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Pardaysā da-ʻDen : manuscript
Creator
ܥܒܕ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܒܪܝܟܐ، -1318.
Uniform Title
Pardaysā da-ʻDen
ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ
Title
Pardaysā da-ʻDen : manuscript / ʻAbdisho bar Berīkā.
ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ : ܣܪܝܛܬܐ / ܥܒܕ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܒܪܝܟܐ.
Production
Place not identified, 18th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (139 leaves) ; 18 cm
Language
Syriac
Notes
Title from folio 1b.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: "ʻAl ḥaylak Alāhān Sgídā mšarénan l-mektab Ktābā d-Pardaysā da-ʻDen d-sím wa-mṭakas b-múšḥātā l-Qadíšā u-raḥem la-Mšíḥā Mar ʻAbd Yešúʻ Miṭrapú. d-Ṣawbā wad-Arminyā. Qadmāyat prúmyún d-mawdaʻ ʻeltā u-níšā u-ṭeksa díleh da-ktabā. Maran ʻadarayn. Alahā núhrā mtúmāyā d-men ʻolam ʼítayā gnízā d-lā šurāy wad-lā šúlām ..."
"ܥܠ ܚܝܠܟ ܐܠܗܢ ܣܓܝܕܐ ܡܫܪܝܢܢ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ ܕܣܝܡ ܘܡܛܟܣ ܒܡܘܫܚ̈ܬܐ ܠܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܪܚܡ ܠܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܪܝ ܥܒܕ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܛܪܦܘ ܕܨܘܒܐ ܘܕܐܪܡܢܝܐ. ܩܕܡܝܬ ܦܪܘܡܝܘܢ ܕܡܘܕܥ ܥܠܬܐ ܘܢܝܫܐ ܘܛܟܣܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܟܬܒܐ. ܡܪܢ ܥܕܪܝܢ. ܐܠܗܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܡܬܘܡܝܐ ܕܡܢ ܥܠܡ ܐܝܬܝܐ ܓܢܝܙܐ ܕܠܐ ܫܘܪܝ ܘܕܠܐ ܫܘܠܡ ..."
Secundo folio: tešbḥātā d-lā metpasqān.
ܬܫܒܚ̈ܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܦܣ̈ܩܢ.
13 x 18 cm; written surface: 10.5 x 15 cm; 18-19 lines per page.
Binding: Bound in wooden boards (0.8 cm thick) with deteriorated cloth spine; the two boards are split, bored on both sides, and fastened with threads that go through the holes; the back board is in two different pieces of wood; the codex is incased within brown cardboard with brown ribbons on both sides for closing; a sticker on the case has the number "A. 195 156".
In clear East Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red; the last leaf is torn (only one third of it remains).
On folio 1a: Scribbles.
On folio 1b: An oval purple stamp: "MISSON LIBRARY NO. 47 OROOMIAH".
On the sticker on the front cover: Number "137".
On the sticker on the back cover: Number "A. 195 156".
At the end of page 160 which marks the end of the first part (end of the 25th poem), the following statement: "Sríṭ bi-yad Mār Gabriyel d-atrā d-Baz [?]" (Written in the hand of Mar Gabriyel of the region of Baz [?]". It is not clear if this is the name of the copyist or an owner.
"ܣܪܝܛ ܒܝܕ ܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܝܠ ܕܐܬܪܐ ܕܒܙ [؟]"
The pages of the codex are numbered 1-279.
On two laid in slips of paper: Notes in English about the manuscript.
Colophon: No colophon. The last leaf is torn (only one third of it remains).
In Syriac.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
"Pardaysā da-ʻDen" (Paradise of Eden), a collection of fifty doctrinal/theological poems, by ʻAbdisho bar Berīkā (died 1318), Metropolitan of the Church of the East for Ṣawbā (Nisibis) and Armenia, who wrote in both Syriac and Arabic. The present manuscript is in two parts, comprising twenty-five poems each. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century.
Variant and related titles
Ktābā d-Pardaysā da-ʻDen
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܕܥܕܢ
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 02, 2022
References
ʻAbdisho bar Berīkā, Pardaysā da-ʻDen. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
ʻAbdisho bar Berīkā, Pardaysā da-ʻDen. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Syriac - 18th century.
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