source code - subversion (latest tested revision: 729 [1.8.3])
for Android (experimental, basic functionality yet)
updates
| package | date | description |
| 1.8.3 patch1 | 7. June 2016 | (for Linux,Windows) autodetection of latin dictionary - fixed |
Coptic dictionary (data)
It is necessary to rebuild the index of a Coptic dictionary data after the data was successfully imported, otherwise the Coptic dictionary will produce improper search results.
| file | last change |
| 3357-8977-3 | 10. 10. 2015 (installed and indexed in 1.8.3) |
texts
| text | script | language |
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texts (utf8) these texts can be used through the application only |
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| Coptic New Testament | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Coptic Old Testament | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Nag Hammadi Library | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Codex Tchacos | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Berlin Codex (Codex Akhmim) | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Life of st. Anthony | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Pistis Sophia, Opus Gnosticum update to version >= 1.6.5 |
Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Coptic Apocrypha, E. A. Wallis Budge update to version >= 1.6.5 |
Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Coptic Martyrdoms E. A. Wallis Budge update to version >= 1.6.5 |
Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Coptic Homilies, E. A. Wallis Budge update to version >= 1.6.5 |
Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Coptic New Testament | Coptic | Coptic (Bohairic) |
| Coptic Old Testament | Coptic | Coptic (Bohairic) |
| Gospel of Thomas (P. Oxy. 654, 1, 655) | Greek | Greek |
| Septuagint (LXX) | Greek | Greek |
| Greek New Testament | Greek | Greek |
| Acts of Apostles | Greek | Greek |
| Book of Henoch | Greek | Greek |
| Corpus Hermeticum | Greek | Greek |
| Homer, Iliad & Odyssey | Greek | Greek |
| Hesiod, Works and Days; Shield of Heracles; Theogony | Greek | Greek |
| Herodotus, The Histories | Greek | Greek |
| Leningrad Codex (vowels) | Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Leningrad Codex (consonants) | Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Leningrad Codex (accents) | Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Leningrad Codex (morphology) | Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Vulgata >= 1.7.1 | Latin | Latin |
| Vulgata Clementina >= 1.7.1 | Latin | Latin |
| King James Version | Latin | English |
| Bible Kralicka (Bible of Kralice) | Latin | Czech |
| Cesky ekumenicky preklad | Latin | Czech |
| transscribed texts | ||
| Pistis Sophia (djvu, txt - utf8 unicode) | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| Books of Jeu (djvu) | Coptic | Coptic (Sahidic) |
| manuscripts | ||
| Prayer of Apostle Paul NH I,A-B (djvu) | Coptic | Coptic |
| Apocryphon of James NH I,1-16 (djvu) | Coptic | Coptic |
| Gospel of Truth NH I,16-43 (djvu) | Coptic | Coptic |
| Gospel of Thomas NH II,32-51 (djvu) | Coptic | Coptic |
extras
| package | description |
|---|---|
| Historical Atlas | Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, for version >= 1.8.1 |
documentation
(under construction) user guide
Coptic dictionary
The searchable Coptic dictionary is a
cornerstone of the entire project. It is based on Coptic Dictionary by
W. E. Crum (Clarendon Press 1939) and the data structure follows Crum's
model. This online version serves as a demonstration mainly, most
sophisticated features and search methods are set in the application
itself, including the utf8 unicode input. The dictionary is still
complemented, primarily from the gnostic scriptures, but from other
sources also.
printed version (browse) | Coptic dictionary (search)
Greek dictionary
Liddell and Scott's Greek-English
Lexicon (LSJ). The data have an
origin in Perseus Hopper[↓links↓] (and
are available in Diogenes[↓links↓]
project too). Perseus Hopper provides the best online interface of LSJ
dictionary. This online version can to search for words in their base
form only, the application allows to search for inflected words
moreover, through the transliteraded or the utf8 unicode input.
Greek dictionary - LSJ (search)
Coptic grammar
J. M. Plumley,
An Introductory Coptic Grammar. This grammar is referenced from
interlinear translations of Marcion
to paragraphs corresponding with individual morphs. It deals
exclusively with Sahidic dialect of Coptic language. The hypertext
version originates from the famous Metalogos[↓links↓]
of Patterson Brown, who transcribed it from a handwriting (which can be
found on Metalogos too) and edited it to the current form. Another
highly recommended tools are „A Coptic grammar“ by Bentley Layton
(Sahidic dialect) and „A compendious grammar of the Egyptian language“
by H. Tattam (more dialects, contained in Marcion).
An Introductory Coptic Grammar
translations from Coptic language
Marcion
disposes by a tool designed for to creating interlinear
translations of Nag Hammadi codices (and any other Coptic text of any
dialect available in utf8 unicode character set) from Coptic language,
which parses the original text into sentences and subsequently to words
and it is able to identify individual lexems and morphs due to the
coherence of a dictionary, a grammar and a database of grammatical
entities. Although the translator works well and the database contains
a sufficient amount of entries, a work with it is still difficult and
consumes a lot of time, so translations grows up slowly. A main goal of
the project was to create a collection of translations of Nag Hammadi
Library texts together with a referential system reciprocally
comprising the gnostic and the early christian literature in a deeper
significance, but only one small step is done yet. The translator and
the translations needs a many improvements. Nevertheless, the work
continues and I hope that new translations will to be created.
| Nag Hammadi Library | Codex Tchacos |
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other involvements
Pistis Sophia
The Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex) transscribed into the utf8 unicode character set.
Coptic Apocrypha
Coptic Apocrypha in the dialect of Upper Egypt.
Greek and Coptic unicode fonts
Marcion allows to change Coptic, Greek, Latin and Hebrew fonts to any preferred unicode font (in the case that a non-unicode font is chosen, the application produces invalid results). New Athena Unicode is used for Coptic, Greek and Latin scripts, Ezra SIL for Hebrew script by default.
| font | script | preview |
| New Athena Unicode (recommended for this site) | Greek, Coptic |  |
| Antinoou | Greek, Coptic |  |
| Quivira | Greek, Coptic |  |
other unicode Coptic fonts[↓links↓]
external links
gnosis, early christianity
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Coptic language
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Greek language
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Latin language
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forums
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Coptic and Greek manuscripts
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Coptic and Greek unicode fonts
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