Zuqnin - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ
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Place Type
monastery
Descriptions
“ܠܒܰܪ ܡܶܢ ܐܳܡܝܕ ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܐ ܘܰܛܒܝܒܳܐ. ܢܦܰܩ ܡܶܢܗ ܐܝܘܰܐܢܝܣ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ 755 ܘܐܰܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܶܐ.”2
“بظاهر ديار بكر دير عظيم مشهور نشأ منه اياونيس الاول 755+ واربعة عشر اسقفاً”3
“outside Diyarbakir, is a famous, great monastery. Patriarch John I (d. 775) and fourteen bishops graduated from it.”4
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܘܐܰܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ” should read “ܘܰܐܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ”.
In Barsoum's description “اياونيس” should read “ايوانيس”.
In Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description, "775" should be "755."
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- 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 18, 201, 408, 438.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 546.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 511.
- 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 570.
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— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ
” last modified February 6, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/358.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Zuqnin — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published February 6, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/358.About this Entry
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- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson