Dayr al-Suryān - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ

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"Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt."1

Names

ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ
Dayr al-Suryān2
ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ3
دير السريان4
Convent of S. Mary Deipara, in the desert of Scete, in Egypt8
Dayr al-Suryan9, 10
Deir al-Surian6
Monastery of the Syrians2, 5
Saint Mary Deipara (West Syrian)7

Place Type

monastery

Location

Coordinates (preferred):
- Lat. 30.3179141° Long. 30.3547955°9

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ should read ܕܶܐܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ respectively.

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Works Cited

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1 L. Van Rompay, Al-Suryān, Dayr, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 386-387.
2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 2, 27, 40–41 (with fig. 14), 43–44, 77, 89, 91, 103–106 (with fig. 37, 38), 109, 183, 209 (fig. 58), 210, 215, 245, 246, 248, 252, 262, 301–302 (with fig. 89, 90), 313, 317, 321 (with fig. 96), 326, 343, 367, 369 (fig. 110), 373, 386–387 (with fig. 113), 396, 427, 450.
3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 546-547.
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: 511.
5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 569.
6 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Deir al-Surian