Christopher and His Companions (text) - ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ
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Titles
- ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ1
- Krīsṭōpōrōs1
- Christophe et ses compagnons (texte)1
- Christopher and His Companions (text)1
Reference Numbers
Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ ܕܩܝܘܣ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܥܘܠܐ ܒܫܢܬ ܚܕܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܫܢܝܘܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܒܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܥܡ̈ܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܠܦܬܟܪ̈ܐ ܦܠܚܝܢ ܗܘܘ.”
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“Aux jours de l’empereur impie Dèce, la première année de son gouvernement, il y avait une grande folie dans la majorité des peuples qui servaient les idoles.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܗܟܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܫܬܒܚ ܗܘ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܠܒܝܫ ܠܡܫܝܚܐ. ܗܿܘ ܕܡܬܦܫܩ ܝܘܢܝܐܝܬ ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ. ܘܐܫܬܒܚ ܒܗ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ. ܐܡܝܢ. ܐܣܗܕܘ ܕܝܢ ܒܥܠܬܗ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܕܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܫܡܗܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܩܠܢܝܩܐ ܘܐܩܘܠܝܢܐ ܘܪ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܐܬܝܢ ܫܬܠ̈ܬܐ ܘܡܢ ܥܡܐ ܐܪܒܥ ܪ̈ܒܘܢ. ܟܠܗܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܪ̈ܒܘܬܐ ܐܪܒܥ ܘܡܐܬܝ̈ܢ ܘܬܠܬܐ ܥܡ ܐܣܦܘܩܠܛܪܐ ܚܕ.”
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“Ainsi fut glorifié ce saint revêtu du Christ, ce qui se traduit en grec “Christophoros” et en lui fut glorifié Dieu pour les siècles de siècles. Amen. À cause de saint Christophe subirent le martyre deux femmes, appelées Callinique et Aquilina, des Romains au nombre de 203 et des étrangers au nombre de quatre mille, tous ensemble au nombre de 4203 avec un speculator.”
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Editions
Johann Popescu, Die Erzählung, oder, Das Martyrium des Barbaren Christophorus und seiner
Genossen (Leipzig: W. Drugulin, 1903)., : Leipzig, 1903, p. 1-29.
Modern Translations
1 Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 75 (= Sachau 222), f. 271-281 + ms Cambridge, University Library, Add. 2020, f. 131-141v + ms Londres, British Library, Add. 12174, f. 306-311v
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ms Vatican, Syr. 161, f. 99v-106v
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 635 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 211 Vosté?), f. 126-137
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ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. quart. 1051 (Assfalg 25), f. 21v-30v
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ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 85, f. 166v-181v + Syr. 593, f. 124-133
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ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/18 (olim ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. 19), f. 121v-124v
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1075.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Christopher and His Companions (text) — ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ
” in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/1233.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Christopher and His Companions (text) — ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/1233.About this Entry
Entry Title: Christopher and His Companions (text) — ܟܪܝܣܛܘܦܘܪܘܣ
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne