East Syriac Poetry Embedded in the Manuscript Illumination: 16th Century

East Syriac Poetry Embedded in the Manuscript Illumination: 16th CenturyManuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript ResearchSyriaca.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/WSESKEVM/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AntonPritulaEast Syriac Poetry Embedded in the Manuscript Illumination: 16th Centuryhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WSESKEVMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WSESKEVMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WSESKEVMManuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research26:1202026-36Over the course of the Syriac tradition’s interaction with Islamic culture, the role of poetry became increasingly significant. It is for this reason that so-called scribal poetry first appeared. This genre is often found alongside passages in prose and accompanied other paratextual features of the manuscript such as the colophon and marginal notes. Due to the increasing cultural importance of poetry from the medieval period onwards, these features were often composed in verse. Some poems were embedded in the manuscript illumination and therefore formed part of decorative compositions. The current paper discusses notable examples of scribal poetry, in particular, quatrains from the 16th century, when the earliest known “decorative” poems first appeared. Despite their popularity and the important information they contain, such poems have hitherto never been published or studied. Pritula, Anton. “East Syriac Poetry Embedded in the Manuscript Illumination: 16th Century.” Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research 26:1 (2020): 26–36. Anton Pritula, East Syriac Poetry Embedded in the Manuscript Illumination: 16th Century, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research 26:1 (2020): 26–36.NestoriansVII-XVIII CEXVI CEartillustrationspaleographypoetry