The Ḥimyarite Martyrs (text) - ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܚܡܝܪ̈ܝܐ

Titles

• ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܚܡܝܪ̈ܝܐ1
• Sāhdē Ḥmīrāyē1
• Martyrs Himyarites (texte)1
• The Ḥimyarite Martyrs (text)1

Creators

• Simeon of Beth Arsham — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܪܫܡ 1 [author]
• Zechariah Rhetor — ܙܟܪܝܐ ܡܠܝܠܐ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/977
• BHS: 787
• BHO: 103

Incipit

"ܕܒܥܣܪܝܢ ܒܟܢܘܢ ܐܚܪܝ. ܕܗܕܐ ܡܘܕܥܝܢ ܐܢܚܢܢ ܠܚܘܒܟܘܢ ܫܢܬܐ ܕܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܘܬܠܬܝܢ ܘܚܡܫ ܕܝ̈ܘܢܝܐ. ܢܦܩܢܢ ܡܢ ܚܝܪܬܐ ܕܢܥܡܢ. ܥܡ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܒܪ ܐܘܦܪܣ. ܗܢܐ ܕܐܫܬܕܪ ܡܢ ܝܘܣܛܝܢܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܠܘܬ ܡܢܕܪ ܕܢܥܒܕ ܫܝܢܐ."1 "Nous vous communiquons que le 20 Kanôn II de cette année 835 des Grecs nous sommes sortis de Hîrtâ de Na‘man avec le prêtre Abraham fils d’Euphrasios qui avait été envoyé par l’empereur Justin à Moundar pour faire la paix."1

Explicit

"ܢܬܠܒܟܘܢ ܘܪ̈ܝܫܝ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܕܝܗ̈ܘܕܝܐ ܕܒܛܒܪܝܣ ܘܢܬܐܠܨܘܢ. ܕܢܫܕܪܘܢ ܠܘܬ ܗܢܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܘܪܕܘܦܝܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܬ ܚܡ̈ܪܝܐ. ܕܐܬܚܙܝ. ܕܢܒܛܠ ܐܓܘܢܐ"1 "Et que les chefs des prêtres de Tibériade soient tenus et obligés d’envoyer un ordre à ce roi juif apparu pour qu’il fasse cesser le combat et la persécution du pays des Himyarites."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.

• Ernest Walter Brooks, Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta, 4 vols., CSCO Syr. III.5-6 (Louvain: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1919), p: Louvain, 1953, p. 64-74. 1
  • Note: Based on mss Londres, British Library, Add. 17202, f. 134-138v + Add. 14641, f. 157-160 + ms Vatican, Syr. 145, f. 91v-95v
• Angelo Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio e Vaticani codicibus (Romae: Typis Vacticanis, 1825), vol: 10p: p. 348-353. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Vatican, Syr. ?
• Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, Anecdota Syriaca III: Zachariae Episcopi Mitylenes Aliorumque Scripta Historica Graece Plerumque Deperdita (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1870), p: Leiden, 1870, p.235-243. 1
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 17202

Manuscripts

This is not a comprehensive list of manuscripts related to this work.

• mss Londres, British Library, Add. 17202, f. 134-138v + Add. 14641, f. 157-160 + ms Vatican, Syr. 145, f. 91v-95v1
• ms Vatican, Syr. ?1
• London, British Library Add. 17202 , f. 134-138v1
• Vatican Syr. 380 , f. 136v-1451
• Leiden, Rijksuniversiteit or. 2356 cod. 1640 1

Modern Translations

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• Latin: Angelo Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio e Vaticani codicibus (Romae: Typis Vacticanis, 1825), vol: 10p: 376-382. 1
  • Note: = Assemani1
• English: Frederick John Hamilton and E. W Brooks, eds., The Syriac Chronicle Known as That of Zachariah of Mitylene (New York: AMS Press, 1979), p: 192-202. 1

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 787.