Musa al-Ḥabashi - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܘܫܐ ܟܘܫܝܐ
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“The Monastery of Moses the Ethiopian is perched on top of a steep, rocky promontory that juts out of a deep gully between two cliffs in the high region south of Nabk.”1
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“ܒܛܘܪܐ ܡܬܰܢܳܢܐ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܫܳܥܐ ܘܦܶܠܓܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܰܬܪܐ ܕܢܰܒܟ. ܐܶܬܒܢܝ ܒܫܘܪܝܐ ܕܕܳܪܐ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܐ ܘܐܶܬܚܰܕܬ ܫܢܰܬ 1559 ܘܰܗܘܐ ܟܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܝܐ ܒܰܐܚܪ̈ܳܝܬܗ ܕܕܳܪܐ ܕܝ̄ܕ ܘܐܶܬܢܰܦܩ ܒܗ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܦܰܛܪܝܪ̈ܟܶܐ ܘܥܶܣܪܝܢ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܶܐ ܘܰܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܗܘܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܰܫܢܰܬ 1832 ܘܐܶܬܬܚܶܕ ܡܶܢܰܢ ܒܚܰܝܠܐ ܡܕܰܒܪܳܢܝܐ ܘܰܗܘܐ ܣܦܝܩ.”3
“في الجبل المدخن مسيرة ساعة ونصف عن بلدة النبك، رفع بناؤه اوائل القرن السادس وجدد عام 1556 وصار كرسيا اسقفيا اواخر القرن الرابع عشر وتخرج فيها بطريركان وعشرون اسقفا ولم يزل آهلا حتى سنة 1832 ثم اغتصب منا بنفوذ سياسي وامسى خاليا.”4
“383. Mūsā al-Ḥabashī, Dayr Mār”1
“in the Smoke Mountain, an hour and a half from the town of al-Nabak in Syria. This monastery was built in the sixth century and renovated in 1556. It became a metropolitan see at the end of the fourteenth century. It was inhabited until 1832, when it was usurped from us (by the seceding faction which joined the Church of Rome) through political influence and later was deserted. Two Patriarchs and twenty bishops graduated from it.”5
“The Monastery of Moses the Ethiopian is perched on top of a steep, rocky promontory that juts out of a deep gully between two cliffs in the high region south of Nabk.”1
Notes
In Barsoum's description “فيها” should read “فيه”.
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- 1 Erica Cruikshank Dodd, "Mūsā al-Ḥabashī, Dayr Mār." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 296-300.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 40, 52, 117, 152, 183, 196, 253, 296–300 (with fig. 86, 87), 313, 342, 389, 425,
444, 462 (fig. 85c), 463 (fig. 88c), map: Map II B2, V.
- 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: 554.
- 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: 515.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 567.
- 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 Musa al-Habashi.
- 7 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: 4.
- 8 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 830.
- 9 Emma Loosley, "The Material Culture of the Syrian Peoples in Late Antiquity and the Evidence for Syrian Wall Paintings." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 460-475.
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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 Emma Loosley
- 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
- 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