Barsamya (text) - ܒܪܣܡܝܐ

Titles

• ܒܪܣܡܝܐ1
• Barsamyā1
• Barsamya (texte)1
• Barsamya (text)1

Creators

• Zenophilus — ܙܢܦܘܠܝܣ 1 [scribe]
• Patrophilus — ܦܛܪܦܝܠܘܣ 1 [scribe]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/226
• BHS: 5
• BHO: 150

Incipit

"ܒܫܢܬ ܐܪܒܥܡܐܐ ܘܫܬܬܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ: ܘܐܝܬܝܗܿ ܫܢܬ ܚܡܫܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܘܛܩܪܛܘܪ ܡܪܢ ܛܪܝܢܘܣ ܩܣܪ. ܒܗܘܦܛܝܐ ܕܩܘܡܘܕܘܣ ܘܕܩܘܪܠܘܣ: ܒܝܪܚ ܐܝܠܘܠ: ܒܝܘܡ ܚܡܫܬܐ ܒܗ. ܒܬܪ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܫܡܥ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܘܣܝܢܣ ܕܝܢܐ ܕܐܬܪܐ ܠܫܪܒܝܠ ܟܘܡܪܐ:"1 "En l’an 416 du règne des Grecs, qui est l’an quinze du règne de notre seigneur l’empereur Trajan César, sous le consulat de Commodus et de Cyrillus, le 5 Éloul, le lendemain du jour où Lysinas, juge de l’endroit, eut entendu le prêtre Sharbêl…"1 "In the year 416 of the rule of the Greeks, which is the year fifteen of our Lord the emperor Ceasar Trajan, under the consulate of Commodus and of Cyril, the 5 of Elul, the next day of the day on which Lysinas, judge of the law, had heard the priest Sharbel,"1

Explicit

"ܘܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܡܝ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܐܝܕܐ ܠܘܣܝܢܐ ܕܝܢܐ ܕܐܬܪܐ ܒܗܘ̈ܦܡܢܡܛܐ ܗܠܝܢ: ܐܫܬܪܝ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܗ. ܐܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܙܢܦܘܠܝܣ ܘܦܛܪܦܝܠܘܣ ܐܟܣܩܦܛܘܪ̈ܝܣ ܕܟܬܒܢܢ ܗܘ̈ܦܡܢܡܛܐ ܗܠܝܢ: ܟܕ ܣܗܿܕܝܢ ܥܡܢ ܒܪܡܝ ܐܝܕܐ: ܕܝܕܘܪܣ ܘܐܘܛܪܦܝܣ ܫܪ̈ܝܪܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ: ܐܝܟ ܦܩܿܕܝܢ ܢܡܘܣ̈ܐ ܩܕܡܝ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܟ̈ܐ ܩܕܡܝ̈ܐ."1 "Et le lendemain du jour où le juge de l’endroit Lysinas eut souscrit à ces mémoires, il fut renvoyé de son poste. Or moi Zénophile et Patrophile, nous sommes les excepteurs qui avons écrit ces mémoires, alors que témoignent en signant avec nous Diodore et Eutrophe, commissaires de la ville, comme l’ordonnent les anciennes lois des premiers rois."1 "And the day after the judge, in the place Lysinas had written down these memories, he was dismissed from his post."1

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 1p: p. 120-130. 1
• William Cureton, Ancient Syriac Documents Relative to Earliest Establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the Neighbouring Countries, from the Year after Our Lord’s Ascension to the Beginning of the Fourth Century (Amsterdam: Oriental Press, 1967), https://archive.org/details/ancientsyriacdo00wriggoog, p: p. 63-71 (syr). 1
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 14645
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 7200

Manuscripts

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• London, British Library Add. 14645 , f. 233v-238v1
• London, British Library Add. 7200 , f. 112-113v1
  • Note: (fgts)1

Modern Translations

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• English: William Cureton, Ancient Syriac Documents Relative to Earliest Establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the Neighbouring Countries, from the Year after Our Lord’s Ascension to the Beginning of the Fourth Century (Amsterdam: Oriental Press, 1967), https://archive.org/details/ancientsyriacdo00wriggoog, p: 63-71. 1

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 5.
• Susan Ashbrook Harvey, The Edessan Martyrs and Ascetic Tradition, in V Symposium Syriacum, 1988: Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 29-31 Août 1988, ed. René Lavenant, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 236 (Roma: Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1990), 195–206, p: 195-206.
• Susan Ashbrook Harvey, The Edessan Martyrs and Ascetic Tradition, The Harp 6:2 (1993): 99–110, p: 99-110.
• Rubens Duval, Les Actes de Scharbil et Les Actes de Barsamya, Journal Asiatique VIII, 14 (1889): 40–58, p: 40-58.