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
Place Type
monastery
Location
- Within Nitrian desert, Egypt.7
Descriptions
“ܕܰܒܫܶܡ ܡܳܪܬܰܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܡܰܕܒܪܳܐ ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ ܒܡܶܨܪܝܢ. ܡܶܣܬܒܰܪ ܒܶܢܝܳܢܗ ܒܕܳܪܳܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܳܐ ܙܰܒܢܗ ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܬܰܓܪܝܬܳܝܐ ܬܰܓܳܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ ܒܡܶܨܥܳܝ̈ܬܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܬܳܐ ܘܫܰܟܢܗ ܠܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ. ܥܳܡܪܺܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 1084 ܫܰܒܥܺܝܢ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܩܰܘܝ ܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܒܗܽܘܢ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܦܶܠܓܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ ܘܗܳܫܐ ܥܳܡܪܝܢ ܒܗ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܐܝܺܓܘܦܛܳܝ̈ܐ. ” 3
“باسم السيدة العذرآء في برية الاسقيط بمصر، يظن بنآؤه في القرن الخامس ابتاعه ماروثا التكريتي التاجر السرياني في اواسط المئة السادسة واوقفه على رهبان السريان وكان يحوي منهم سبعين راهباً عام 1084 وظلّ آهلا بهم الى منتصف المئة السابعة عشرة ويسكنه في هذا الوقت رهبان اقباط ” 4
“523. al-Suryān, Dayr” 1
“this monastery was built in the name of the Virgin in the Scete desert in Egypt, perhaps in the fifth century. In the middle of the sixth century the Syrian merchant Marutha of Takrit bought it and dedicated it to the Syrian monks, whose number reached seventy in 1084. Inhabited by Syrian monks until the seventeenth century, it is presently inhabited by Coptic monks.” 5
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ” and “ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ” should read
“ܕܶܐܣܩܺܝܛܝ” and “ܕܰܫܒܰܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ” respectively.
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "al-Suryān, Dayr." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 386-387.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: 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, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 546-547.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 511.
- 5 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: 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.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 582; Subsidia, tomus 104 (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), p: 10.
- 8 William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1870-1872), vol: III, p: 1261-1262.
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