Lives of the Saints

Title	Lives of the Saints
Publication Date:	1692
Subject	1692 to 1693, Biography, Saints, Syrian Arab Republic
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Harvard Library
Library Asset ID	LCCN: 2021667692
Record ID	TN_cdi_loca_primary_2021667692
Library Location	ONLINE ACCESS
Date	1692
Notes	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.
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Lives of the Saints

Publication Date 1692

Subject 1692 to 1693, Biography, Saints, Syrian Arab Republic

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Harvard Library

Library Asset ID LCCN: 2021667692

Record ID TN_cdi_loca_primary_2021667692

Library Location ONLINE ACCESS

Date 1692

Notes 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.

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Başlık Lives of the Saints