Description of the borders of the world

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  • Description of the borders of the world
  • ܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܢ̈ܝܬܐ  
    (ktābā d- pnītē, Book of the regions)
  • ܐܝܠܝܢ ܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܗܘܘ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܒܘܠܒܠܐ ܕܠܫ̈ܢܐ ܕܒܒܠ  
    (’aylēn ‘ammē hwaw men bātar būlbālā d-lešānē d-bābel, Those peoples that existed after the confusion of the languages of Babel)
  • ܫܪܒܐ ܕܡܘܕܥ ܕܡܢܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܣܘ̈ܦܝ ܐܪܒܥܦܢ̈ܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܟܠܗ ܝܬܒܐ ܕܒܢܝܢܫ̈ܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܐܢܕܪܘܢܝܩܘܣ ܦܝܠܣܘܦܐ
    (šarbā d-mawde‘ d-mnā ’ayt b-sawpay arba‘ pnītā men kūleh yatbā d-bnaynāšē d-sīm l-andrūnīqūs fīlāsūfā, Essay that makes known what there is in the borders of the four regions of the entire world inhabited by men, composed by Andronicus the philosopher)
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Syriac
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Full
Genre:
  • Geography
Remarks:
The work exists in two versions: a full one (Manchester, John Rylands Library, Syr. 183 and Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Or. Quart. 802 ) and a briefer one (London, British Library, Additional 25875). It is possible that the work was originally part of the chronicle.
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Bibliography:
  • S. Brock (1969) 'Notes on some texts in the Mingana Collection'. Journal of Semitic Studies 14.2: 205-226.
  • S. Brock (1969) 'Notes on some texts in the Mingana Collection'. Journal of Semitic Studies 14.2: 205-226.
  • M. Debié (2015) L'écriture de l'histoire en syriaque: Transmissions interculturelles et constructions identitaires entre hellénisme et Islam (Late antique history and religion, 12). Leuven - Paris - Bristol: 518-519.
  • W. Witakowski (1993) 'The division of the earth between the descendants of Noah in Syriac tradition'. Aram 5: 643-644.