Zuqnin - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ

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Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ
  • Zuqnin1
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ2
  • دير زوقنين3
  • Zuqnīn Monastery4

Place Type

monastery

Descriptions

ܠܒܰܪ ܡܶܢ ܐܳܡܝܕ ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܐ ܘܰܛܒܝܒܳܐ. ܢܦܰܩ ܡܶܢܗ ܐܝܘܰܐܢܝܣ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ 755 ܘܐܰܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܶܐ.2
بظاهر ديار بكر دير عظيم مشهور نشأ منه اياونيس الاول 755+ واربعة عشر اسقفاً3
outside Diyarbakir, is a famous, great monastery. Patriarch John I (d. 775) and fourteen bishops graduated from it.4

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܘܐܰܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ should read ܘܰܐܪܒܰܥܣܰܪ.
In Barsoum's description اياونيس should read ايوانيس.
In Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description, "775" should be "755."
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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 18, 201, 408, 438.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 546.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 511.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 570.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Zuqnin — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ ” last modified February 6, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/358.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Zuqnin — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܘܩܢ̈ܝܢ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published February 6, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/358.

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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