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Written in Syriac in East Syrian circles, it covers the period from ca. 590–660, [1] from the end of reign of the Sasanian ruler Hormizd IV (r. 579–590) to the aftermath of the fall of the Sasanian Empire (652). The work was a work of contemporary accounts and combines material from written sources and oral accounts. [1]
The Zuqnin Chronicle is a medieval chronicle written in Classical Syriac language, encompassing the events from Creation to c. 775 CE. It was most probably produced in the Zuqnin Monastery near Amida (the modern Turkish city of Diyarbakır) on the upper Tigris. The work is preserved in a single handwritten manuscript (Cod. Vat. 162), now in the ...
The Maronite Chronicle is an anonymous annalistic chronicle in the Syriac language completed shortly after 664. It is so named because its author appears to have been a Maronite. It survives today only in a single damaged 8th- or 9th-century manuscript in London, British Library Add. 17,216. Owing to the damage, portions of the chronicle are lost.
Syriac studies is the study of the Syriac language and Syriac Christianity. [1] A specialist in Syriac studies is known as a Syriacist.Specifically, British, French, and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Syriac/Aramaic language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when the Syriac language was little understood outside ...
The Chronicle of 1234 (Latin: Chronicon ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens) is an anonymous West Syriac universal history from Creation until 1234. [1] [2] The unknown author was probably from Edessa. The Chronicle only survives in fragments, from which it is known to be divided into two parts: the first on ecclesiastical history, the second on ...
Some excerpts of the lost full version of the text—sometimes called the Original Chronicle of Edessa—are preserved in other Syriac chronicles. [7] The Chronicle covers the period from the founding of the kingdom of Osrhoene in 133/132 BCE until 540, [7] but few events are recorded before the 3rd century. [5]
Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal is a digital portal for the academic study of the Syriac language and culture. The portal is maintained by Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities , and aims to link together information relating to Syriac studies using Uniform Resource Identifiers .