Chronography, Part 1 (Chronicon Syriacum) - ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܓܪܦܝܐ
Titles
- Chronography, Part 1 (Chronicon Syriacum)
- ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܓܪܦܝܐ2, 9
- Chronicon Syriacum8
- Syriac Chronicle8
- Syrische Chronik9
- The First Part of the Chronography5
- ܡܰܟܬܒܢܽܘܬ ܙܰܒܢ̈ܶܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ13
- Weltgeschichte13, 25
- Universal History, Part i.22
- History of the World22
- Pars Prima [Chronographiae]24
- Pars I. Chronicon Patrum, & Regum33
Authors
Abstract
Date: mid-late 13th century
Extent: 2 parts 11 chapters approximately 200 folios approximately 550 pages
Reference Numbers
Editions
- Paul Jacob Bruns and Georg Wilhelm Kirsch (eds.), Chronicon Syriacum (Lipsiæ: Adamus Fridericus Boehmius, 1789)., vol: 2, Note:
Includes continuation to the year 1297.
(Edition based on
Manuscripts 2, 1.) - Paul Bedjan (ed.), Chronicon Syriacum (Parisiis, 1890). Note:
Includes continuation to the year 1297.
(Edition based on
Editions 1.) [With corrections from unspecified manuscripts] - "Syriac Texts." in E. A. Wallis Budge (ed.), The Chronography of Gregory Abû'l-Faraj 1225-1286 the Son of Aaron, the
Hebrew Physician Commonly Known as Bar Hebraeus Being the First Part of His
Political History of the World vol. 2 (London: Oxford Univ. Press, H. Milford, 1932). (Edition based on
Manuscripts 2.) [Facsimile of manuscript] - Georg Heinrich Bernstein (ed.), Ankuendigung und Probe einer neuen kritischen Ausgabe und neuen Uebersetzung der Syrischen Chronik des Gregor Bar-Hebraeus (Berlin: Asher und Comp., 1847)., pp: 1-4 (Syr.), Note: Contains only the first few pages of the Chronicle.
- Paul Jacob Bruns, De rebus gestis Richardi Angliæ regis in Palæstina: Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii chronico syriaco (Oxonii: J. & J. Fletcher, 1780)., pp: I-XI (Syr.), Note: Contains a short excerpt from the Chronicle.
- Julious Yeshuʿ Çiçek (ed.), ܡܰܟܬܒܢܽܘܬ ܙܰܒܢ̈ܶܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ (Glane / Losser: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987). (Edition based on
Editions 2.)
Manuscripts
- Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Huntingdon 1 , pp 420-556
- Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Huntingdon 52 , folio 1-188
- Vatican, Sir. 166 , folio 1-243v
- Vatican, Sir. 383 Note: This manuscript contains the beginning of the chronicle through the year A.D. 1034 (A.G. 1346).
- Vatican, Sir. 384 Note: This manuscript is a continuation of Vat. sir. 383, from the years A.D. 1035 (A.G. 1347) to A.D. 1201 (A.G. 1513).
- Vatican, Sir. 385 Note: This manuscript is a continuation of Vat. sir. 384, from the years A.D. 1202 (A.G. 1514) to A.D. 1288 (A.G. 1600).
- Firenze BML Or. 366 Note: Assemani does not mention which folios part 1 comprises.
- Vatican, Sir. 167 , folio 1-161
- Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Sachau 210 , folio 1-128
Modern Translation
- Latin:
735 Chronicon Syriacum
, vol: 1, (Modern Translation based on
Editions 1.) - English:
The Chronography of Bar Hebraeus, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (London: Oxford Univ. Press, H. Milford, 1932). Note:
Wilmshurst calls this “a clotted English translation ... which has not yet been replaced by anything better.”
. (Modern Translation based on
Editions 2.) - English:
Robert Bedrosian (ed.), Bar Hebraeus' Chronography: Translated from Syriac, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (2009). (Modern Translation based on
Modern Translation 2.) - Latin: Georg Heinrich Bernstein (ed.), Ankuendigung und Probe einer neuen kritischen Ausgabe und neuen Uebersetzung der Syrischen Chronik des Gregor Bar-Hebraeus (Berlin: Asher und Comp., 1847)., pp: 1-4 (Lat.), Note: Contains only the first few pages of the Chronicle.
- Latin: Paul Jacob Bruns, De rebus gestis Richardi Angliæ regis in Palæstina: Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii chronico syriaco (Oxonii: J. & J. Fletcher, 1780)., pp: 5-11 (Lat.), Note: Contains a short excerpt from the Chronicle.
- Arabic:
اسحق ارملة, "تاريخ الدول السرياني." المشرق vol. 43-50 (1949). Note:
An excerpt beginning at Bejdan 95.4 (Dynasty 10) and continuing to the end.
(Modern Translation based on
Editions 2.) - Arabic:
اسحق ارملة and فييه جان موريس (eds.), تاريخ الزمان (بيروت: دار المشرق, 1986). Note:
This is a republication of Ishaq Armalet's translation in al-Mashriq, but starts at Bedjan, page 122
regarding Abū al-ʿAbbās and has an added introduction by Fiey.
(Modern Translation based on
Editions 2.) - Turkish:
Ömer Rı̇za Doğrul (ed.), Abûʼl Farac tarı̇hı̇, Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından 2, vol. 11a (Ankara: Türk Tarı̇h Kurumu Basımevı̇, 1945) (Modern Translation based on
Modern Translation 2.) - Russian: Рауф Гусейнов, Сирийские источники XII-XIII вв. об Азербайджане (Изд-во Ак. наук, 1960)., pp: 61-83, Note: Excerpts .
- Italian: Ada Rosanna Marino, Confronto tra il Taʾrīḫ muḫtaṣar ad-duwal e il Chonicon Syriacum di Abū l-Farağ Ibn al-ʿIbrī (Barebreo) (Venice, 2002)., pp: 53-166, Note: Excerpts of parts corresponding to Bedjan 263.25-408.2 (the period of 1097-1203) .
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Works Cited
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- 1 Paul Jacob Bruns and Georg Wilhelm Kirsch (eds.), Chronicon Syriacum (Lipsiæ: Adamus Fridericus Boehmius, 1789)., vol: 2, Note: Includes continuation to the year 1297.
- 2 Paul Bedjan (ed.), Chronicon Syriacum (Parisiis, 1890). Note: Includes continuation to the year 1297.
- 3 "Syriac Texts." in E. A. Wallis Budge (ed.), The Chronography of Gregory Abû'l-Faraj 1225-1286 the Son of Aaron, the Hebrew Physician Commonly Known as Bar Hebraeus Being the First Part of His Political History of the World vol. 2 (London: Oxford Univ. Press, H. Milford, 1932).
- 4 Chronicon Syriacum , vol: 1,
- 5 The Chronography of Bar Hebraeus, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (London: Oxford Univ. Press, H. Milford, 1932). Note: Wilmshurst calls this “a clotted English translation ... which has not yet been replaced by anything better.” .
- 6 H. Takahashi, "Bar ʿEbroyo, Grigorios." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 55.
- 7 Hidemi Takahashi, Barhebraeus: A bio-bibliography (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2005)., pp: 74-76, 277-288, Note: See here for additional secondary literature on the Chronicle and other editions/translations.
- 8 David Wilmshurst (ed.), The ecclesiastical chronicle: An English translation, Gorgias Eastern Christianity studies, vol. 40 (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2016), pp: vii-lx.
- 9 Georg Heinrich Bernstein (ed.), Ankuendigung und Probe einer neuen kritischen Ausgabe und neuen Uebersetzung der Syrischen Chronik des Gregor Bar-Hebraeus (Berlin: Asher und Comp., 1847)., pp: 1-4 (Syr.), Note: Contains only the first few pages of the Chronicle.
- 10 Georg Heinrich Bernstein (ed.), Ankuendigung und Probe einer neuen kritischen Ausgabe und neuen Uebersetzung der Syrischen Chronik des Gregor Bar-Hebraeus (Berlin: Asher und Comp., 1847)., pp: 1-4 (Lat.), Note: Contains only the first few pages of the Chronicle.
- 11 Paul Jacob Bruns, De rebus gestis Richardi Angliæ regis in Palæstina: Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii chronico syriaco (Oxonii: J. & J. Fletcher, 1780)., pp: I-XI (Syr.), Note: Contains a short excerpt from the Chronicle.
- 12 Paul Jacob Bruns, De rebus gestis Richardi Angliæ regis in Palæstina: Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii chronico syriaco (Oxonii: J. & J. Fletcher, 1780)., pp: 5-11 (Lat.), Note: Contains a short excerpt from the Chronicle.
- 13 Julious Yeshuʿ Çiçek (ed.), ܡܰܟܬܒܢܽܘܬ ܙܰܒܢ̈ܶܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ (Glane / Losser: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987).
- 14 , pp 420-556
- 15 , folio 1-188
- 16 Robert Payne Smith, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Bodleianae, VI: Codices syriacos, carshunicos, mendaeos complectens. (Oxonii: Clarendon Press, 1864)., entry: 122.9, column: 395-398, entry: 167, column: 548-550.
- 17 اسحق ارملة, "تاريخ الدول السرياني." المشرق vol. 43-50 (1949). Note: An excerpt beginning at Bejdan 95.4 (Dynasty 10) and continuing to the end.
- 18 اسحق ارملة and فييه جان موريس (eds.), تاريخ الزمان (بيروت: دار المشرق, 1986). Note: This is a republication of Ishaq Armalet's translation in al-Mashriq, but starts at Bedjan, page 122 regarding Abū al-ʿAbbās and has an added introduction by Fiey.
- 19 Ömer Rı̇za Doğrul (ed.), Abûʼl Farac tarı̇hı̇, Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından 2, vol. 11a (Ankara: Türk Tarı̇h Kurumu Basımevı̇, 1945)
- 20 Рауф Гусейнов, Сирийские источники XII-XIII вв. об Азербайджане (Изд-во Ак. наук, 1960)., pp: 61-83, Note: Excerpts .
- 21 Ada Rosanna Marino, Confronto tra il Taʾrīḫ muḫtaṣar ad-duwal e il Chonicon Syriacum di Abū l-Farağ Ibn al-ʿIbrī (Barebreo) (Venice, 2002)., pp: 53-166, Note: Excerpts of parts corresponding to Bedjan 263.25-408.2 (the period of 1097-1203) .
- 22 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894), pp: 278-279.
- 23 , folio 1-243v
- 24 Stefano Evodio Assemani and Joseph Simonius Assemani, Bibliothecae apostolicae vaticanae codicum manuscriptorum catalogus (Roma: Maisonneuve, 1759)., pp: 338-342.
- 25 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag Dr. jur. Albert Ahn, 1922), pp: 318-319.
- 26 Note: This manuscript contains the beginning of the chronicle through the year A.D. 1034 (A.G. 1346).
- 27 S. E. Assemani and A. Assemani, "Codices chaldaici sive syriaci Vaticani Assemaniani." in Angelo Mai (ed.), Scriptorum veterum nova collectio e vaticanis codicibus edita vol. 5.2 (Romae: Typis vaticanis, 1831)., pp: 48, entry: 126-128.
- 28 Note: This manuscript is a continuation of Vat. sir. 383, from the years A.D. 1035 (A.G. 1347) to A.D. 1201 (A.G. 1513).
- 30 Note: This manuscript is a continuation of Vat. sir. 384, from the years A.D. 1202 (A.G. 1514) to A.D. 1288 (A.G. 1600).
- 32 Note: Assemani does not mention which folios part 1 comprises.
- 33 Stefano Evodio Assemani, Bibliothecae Mediceae Lavrentianae et Palatinae codicum mms. orientalium catalogus (Florentiae: ex Typographio Albiziniano, 1742)., pp: 190-197, entry: 118.
- 34 , folio 1-161
- 35 , folio 1-128
- 37 Robert Bedrosian (ed.), Bar Hebraeus' Chronography: Translated from Syriac, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (2009).
- 37 Eduard Sachau, Verzeichniss der syrischen handschriften der Königlichen bibliothek zu Berlin, (Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1899)., vol: 2, pp: 721, entry: 237.
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Entry Title: Chronography, Part 1 (Chronicon Syriacum) — ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܓܪܦܝܐ
Additional Credit:
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- Editing, proofreading, data architecture, and encoding by David A. Michelson
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