Late Antique Historiography

Calculation of the Chronicle of Eusebius

Title(s):
  • Calculation of the Chronicle of Eusebius
  • ܚܘܫܒܢܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܝܩܘܢ ܕܥܒܝܕ ܠܚܟܝܡܐ ܐܘܣܒܝܘܣ ܐܦܣܩܦܐ ܕܦܠܣܛܝܢܝ
    (ḥūšbānā d-krūnīqūn da-‘bīd l-ḥakīmā ’ewsebyūs ’episqupā d-palesṭīnī, Calculation of the chronicon that Eusebius bishop of Palestine composed)
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Period covered:
325
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Chronicle (chronography)
Remarks:
Despite the title, the text is just a brief narrative of the circumstances of the composition of Eusebius’ Chronicle. Debié (2015: 220-225) includes this text among the evidence for the existence of another Eusebian work distinct from the Chronicle and focused on the calculation of the Easter date. The work is as yet unedited.
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Bibliography:
  • 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: 221.
  • A. Mingana (1933) Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts now in the possession of the Trustees of the Woodbrooke Settlement, Selly Oak, Birmingham: Woodbrooke Catalogues. Volume One. Cambridge: 1125-1127.