St. Catherine — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ
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St. Catherine; Monastery of St. Catherine; ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ; ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܺܝܢܰܝ; دير طور سينا; Mount Sinai Monastery; Sinai
The Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai was founded in the 6th cent. It had a multicultural community prior to the Ottoman period when it became entirely Greek.
120. Catherine, Monastery of St.
ܒܩܶܠܥܐ ܕܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܣܝܢܰܝ ܘܐܺܝܬܰܘܗܝ ܕܝܰܘܢ̈ܝܐ ܕܰܝܪܰܐ ܗܘ ܪܰܒܐ ܘܥܰܬܝ̣ܩܐ. ܥܰܒܕܗ ܩܶܣܰܪ ܝܘܽܣܛܝܺܢܝܰܐܢ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ. ܘܰܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܗܳܫܐ ܒܚܰܡܫܰܥܣܰܪ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙ̈ܐ ܕܰܟܬܳܒ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ ܪ̈ܝܫܳܝܐ ܘܥܰܬܝ̣̈ܩܐ ܕܡܳܢܶܝܢ ܐܝܟ 280 ܟܬܳܒ̈ܐ ܣܘܽܓܐܗܘܽܢ ܟܬܺܝܒܝܺܢ ܒܩܰܢܝܐ ܐܶܣܛܪܢܓܶܠܝܐ ܘܡܰܠܟܳܝܐ. ܘܗܽܘܝܽܘ ܒܶܝܬ ܟܘܽܪܣܝܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܝܐ. ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܗ ܥܳܡܰܪ ܒܩܰܐܗܪܗ̈
في قلعة جبل سينا وهو لليونان دير عظيم قديم انشأه القيصر يوسطنيان الاول آهل بخمسة عشر راهباً وفيه خزانة كتب سريانية نفيسة قديمة يناهز عددها 280 مصحفاً اكثرها مخطوط بالقلمين الاسطرنجيلي والملكي وهو كرسي اسقفي يقيم مطرانه في القاهرة.
built on top of Mount Sinai by Justinian, now belongs to the Greeks. Fifteen monks presently live in it. It has a magnificent library, containing about 280 old Syriac manuscripts, most of which are written in the Estrangelo and Malkite scripts. It is also a bishopric seat whose metropolitan resides in Cairo.
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name دير طور سينا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0600–2013
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/368
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746745
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=S&sK=Sinai&sT=keywords
S. P. Brock 120. Catherine, Monastery of St. The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 89-90
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 49, 77, 89–90, 96, 146, 152, 173–174, 193, 237, 240, 262, 285–286, 317, 321, 381, 454 (fig. 32c)
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 548
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 512
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 567
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Sinai
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī II:589