Publication Date
1733
Subject
1733, Biography, Saints, Synaxarion, Syrian Arab Republic, Syrian Orthodox Church
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Harvard Library
Library Asset ID
LCCN: 2021667690
Record ID
TN_cdi_loca_primary_2021667690
Library Location
ONLINE ACCESS
Date
1733
Notes
This 18th-century manuscript, dated 1733 in the colophon, is called an Al-Sinkisār (Synaxarion), meaning a collection of brief biographies of the saints, mostly used in the Orthodox Church. The account of the life of a saint is read as a lesson when that saint's day is celebrated in church. Each day of the year is marked in this synaxarion with red ink, and then follows a brief narrative for the particular saint or saints celebrated that day. The text is Garshuni (Arabic written in Syriac script). Garshuni Arabic is still in use among some Syriac Christian congregations.
Kaynak
Library of Congress Digital Collections: All Content
Başlık
Synaxarion
