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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GrigoryKesselAutographs of ‘Abdīshō‘ bar Brīkhāhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HRNQWSPRhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/HRNQWSPRhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/HRNQWSPRSalamRassiŽeljkoPašaChristianity, Islam, and the Syriac Renaissance: The Impact of ‘Abdīshō‘ Bar Brīkha. Papers Collected on His 700th Anniversary (1318–2018)RomaPontificio Istituto Orientale202451-104Orientalia Christiana Analecta 316‘Abdíshô‘ bar Bríkhâ was not only a bishop and writer, but also a scribe who produced copies of both his own works and (at the very least) the standard liturgical books. The manuscripts copied in ‘Abdíshô‘’s hand were used by later copyists, who did not fail to acknowledge the fact. Thanks to these scribal notes, we can attempt to gather the information about the manuscripts copied by ‘Abdíshô‘. The present contribution examines the extant evidence for eight such manuscripts. A study of the circumstances in which the copies from the autographs were made allows for the proposal that the city of Gâzartâ played a central role in the dissemination of ‘Abdíshô‘’s oeuvre, beginning as early as 1315. None of ‘Abdíshô‘’s autographs is extant, except for one that is introduced for the first time here. The later history of this manuscript connects it with the turbulent history of the Church of the East during the 14th century and, somewhat unexpectedly, with the history of monumental Estrangêlâ in the 17th-20th centuries in connection with two prolific scribes, Gíwârgís of Alqôš and Abrâhâm Šekwânâ. The uncommon hitherto verse colophon of the manuscript also sheds light on the formation of East Syriac ‘scribal’ poetry in the 16th century. Furthermore, a suggestion is ventured with regard to the origin of ‘Abdíshô‘ and his personal library.
Kessel, Grigory. “Autographs of ‘Abdīshō‘ Bar Brīkhā.” In Christianity, Islam, and the Syriac Renaissance: The Impact of ‘Abdīshō‘ Bar Brīkha. Papers Collected on His 700th Anniversary (1318–2018), edited by Salam Rassi and Željko Paša, 51–104. Orientalia Christiana Analecta 316. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2024.
Grigory Kessel, Autographs of ‘Abdīshō‘ Bar Brīkhā, in Christianity, Islam, and the Syriac Renaissance: The Impact of ‘Abdīshō‘ Bar Brīkha. Papers Collected on His 700th Anniversary (1318–2018), ed. Salam Rassi and Željko Paša, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 316 (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2024), 51–104.