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  • Supérieurs (Livre des) (texte)1
  • The Book of Governors (text)1

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Prologue

"Alors que selon les raisons qui nous appelaient nous conversions ensemble de temps en temps et que je révélais devant toi les histoires des saints hommes dont les éloges étaient mus parmi nous et les louanges et les récits de leurs exploits, ô notre frère ‘Abdîshô‘, ton esprit se remplissait de vérité et ta langue de la louange de la force qui les a fait triompher et a mu ses saints."1 "ܟܕ ܠܦܘܬ ܥ̈ܠܠܬܐ ܕܩܪ̈ܝܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܙܒܢ ܙܒܢ ܥܡ ܚ̈ܕܕܐ ܡܬܥܢܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ: ܘܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܐ ܕܐܢܫ̈ܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ ܕܩܘܠܣ̈ܐ ܕܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܒܝܢܬܢ ܡܬܬܙܝܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ. ܘܬܫܒܚ̈ܬܐ ܘܬܘܢܝ̈ܐ ܕܫܪ̈ܒܝܗܘܢ ܩܕܡܝܟ ܡܕܢܚ ܗܘܝܬ: ܐܘ ܐܚܘܢ ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ: ܫܪܪܐ ܡܬܡܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܗܘܢܟ: ܘܠܫܢܟ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܚܝܠܐ ܡܢܨܚܢܗܘܢ ܡܙܝܥ ܠܩܕܝܫܘ̈ܗܝ."1

Incipit

"ܐܝܟܢܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܕܠܛܘܒܢܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܢ ܐܘܪ ܕܟܠܕܝ̈ܐ ܩܕܡ ܦܪܫ ܐܠܗܐ: ܘܣܡܗ ܐܒܐ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܠܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܥܡܡ̈ܐ: ܗܟܢܐ ܘܠܕܘܒܪܐ ܗܢܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܝܚܝܕܝܘܬܐ ܫܪܬܚܗ ܘܐܘܪܒܗ ܒܟܠܗܿ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ. ܒܝܕ ܓܒܪܐ ܪܘܚܢܐ ܫܘܐ ܠܐܒܪܗܡ ܒܫܡܐ ܘܒܐܬܪܐ ܘܒܥ̈ܒܕܐ."1 "Tout comme Dieu a donc jadis fait sortir le bienheureux Abraham d’Our des Chaldéens et l’a établi père dans la foi d’une multitude de peuples, de la même manière il a développé et magnifié cette sainte vie de solitude dans toute la terre d’Orient par un homme spirituel digne d’Abraham par le nom, par le pays et par les actes."1

Explicit

"ܘܬܘܒ ܐܬܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܕ ܦܪܣܝܐ ܡܪܝܪܐ ܠܥܘܡܪܐ: ܘܕܒܪ ܚܡܪܐ ܡܢ ܓܘܐ ܒܩܛܝܪܐ. ܘܟܕ ܢܦܩ ܕܢܐܙܠ: ܡܚܝܗܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܟܐܒܐ ܥܣܩܐ: ܘܥܡ ܒܘܪܟܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܐܗܦܟܗ ܠܚܡܪܐ ܠܗܪܟܐ. ܠܐܠܗܐ ܕܝܢ ܗܘܿ ܕܚܝܝܢ ܠܗ ܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ: ܘܟܠܗܝܢ ܕܣܥܿܪ ܒܚܝܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܘܒܡܘܬܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܟܝܢܢ.... ܥܡ ܟܢܫܢ ܗܢܐ ܒܟܠ ܐܩܡܘ̈ܗܝ ܒܘܪ̈ܟܬܗ ܢܠܘܐ ܘܥܘܕܪ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܢܣܪܚ ܒܨܠܘܬ ܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܗܘܢ ܬܢܝܢܢ ܗܫܐ ܘܒܟܠܙܒܢ ܘܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ."1 "Vint encore un Perse hostile au monastère et il emmena par force un âne de la communauté; et quand il sortit pour s’en aller, le Seigneur le frappa d’un mal pénible et il restitua l’âne ici avec de nombreux cadeaux. À Dieu pour qui les saints vivent et qui accomplit tout dans leurs vies et dans leurs morts pour le bénéfice de notre nature… Qu’il fasse accompagner cette assemblée qui et la nôtre de ses bénédictions dans toutes ses ??? et qu’il lui accorde ses secours à la prière de ces saints dont nous avons raconté les histoires, maintenant, en tout temps et pour les siècles des siècles."1

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.
  • Thomas of Marga, The Book of Governors, ed. E. A. Wallis Budge, vol. I, 2 vols. (London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1893), http://archive.org/details/bookgovernorshi01thomgoog, vol: 1p: Londres, 1893, p. 15-407. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record1
    • Note: Based on ms Londres, British Library, Or. 2316 + Or. 9367 (ms. de Budge), f. 6v-186 + 1 autre ms Budge + ms Vatican, Syr. 165
  • Paulus Bedjan, Liber superiorum: seu historia monastica auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi; Liber fundatorum monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum; Homiliæ Mar-Narsetis in Joseph; Documenta patrum de quibusdam veræ fidei dogmatibus (Parisiis, 1901), p: Paris-Leipzig, 1901, p. 1-435. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record1
    • Note: Based on Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek syr. 77

Manuscripts

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  • ms Londres, British Library, Or. 2316 + Or. 9367 (ms. de Budge), f. 6v-186 + 1 autre ms Budge + ms Vatican, Syr. 1651
  • Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek syr. 77 Sachau 179 , f. 1-2321
  • Tallkayf, Église chaldéenne du Sacré-Coeur cod. 66 1
  • Aqra, Bibliothèque épiscopale chaldéenne cod. 77 1
  • ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 541 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 190 Vosté)1
  • ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 542 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 191 Vosté)1
  • Dawra (Bagdad), Monastère chaldéen cod. 543 1
  • Vatican Syr. 281 1
  • Vatican Syr. 382 1
  • ms Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 286 (copie de Vatican, Syr. 165 + Syr. 381 + Syr. 382)1
  • Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard University Library Syr. 55 1

Modern Translations

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  • English: Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Governors: The Historia Monastica of Thomas, Bishop of Margâ A.D. 840, Edited from Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum and Other Libraries, 2 vols. (London: K. Paul Trench Trubner & Co., 1893), p: 17-684. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record1

Secondary Literature

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  • Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1136. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • J.S. Assemani, De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 463-501. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1136. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 J.S. Assemani, De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 463-501. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Thomas of Marga, The Book of Governors, ed. E. A. Wallis Budge, vol. I, 2 vols. (London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1893), http://archive.org/details/bookgovernorshi01thomgoog, vol: 1p: Londres, 1893, p. 15-407. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record
  • 4 Paulus Bedjan, Liber superiorum: seu historia monastica auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi; Liber fundatorum monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum; Homiliæ Mar-Narsetis in Joseph; Documenta patrum de quibusdam veræ fidei dogmatibus (Parisiis, 1901), p: Paris-Leipzig, 1901, p. 1-435. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 ms Londres, British Library, Or. 2316 + Or. 9367 (ms. de Budge), f. 6v-186 + 1 autre ms Budge + ms Vatican, Syr. 165.
  • 6 Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek syr. 77 Sachau 179 , f. 1-232.
  • 7 Tallkayf, Église chaldéenne du Sacré-Coeur cod. 66 .
  • 8 Aqra, Bibliothèque épiscopale chaldéenne cod. 77 .
  • 9 ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 541 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 190 Vosté).
  • 10 ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 542 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 191 Vosté).
  • 11 Dawra (Bagdad), Monastère chaldéen cod. 543 .
  • 12 Vatican Syr. 281 .
  • 13 Vatican Syr. 382 .
  • 14 ms Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 286 (copie de Vatican, Syr. 165 + Syr. 381 + Syr. 382).
  • 15 Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard University Library Syr. 55 .
  • 16 Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Governors: The Historia Monastica of Thomas, Bishop of Margâ A.D. 840, Edited from Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum and Other Libraries, 2 vols. (London: K. Paul Trench Trubner & Co., 1893), p: 17-684. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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