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Book/Printed Material Lives of the Saints.

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Title

  • Lives of the Saints.

Summary

  • This Garshuni (Arabic written in Syriac letters) manuscript of Qisas al-qiddīsīn (Lives of the saints) dates from 1692--93 and was written by a scribe named Murad bin 'Abd Al-Masih. It is a collection of biographical accounts of the saints' lives and homilies. The authors of these various biographies are, for the most part, anonymous. The text is mostly in two columns, but there are some pages with only one. A number of marginal notes in Garshuni and Arabic script accompany the text. Garshuni came into use when Arabic became the dominant spoken language in the lands of the Fertile Crescent before a written form of the Arabic language had developed. It is still in use among some Syriac Christian congregations.

Names

  • Murad bin 'Abd Al-Masih Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1692 to 1693]

Headings

  • -  Syrian Arab Republic
  • -  1692 to 1693
  • -  Biography
  • -  Saints

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 298 pages ; 22.5 x 16 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • St. George Church (Urfa Collection)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667692

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Murad Bin 'Abd Al-Masih Scribe. Lives of the Saints. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1693, 1692] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667692/.

APA citation style:

Murad Bin 'Abd Al-Masih Scribe. (1692) Lives of the Saints. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1693] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667692/.

MLA citation style:

Murad Bin 'Abd Al-Masih Scribe. Lives of the Saints. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1693, 1692] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667692/>.