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Book/Printed Material Poems (Carmina).

About this Item

Title

  • Poems (Carmina).

Summary

  • This manuscript, which probably dates from the 16th century, contains Mušḥātā (Poems) by Gregory Bar 'Ebraya (also seen as Bar Hebraeus, 1226--86), a Syriac Orthodox bishop and a major author in the later Syriac tradition. He wrote prolifically, mostly in Syriac but also in Arabic, on philosophy, theology, spirituality, and history. His works also included commentaries on scripture, devotions, moral treatises, logic, the sciences, and humorous stories. Bar Hebraeus was renowned for his justice, integrity, great learning, and principled leadership. A few recent pages (mostly blank) have been added at the beginning of the manuscript and there is a note to the effect that the manuscript was brought from Edessa (present-day Sanliurfa in southwest Turkey) to Aleppo in 1924. The Syriac Orthodox community in Aleppo is ancient. It was much enlarged, however by an influx of Syriac Christians who fled there during the turmoil of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, particularly by the entire community from Edessa.

Names

  • Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1500 to 1600]

Headings

  • -  Turkey
  • -  1226 to 1286
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Syriac poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 99 pages ; 17.5 x 13.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo.
  • -  Content in 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

  • 2021667699

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, Author. Poems Carmina. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600, 1500] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667699/.

APA citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, A. (1500) Poems Carmina. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667699/.

MLA citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, Author. Poems Carmina. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600, 1500] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667699/>.