Melitene - ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ
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“City in eastern Anatolia, located near the right bank of the Euphrates and to the north of the main range of the Eastern Taurus.”1
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Descriptions
“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܘܰܛܒܝܒܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܕܕܘܟܬܳܗ̇ ܩܰܪܝܒܳܐ ܗܝ ܠܢܰܗܪܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܬܗ ܕܝܰܡܝܢܳܐ. ܡܶܢ ܐܶܡܗ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܶܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܳܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܳܗ̇ ܫܶܬ ܘܚܰܡܫܝܢ ܥܕ̈ܬܳܐ 1049 ܘܡܳܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܕܰܓܒܰܝ̈ܐ ܕܪ̈ܝܫܳܢܐ ܕܝܰܕܘܥ̈ܬܳܢܰܝܗܘܢ ”3
“مدينة في ولاية معمورة العزيز كانت مشهورة عظيمة مذكورة واقعة قريبا من نهر الفرات على الضفة اليمنى منه، من امهات مدن السريان كان لهم فيها ست وخمسون بيعة سنة 1049 م. وهي موطن نخبة من اقطاب علمائهم وائمتهم امست اليوم بليدة.”4
“367. Melitene”1
“a city in the province of Maʿmurat al-ʿAzīz, near the Euphrates. In the past it was large and famous. It was one of the largest centers of the Syrians, who in 1049 had fifty-six churches there. It was also the birthplace of a number of Syrian learned men. Today it is a small town. (See the biography of Christodolus by Michael, Coptic bishop of Tinnis [d. 1069], in Assemani’s “Confession of the Fathers,” Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2: 145-152, and in the Coptic Patriarchal Library).”5
“City in eastern Anatolia, located near the right bank of the Euphrates and to the north of the main range of the Eastern Taurus.”1
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- 1 H. Takahashi, "Melitene." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 283-284.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 11, 18, 54–55, 59, 60, 66, 126, 168, 178, 283–284, 287, 290, 380, 406, 418, 443,
map: Map I B1, II B1, III.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 562.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 520.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 556.
- 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 62-63, 65.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: V:223.
- 8 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 252; 269; 270; 275; 300; 301, chapter: 3.5.19; 3.6.8; 3.6.9.
- 9 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 2, 7.
- 10 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 1, 7.
- 11 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 830.
- 12 Jonathan Andrew Loopstra, "The Syriac Bible and Its Interpretation." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 293-308.
- 13 p: 718-730., p: 718-730.
- 14 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.
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Additional Credit:
- Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
- Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by Jonathan Loopstra
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by Thomas A. Carlson
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by David Wilmshurst
- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson