Narsai, Son of the Covenant (text) - ܢܪܣܝ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܢܪܣܝ ܛܘܒܢܐ: ܩܕܡ ܣܗܕܘܬܗ: ܓܒܪܐ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܢܩܕܐ ܘܩܕܝܫܐ: ܘܓܡܝܪ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܒܐܘܪܚܗ ܘܒܦܘܠܚܢܗ ܕܠܘܬ ܡܫܝܚܐ.”
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“Ce bienheureux Narsay, avant son martyre, était un homme pur et saint; il était parfait dans son chemin et dans son service envers le Christ.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܘܐܝܬܝܢܢ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܓܪ̈ܡܘܗܝ ܕܐܬܠܝܛܐ ܫܒܝܚܐ ܘܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܐ: ܘܒܝܬ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܕܠܘܪ̈ܢܐ ܣܡܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܥܘܕܪܢܐ ܘܠܐܣܝܘܬܐ ܕܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ. ܘܒܥܿܝܢܢ ܡܢ ܡܫܝܚܐ... ܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Et nous apportâmes des ossements de l’illustre athlète trésor de vie et nous les plaçâmes dans le martyrion de Lawarné pour le bienfait et la guérison des hommes. Et nous demandons au Christ… Amen.”
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Editions
Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., vol: 4, : p. 170-180.
Modern Translations
Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. oct. 1257 (Assfalg 27, olim Abbeloos, dein Bedjan copié sur ms Diyarbakir, Archevêché chaldéen, cod. 96 [nunc Mardin, Évêché chaldéen, y vu en 1969]), p. 158-174 + collation du ms Londres, British Library, Rich. 7200, f. 90-92v
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 112.
- 2 G. Hoffmann, Auszüge aus syrischen Akten persischer Märtyrer, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, vol. 7/3 (Leipzig, 1880), pp: 281-293.
- 3 P. Devos, "Abgar hagiographe perse méconnu (début du Ve siècle)." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 83 (1965)., pp: 303-328.
- 4 P. Devos, "Les Martyrs persans à travers leurs Actes syriaques." in Atti del Convegno sul tema: La Persia e il mondo greco-romano (Roma 11-14 aprile 1965), Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, vol. 76 (Rome, 1966), pp: 213-225.
- 5 L. Van Rompay, "Impetuous Martyrs ? The Situation of the Persian Christians in the Last Years of Yazdgard I (419-420)." in M. Lamberigts and P. Van Deun (eds.), Martyrium in Multidisciplinary Perspective. Memorial L. Reekmans, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium, vol. 117 (Louvain, 1995), pp: 363-375.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Narsai, Son of the Covenant (text) — ܢܪܣܝ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/332.About this Entry
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne