Mor Matay - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ
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“Located on the Alfof Mountain, known in Arabic as Jabal Maqlūb, 35 km. northeast of Mosul, the monastery is mostly known by its Arabic name Dayr Mār Mattā.”1
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“ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܐ ܐܶܬܒܢܺܝ ܒܰܐܚܪ̈ܳܝܬܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܐ ܪܒܝܥܳܝܬܐ ܘܰܗܘܐ ܟܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܳܝܳܐ ܘܗܳܟܰܢ ܗܘ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܝܰܘܡܳܢ. ܩܰܒܠ ܒܕܳܪܗ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ ܟܶܢܫܳܐ ܣܰܓܝܐܐ ܕܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܐܶܫܬܰܚܠܰܦܘ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܙܰܒܢ̈ܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܕܐܶܬܚܰܕܬ ܫܢܰܬ 1845 ܐܰܦܩ ܬܪܝܢ ܦܰܛܪܝܰܪ̈ܟܐ ܘܫܬܐ ܡܰܦܪ̈ܝܳܢܐ ܘܰܬܠܬܝܢ ܘܰܬܠܬܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܐ.”3
“دير عظيم رفع بناؤه اواخر المئة الرابعة وصار كرسيا مطرانيا وهو كذلك الى وقتنا هذا حوى في حقبته الاولى جماً من الرهبان غفيراً وتقلبت به الاحوال حتى جدد عام 1845 انجب بطريركين وستة مفارنة وثلاثة وثلاثين اسقفا.”4
“364. Matay, Dayro d-Mor”1
“a large monastery, built at the end of the fourth century, it became a metropolitan see and still holds that honor today. At the beginning it housed a great number of monks. It suffered many changes and calamities until it was renovated in 1845. It produced two Patriarchs, six Maphryonos and thirty bishops.”5
“Located on the Alfof Mountain, known in Arabic as Jabal Maqlūb, 35 km. northeast of Mosul, the monastery is mostly known by its Arabic name Dayr Mār Mattā.”1
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- 1 G. A. Kiraz, "Matay, Dayro d-Mor." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 280-281.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 24, 39, 45, 55, 61 (with fig. 20), 63, 66, 141, 178, 208, 217, 224, 264, 273,
280–281 (with fig. 73, 74), 294, 309, 343–344, 347, 357, 372, 375, 430, map: Map II
C1.
- 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: 552.
- 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: 514.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 566.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: monastery of Mar Mattay.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 188, 200, 201, 202, 258.
- 8 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874581.
- 9 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:602.
- 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: 14.
- 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 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
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- 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 Florence Jullien
- 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