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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܒܫܢܬ ܚܡܫ ܕܪܕܘܦܝܢ: ܡܠܟܐ ܒܣܠܝܩ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ. ܘܐܬܬܚܕܘ ܗܘ̣ܘ ܡܢ ܐܬܪ ܐܬܪ: ܘܡܢܗܝܢ ܕܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ: ܩܫܝ̈ܫܐ ܘܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐ: ܘܒ̈ܢܝ ܩܝܡܐ ܘܒ̈ܢܬ ܩܝܡܐ: ܕܗܘܿܐ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܡܢܝܢܗܘܢ ܡܐܐ ܘܥܣܪܝܢ.”
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“En l’an cinq de notre persécution, le roi était à Séleucie; et dans diverses régions et dans des villes furent pris des prêtres, des diacres, des bnay-qyamâ et des bnot-qyamâ, dont le nombre s’élevait à cent-vingt.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܘܐܬܬܣܝܡܘ ܚܡܫܐ ܚܡܫܐ ܒܚܦܪܐ: ܡܛܠ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܡܓܘ̈ܫܐ. ܐܬܟܠܠܘ ܕܝܢ ܢܨܝ̈ܚܐ ܒܫܬܐ ܒܝܪܚ ܢܝܣܢ ܒܕܣܗܕܐ. ܐܬܟܠܠܘ ܕܝܢ ܒܫܒ̈ܥܐ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܢܝܣܢ ܒܕܣܗܪܐ. ܘܫܘܒܚܐ... ܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Et ils furent placés par cinq dans la fosse, par peur des mages. Ces illustres martyrs furent couronnés le six du mois lunaire de Nîsan. (Et ils furent couronnés le sept du mois lunaire de Nîsan. Gloire… Amen.)”
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Editions
Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., vol: 2, : p. 291-295.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Josephus Simonus Assemani (ed.), Acta sanctorum martyrum Orientalium et Occidentalium in duas partes distributa,
adcedunt Acta S. Simeonis Stylitae (Rome, 1748)., vol: 1, : p. 105-109.
(Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Modern Translations
Ancient Versions
Armenian:
Լեվոն Տեր֊Պետրոսյան, Աբրահամ Խոստովանողի "Վկայք արեւելիցը": (բնագրագիտական հետազոտություն) (Երևան: Հայկական ՍՇ ԳԱ Հրատարակչություն, 1976).
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Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. oct. 1256 (Assfalg 26, olim Abbeloos, dein Bedjan, copié sur ms Diyarbakir, Archevêché chaldéen, cod. 96 [nunc Mardin, Évêché chaldéen, y vu en 1969]), p. 436-443
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ms Vatican ?
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ms Vatican, Syr. 160, f. 94v-96
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ms Vatican, Syr. 161, f. 57v-58v
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ms Londres, British Library, Add. 14654, f. 15v-17v
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ms Londres, British Library, Add. 12174, f. 382-383
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ms Dawra, Monstère chaldéen, cod. 631 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 218 Vosté)
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 55.
- 2 G. Wiessner, Zur Märtyrerüberlieferung aus der Christenverfolgung Schapurs II, Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Phil.-hist. Kl. 3. Folge, vol. 67 (Göttingen, 1967), pp: 105-128.
- 3 P. Devos, "Les Martyrs persans à travers leurs Actes syriaques." in Atti del Convegno sul tema: La Persia e il mondo greco-romano (Roma 11-14 aprile 1965), Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, vol. 76 (Rome, 1966), pp: 213-225.
- 4 J.S. Assemani, De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis, Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana vol. 1 (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), pp: 190.
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