The Children or Sleepers of Ephesus (text) - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܟܕ ܕܝܢ ܕܩܝܘܣ ܥܘܠܐ ܐܡܠܟ ܗܘ̣ܐ: ܘܢܚܬ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܒܘܙܢܛܝܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܓܪܬܓܢܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ.”
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“Sous le règne de l’impie Dèce, il était descendu dans la ville de Byzance en venant de la ville de Carthagène.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܘܒܚܕܘܬܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ ܐܙܠܘ ܥܡܗ ܐܦܣ̈ܩܘܦܐ ܠܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ ܟܕ ܡܫܒܚܝܢ ܠܐܠܗܐ. ܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Et dans la joie de sa foi les évêques allèrent avec lui à Constantinople en louant Dieu. Amen.”
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Editions
Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., vol: 1, : p. 301-325 + variantes p. 528-535.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Jacques Eugène Manna, Morceaux choisis de littérature araméene (Mossoul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, 1901)., vol: 2, : p. 210-224.
(Edition from manuscript witness 16. See below.)
Ignazio Guidi, Testi orientali inediti sopra i Sette dormienti di Efeso (Roma, 1884)., : 12 (1884), p. 35-44 de l’extrait.
(Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Jean Baptiste Chabot (ed.), Chronicon Pseudo-Dionysianum vulgo dictum: [pars] I, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 91, 104 (Louvainn.d.), vol: 1, : Paris, 1927, p. 135-143 et 195-206.
(Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
Otto Friedrich Tullberg and Carolus Henricus Bergman, Dionysii Telmahharensis Chronici liber primus e codice Ms. syriaco Bibliothecae
Vaticanae (Upsaliae, 1851)., : Uppsala, 1848, p. 167-178.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 5. See below.)
Modern Translations
Ancient Versions
Soghdian:
Nicholas Sims-Williams, The Christian Sogdian manuscript C2, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients. Berlin
Turfantexte, vol. 12 (Berlin, 1985), pp: 154-157,
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Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
coll. sur copie d’un ms de Londres par Wright + variantes du ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr. 75 (Sachau 222), f. 260-271
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mss Londres, British Library, Add. 12160, f. 147-152v (mutilé du début) + Add. 14650, f. 81v-89
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ms Vatican, Syr. 162, f. 37-39 et 55-58
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ms Vatican, Syr. 162, f. 37-39
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 623 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 213 Vosté), cah. 3, p. 17 - cah. 5, p. 17
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 629 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 216 Vosté), f. 179-201
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ms Alqosh, Monstère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 215 (Vosté) (ms perdu ?)
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mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14736, f. 12r-v (fgt)
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 235
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 284
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 309, f. 271-290
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 326, f. 126-146v
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ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. quart. 1051 (Assfalg 25), f. 11-21v
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ms Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Library, Syr. 107, f. 11v-20v
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ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/18 (olim ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. 19), f. 75v-78v
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 29.
- 2 V. Ryssel, "Der Einfluss der syrischen Literatur auf das Abendland." Theologische Zeitschrift aus der Schweiz vol. 13 (1896), pp: 43-66.
- 3 Th. Nöldeke, "CR de Guidi." Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Aufsicht der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften Nr. 11 (1886)
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- 5 "I sette dormienti. Storia e leggenda." Bessarione vol. 1 (1896-1897), pp: 318-320.
- 6 P. Peeters, "CR de Allgeier." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 39 (1921)., pp: 176-179.
- 7 P. Peeters, "Le Texte original de la Passion des Sept dormants." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 41 (1923)., pp: 369-385.
- 8 I. Guidi, "Bemerkungen zum ersten Bande der syrischen Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum." Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vol. 46 (1892)., pp: 749-750.
- 9 M. Huber, Die Wanderlegende von den Siebenschläfern. Eine literargeschichtliche Untersuchung (Leipzig, 1910).
- 10 E. Honigmann, "Stephen of Ephesus (April 15, 448 - Oct. 29, 451) and the Legend of the Seven Sleepers." in E. Honigmann (ed.), Patristic Studies, Studi e testi, vol. 173 (Vatican, 1953), pp: 123-168.
- 11 N. Sims-Williams, The Christian Sogdian Manuscript C2, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients. Berlin Turfantexte, vol. 12 (Berlin, 1985), pp: 154-157.
- 12 M. Van Esbroeck, "La Légende des Sept Dormants d’Éphèse selon le Codex Syriaque N.S. 4 de Saint-Pétersbourg." in R. Lavenant (ed.), VI Symposium Syriacum 1992, Orientalia christiana analecta, vol. 247 (Rome, 1994), pp: 189-200.
- 13 Z. ʿAywāṣ, "Qiṣṣat ahl al-kahf fi al-maṣādir al-suryāniyya." Journal of the Syriac Academy vol. 1 (1975)., pp: 103-126.
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
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