La verità visibile nella natura e nella scrittura: <i>Sul baco da seta</i> di Khamis bar Qardaḥe (fine del XIII secolo)Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/U6XJAKGC/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AlessandraBarottoPaoloRiberiMonicaVolpicelliAlessandroMengozziLa verità visibile nella natura e nella scrittura: <i>Sul baco da seta</i> di Khamis bar Qardaḥe (fine del XIII secolo)http://syriaca.org/cbss/U6XJAKGChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/U6XJAKGChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/U6XJAKGCKervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies13-14201147-55Khamis bar Qardaḥe was an East Syrian author active in the last decades of the 13th century, probably a representative member of the East-Syrian community at the court camp of the Il-Khans, and somehow connected with the town of Arbela. In the present article, his poetic work is presented in the broader context of the so-called ‘Syriac Renaissance’, as an example of late East-Syriac literature profoundly influenced by Persian poetry. The poem On the Silk-Worm is here critically edited and translated for the first time into a European language. Its complicated imagery turns out to be an interesting melange of philosophical concepts, meta-literary reflection – poetry as a way to knowledge and salvation –, Christian themes – including the virginal conception of Mary –, and Persian, possibly Sufic, motifs. The monorhyme poem is rich with sound figures such as alliteration and etymological play.
Barotto, Alessandra, Paolo Riberi, Monica Volpicelli, and Alessandro Mengozzi. “La Verità Visibile Nella Natura e Nella Scrittura: Sul Baco Da Seta Di Khamis Bar Qardaḥe (Fine Del XIII Secolo).” Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies 13–14 (2011): 47–55.
Alessandra Barotto et al., La Verità Visibile Nella Natura e Nella Scrittura: Sul Baco Da Seta Di Khamis Bar Qardaḥe (Fine Del XIII Secolo),” Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies 13–14 (2011): 47–55.Khamis bar QardaheNestoriansVII-XVIII CEXIII CEpoetryprimary sources [Syriac] + Italian translationsilk