Abi (text) - ܐܒܝ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܿܢ ܗܢܐ ܐܒܝ̣. ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܒܚܕ ܡܢ ܥܘܡܪ̈ܐ ܒܡܣܪܩܘܬܐ ܘܢܙܝܪܘܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܥܡ̈ܠܐ ܩܫ̈ܝܐ.”
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“Ce bienheureux Abbî vivait dans un monastère dans le dénuement, une grande abstinence et de durs travaux.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܡܢ ܕܝܕܥܬܗ ܐܢܐ ܠܣܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܣܪܩܐ̣. ܥܕܢܐ ܚܕ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܡܦܩܢܗ̣. ܠܐ ܗ̣ܘܐ ܕܠܐ ܙܪܥܿ ܒܗ ܕܡܥܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ.”
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“De sorte que depuis que je connais ce vieillard pauvre, il n’y a pas eu jusqu’à sa fin un moment où il ne semait pas de larme de souffrance.”
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Editions
Jean de Ephèse, "Lives of the Eastern Saints I." Patrologia Orientalis vol. 17.1 (1923)., : p. 213-220.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, "Joannis Episcopi Ephesi Monophysitae Scripta Historica quotquot adhuc inedita
superant." in Anecdota Syriaca (Lugdunum Batavorum: Brill, 1862)., : p. 119-122.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 4. See below.)
Modern Translations
Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
et (2): mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14647, f. 51-53 + Add. 14650, f. 172v-174
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ms Leiden, Rijksuniversiteit, or. 2354 (cod. 1638)
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ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 577, f. 25-27v
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 596.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abi (text) — ܐܒܝ .” 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/806.About this Entry
Entry Title: Abi (text) — ܐܒܝ
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- 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