Late Antique Historiography

Chronicle

Title(s):
  • Chronicle
Author:
Period covered:
At least Adam-Passion
Language:
Arabic
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Chronicle (general)
Remarks:
The author is mentioned for the computation of the years between Adam and the Passion. The total amount of 5539 years is referred to in Michael the Great as well (Chabot 1899: 142).
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Bibliography:
  • J.-B. Chabot (1899) Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche (1166-1199). Volume One. Paris.