St. Barbara - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ
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A monastery near Edessa.
Names
Place Type
monastery
Descriptions
“ܒܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ ܐܶܫܬܰܬܰܐܣ ܗܰܘ ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܐܚܪܺܢܳܐ ܒܗ ܒܰܫܡܳܐ ܒܫܘܪܳܝ ܕܳܪܳܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܳܐ. ܘܐܶܬܕܰܟܪܳܗ̇ ܡܰܟܬܰܒܙܰܒܢ̈ܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܰܫܢܰܬ 1191 ܘܒܗ ܐܶܬܢܰܦܩ ܒܰܣܝܺܠܝܘܣ ܦܐܪܣ ܡܝܺܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܳܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ 1204.” 2
“في جبل الرها وطدت اركانه وديراً آخر بالاسم عينه صدر القرن الخامس ونوّه به التاريخ حتى سنة 1191 وفيه تخرج باسيليوس فارس مطران الرها +1204” 3
“in the Mountain of Edessa. There is another monastery by the same name. This one was established in the beginning of the fifth century, but was not mentioned by historians until 1191. From it graduated Basilius Fāris, metropolitan of Edessa (d. 1204).” 4
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܘܐܶܬܕܰܟܪܳܗ̇” should read “ܘܶܐܬܕܰܟܪܳܗ̇” .
Not the same place as St. Barbara.
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Works Cited
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- 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 367.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 543.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 509.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 561.
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— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ
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- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
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