Dayr al-Suryān - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ
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“Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt.”1
Names
Place Type
monastery
Location
- Coordinates
(preferred):
- Lat. 30.3179141° Long. 30.3547955°9
Descriptions
“ܕܰܒܫܶܡ ܡܳܪܬܰܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܡܰܕܒܪܳܐ ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ ܒܡܶܨܪܝܢ. ܡܶܣܬܒܰܪ ܒܶܢܝܳܢܗ ܒܕܳܪܳܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܳܐ ܙܰܒܢܗ ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܬܰܓܪܝܬܳܝܐ ܬܰܓܳܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ ܒܡܶܨܥܳܝ̈ܬܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܬܳܐ ܘܫܰܟܢܗ ܠܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ. ܥܳܡܪܺܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 1084 ܫܰܒܥܺܝܢ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܩܰܘܝ ܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܒܗܽܘܢ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܦܶܠܓܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ ܘܗܳܫܐ ܥܳܡܪܝܢ ܒܗ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܐܝܺܓܘܦܛܳܝ̈ܐ. ”3
“باسم السيدة العذرآء في برية الاسقيط بمصر، يظن بنآؤه في القرن الخامس ابتاعه ماروثا التكريتي التاجر السرياني في اواسط المئة السادسة واوقفه على رهبان السريان وكان يحوي منهم سبعين راهباً عام 1084 وظلّ آهلا بهم الى منتصف المئة السابعة عشرة ويسكنه في هذا الوقت رهبان اقباط ”4
“523. al-Suryān, Dayr”1
“Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt.”1
“this monastery was built in the name of the Virgin in the Scete desert in Egypt, perhaps in the fifth century. In the middle of the sixth century the Syrian merchant Marutha of Takrit bought it and dedicated it to the Syrian monks, whose number reached seventy in 1084. Inhabited by Syrian monks until the seventeenth century, it is presently inhabited by Coptic monks.”5
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ should read
ܕܶܐܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ respectively.
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"Syrian Monastery, Egypt" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "al-Suryān, Dayr." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 386-387.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 2, 27, 40–41 (with fig. 14), 43–44, 77, 89, 91, 103–106 (with fig. 37, 38), 109,
183, 209 (fig. 58), 210, 215, 245, 246, 248, 252, 262, 301–302 (with fig. 89, 90),
313, 317, 321 (with fig. 96), 326, 343, 367, 369 (fig. 110), 373, 386–387 (with fig.
113), 396, 427, 450.
- 3 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: 546-547.
- 4 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.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 569.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Deir al-Surian.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 10.
- 8 William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum, Acquired since the Year 1838 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1870-1872)., vol: III, p: 1261-1262.
- 9 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 5.
- 10 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 826.
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- Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
- Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
- 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
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- 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