Powered by nopCommerce
Menu
Chaldaean Cathedral (Mardin, Turkey), Diyarbakir CA 38
| Manuscript | Chaldaean Cathedral (Mardin, Turkey), Diyarbakir CA 38 |
| Shelfmark | Diyarbakir CA 38 |
| Repository | Chaldaean Cathedral |
| Location | Mardin, Turkey |
| Data Source | Catalogue (Scher & Macomber), Digital images |
| Manuscript length | 497 folia |
| Date range | 1542 - 1542 |
| Copy date details | 2 Iloul of the year 1853 (September 1542), in the time of patriarch Shemʿon and of Mar Gabriel of Gazarta. |
| Related places | Gazarta (Cizre), Şırnak, Turkey, Mesopotamia |
| Related Places details | Marked in text |
| Notes & references | In 1546 the manuscrit was bought for 12 royal red (?) deniers, for the church of Mar Pethion of Amida (for list of purchasers, see 'marginalia' |
Related people
| Person name | Darwīsh b. Ḥannā b. ʿĪsā b. Shameh |
| Role | is a scribe |
| Person name | Īshōʿ b. Ḥasan |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | ʿAbd Allāh b. Darwīsh |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Khōshabā b. Yaḥyā |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Date range | 1633 - 1633 |
| Person name | Khōshabā b. Bagdad |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Fakhr al-Dīn b. ʿAbd Masīḥ |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Īshōʿ b. Safar |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | ʿĪsā b. ʿArab Ōghlī |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | ʿAbd Allāh b. Naṣr al-Dīn |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Bīram |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Date range | 1578 |
| Person name | Hormizd b. Dimashqī |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Yawsep Shāh |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Qarājā |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Shamsī |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Salman |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Yaʿqōb Shāh b. Shameh |
| Role | is a purchaser |
| Person name | Shemʿon of Beth Shabōr |
| Role | is a donor of |
Related institutions
| Institution | Church of Our Lady (Beth Shabūr ?) |
| Relationship type | was owned by |
| Relationship date | 1690 - 1690 |
| Institution | Church of Mar Pethion (Diyarbakir, Turkey) |
| Relationship type | was owned by |
| Relationship date | 1690 - 1690 |
| Institution | Monastery of St. Pethion (Kharab Olma, Mardin, Turkey) |
| Relationship type | is mentioned in note |
| Institution | Church of Mart Maryam (Jerusalem) |
| Relationship type | is mentioned in note |
| Relationship date | 1571 - 1571 |
| Institution | Church of St. George (Hasankeyf, Batman, Turkey) |
| Relationship type | is mentioned in note |
| Relationship date | 1606 - 1606 |
| Institution | Monastery of St. Jacob the Solitary (Siirt, Turkey) |
| Relationship type | is mentioned in note |
| Relationship date | 1606 |
Related colophons
| Summary | Lengthy colophon, including: It waIt was finished in the 2nd of the blessed month of Iloul [...] in the year 1853 of the blessed Greeks and of the blessed Arabs the year 940 in the blessed month of Jumada II, the 21st in it [doxology]. This book was written in the years [?] of the father of fathers and chief of pastors, head of churches and [something] of monasteries, holy and source of holiness, and pure and spring of purity, Mar Shem’on, Catholicos Patriarch of the whole habitable earth, may his see be strengthened to the end of days [...] for the glory of the catholicoi and the pride of the apostolics, Amen, and in the days of the vigilant leader, and marvellous superior, and wonderful director, and fine governor, and true shepherd, Mar Gabriel bishop of Gazarta of Beth Zabday, may the Lord support his old age on the staff of strength, and protect his years, and lengthen his days, Amen. This book was written in the very blessed and orthodox city of Gazarta of Beth Zabday [location]. [the next paragraph of the colophon is damaged and difficult to read – but it describes who took care of the writing of this book]. It was finished at Gazarta (Cizre), the 2 Iloul of the year 1853 (September 1542), in the time of patriarch Shemʿon and of Mar Gabriel of Gazarta, by the priest Darwīsh, son of the deceased Ḥannā, son of ʿĪsā, son of Shameh; it was given to the Church of Mart Mary in the village of Beth Shabōr by Shemʿon, chief of the said village. |
| Location in manuscript | Folia 492v-494 |
| Date range | 1542 - 1542 |
| Language(s) | Syriac |
Related marginalia
| Type of marginalia | Purchase |
| Marginalia | ܙܒܢܘ ܠܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ. ܕܓܙܐ ܕܟܠܗ̇ ܫܢܬܐ܆ ܡܢ ܟܬܘܒܗ ܕܘܝܐ ܘܚܛܝܐ ܕܥܗܝܕ ܒܣܝܩܘܡܐ܆ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܙܗ̈ܝܐ ܘܪ̈ܫܢܐ ܡܥ̈ܠܝܐ܆ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܝܚ ܢܦܫܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܚܣܢ. ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܥܒܕ ܐܠܠܗ ܒܪ ܡܢܝܚܐ ܕܪܘܝܫ. ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܟܘܫܒܐ ܒܪ ܡܢܚܐ ܝܚܝܗ. ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܩܘܫܒܐ ܒܪ ܒܓܕܕ. ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܦܟܪܐܠܕܝܢ ܒܪ ܢܝܠ ܢܦܫܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܥܒܕܡܣܝܚ. ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܝܚ ܢܦܫܐ ܩܫܝ܆ ܣܦܪ ܘܩܫܝܝ܆ ܥܝܣܐ[...]. Etc - full text available on HMML |
| Summary | It was bought for twelve royal red deniers for the Church of Mar Pethion at Amida (Diyarbakir), by the priests Īshōʿ son of the priest Ḥasan, and the priest ʿAbd Allah, son of Darwīsh, and the priest Khōshabā, son of Yaḥya, and the priest Khōshabā, son of Bagdad, and the priest Fakhr al-Dīn, son of the priest ʿAbd Masīḥ, and the priest Īshōʿ son of the priest Safar, and the priest ʿĪsā, who is named Bar ʿArab Ōghlī [?], and the priest ʿAbd Allah, who is surnamed bar Nasr al-Dīn, along with the noble chiefs and marvellous senators and true believers, Khōja Bīram, overseer of overseers, and faithful/trusted of kings, nobleman, and Khōja Hormizd, who is named Bar Dimashqī, and Khōja Yawsepshah (Yusufshah), and Khōja Qarājā, and Khōja Shamsī, and the craftsman, the elder Salman, the baker, and Khōja Yaʿqōb Shah, called Bar Shameh, with the rest of the chiefs…in the year 1857 (1546). |
| Location in manuscript | 495 |
| Date Range | 1545 - 1546 |
| Language(s) | Syriac |
| Notes & references | Khōja = the honorific title Khawaja/khwaja/hoca etc. See Wilmshurst p.55. |
| Type of marginalia | Gift (not manuscript) |
| Summary | The deacon Gewargis, son of Khōja Salman, gave to the church of Mar Pethion three of his lands, which are in the village of Jārōkhīya [Wilmshurst transliterates as Sharūkhīya]. I wrote this with my own hands, me, the feeble Ishoʿyahb, bishop of Amida [Diyarbakir] and Siirt, in 1917 of the Greeks (1605/1606) [he then lists some witnesses to the signature including more notables]. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 495r |
| Date Range | 1605 - 1606 |
| Language(s) | Syriac |
| Notes & references | Clear handwriting compared to the preceding |
| Type of marginalia | Gift (not manuscript) |
| Summary | Gewargis ordered every year to give each year two jugs of sesame oil to the Church of Jerusalem, one to the Monastery of Mar Yaʿqob the Recluse, near Siirt, another to the Monastery of Mar Pethion, in the mountain, and another to the Church of St George at Hasankeyf. |
| Location in manuscript | Folio 495v |
Related manuscript Items
| Translated title | Gazza for feasts and commemorations, Breviary for feasts and commemorations | ||||
| Title | ܓܙܐ ܕܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܥܐܕ̈ܐ ܕܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ ܘܕܘܟܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܒܥܪ̈ܘܒܬܐ ܘܣܛܪ ܕܡܬܥܒܕܝܢ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܟܠܗ̇ ܒܥܘܡܪ̈ܐ ܘܥܕ̈ܬܐ | ||||
| Content | Goes from Nativity to commemoration of the cross | ||||
| Copy date | 1542 - 1542 | ||||
| Copy date details | 2 Iloul of the year 1853 (September 1542), in the time of patriarch Shemʿon and of Mar Gabriel of Gazarta. | ||||
| Related places | Gazarta (Cizre), Şırnak, Turkey, Mesopotamia | ||||
| Place of creation status | Marked in text | ||||
| Language(s) | Syriac | ||||
| Script | East Syrian | ||||
| Genre | Liturgy | ||||
| Keywords | Gazza, feast, memorial, festival, commemoration | ||||
| Related uniform titles | |||||
| Related peoples |
|
Related references
| Reference | Addai Scher, "Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés à l'archevêché chaldéen de Diarbékir," Journal asiatique 10 (1907), pp. 331-362, 385-431. |
| Cited range | 24 |
| Reference | William F. Macomber, New Finds of Syriac Manuscripts in the Middle East, XVII. Deutscher Orientalistentag von 21. bis 27. Juli 1968 in Würzburg. Vorträge, Teil 2, sektion 4 (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1969), pp. 473-482. |
| Cited range | 480 |
| Reference | David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East 1318-1913 (Leuven: Peeters, 2000). |
| Cited range | 55 |
.