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Book/Printed Material Liturgy of John Chrysostom.

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Title

  • Liturgy of John Chrysostom.

Summary

  • This 18th-century manuscript contains the Liturgy of John Chrysostom, one of the early church fathers and archbishop of Constantinople, who lived circa 347--407. Directions for the priest and deacon are in Arabic, while what is read aloud is given in parallel columns of Greek and Syriac. The Syriac script is of the variety known as Melkite, which is rather more angular than the more commonly seen Serto script. The decorative title page has ornate writing in black, red, blue, and gold ink. Throughout the manuscript, the black ink has bled considerably, acid from the ink has obliterated some letters and words, and there is worm damage along the outer and inner edges. The cover is missing. The manuscript is from the library of the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand, an Antiochan Orthodox monastery located on a plateau about eight kilometers south of Tripoli, in present-day Lebanon. Founded in 1157 as an abbey for French Cistercians, Our Lady of Balamand derives its name from the French bel mont (beautiful mountain). In 1604, the monastery came under the authority of local Orthodox monks.

Names

  • John Chrysostom, Saint, circa 347-407 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1799]

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  347 to 1799
  • -  Liturgies
  • -  Orthodox Eastern Church
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Modern Greek (1453-) and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Monastery Library

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667216

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

John Chrysostom, Saint, Circa 347-407 Author. Liturgy of John Chrysostom. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667216/.

APA citation style:

John Chrysostom, S. (1700) Liturgy of John Chrysostom. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667216/.

MLA citation style:

John Chrysostom, Saint, Circa 347-407 Author. Liturgy of John Chrysostom. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667216/>.