“Grammar is the Bridge to All Knowledge”: Short Poems on the Flyleaves in a Manuscript of the Metrical Grammar

“Grammar is the Bridge to All Knowledge”: Short Poems on the Flyleaves in a Manuscript of the Metrical GrammarПисьменные памятники ВостокаSyriaca.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/UT3KBP3B/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AntonPritula“Grammar is the Bridge to All Knowledge”: Short Poems on the Flyleaves in a Manuscript of the Metrical Grammarhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UT3KBP3Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UT3KBP3Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UT3KBP3BПисьменные памятники Востока18:1 [44]202144-52The article examines short poems written in the hand of ʿAbdīšōʿ of Gāzartā, East Syrian patriarch (1555–1570), poet and scribe, in his own copy of Bar ʿEbrōyō’s Metrical Grammar (1226–1286). The short works in question were added by the scribe himself between the larger texts, as well as on the flyleaves. The question of the relation of these poems, as regards their contents, to the main text of the Metrical Grammar is essential. This paper discusses the poetic features of these short texts, mainly quatrains, which illustrate the complex processes in the literary life of Christian communities during the Ottoman period. In addition, a general typology of these previously unknown texts is constructed. Pritula, Anton. “‘Grammar is the Bridge to All Knowledge’: Short Poems on the Flyleaves in a Manuscript of the Metrical Grammar.” Письменные памятники Востока 18:1 [44] (2021): 44–52. Anton Pritula, ‘Grammar is the Bridge to All Knowledge’: Short Poems on the Flyleaves in a Manuscript of the Metrical Grammar,” Письменные памятники Востока 18:1 [44] (2021): 44–52.Abdisho of GazartaBarhebraeusChaldeansVII-XVIII CEXVI CEgrammar [native]poetryprimary sources [Syriac] + Russian translation