

Country |
Syria
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City |
Homs
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Repository | Syriac Orthodox Church. Archdiocese of Homs |
Shelfmark | MS 3 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 326 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic Garshuni |
Genre(s) | Apologetic writings |
HMML Proj. Num. |
SOAH 00003 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/502614 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Salam Rassi |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2008/03/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 326 page(s) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Syriac numerals, 1-324 |
Provenance |
Gift note on recto of page 1 from one ʻAbduh al-Shaykh to a monk named Afrām Ṭaḥḥān |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | pages 1-326 |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Date Precise | 1892 May 26 |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 25.5 x 17.5 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 22 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | Serto |
Notes |
Colophon on page 225 |

Item Location | pages 1-324 |
Author |
Shemʻun II, Maphrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, approximately 1670-1740
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Author NS | ܫܡܥܘܢ݂، ܡܦܪܝܐܢ ܛܘܪ ܥܒܕܝܢ |
Title | Book of theology |
Title NS | ܬܐܘܠܘܓܝܐ ܐܝ ܥܠܡ ܐܠܠܐܗܘܬ |
Associated Name |
Athanasios Aṣlan, -1741
(Translator)
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Language(s) | Arabic Garshuni |
Incipit | ܐܠܡܔܕ ܠܟ ܝܐ ܐܠܠܗ ܐܠܥܐܠܝ ܐܠܥܜܝܡ܃ ܐܠܡܔܕ ܠܟ ܐܝܗܐ ܐܠܐܙܠܝ |
Item Notes |
12 theological discourses on the Trinity, Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection; other subjects include whether faith is acquired through knowledge, an apology of Miaphysite (Syrian Orthodox) doctrine against other Christian confessions, namely, the Latins - or “Franks” (ܐܠܐܦܪܢܔ) - and the Chalcedonians (ܟܠܩܝܕܘܢܝܝܢ), and whether baptism purifies the soul; table of contents on pages 1-2; translated from the Syriac by Athanasius Aṣlān, bishop of Āmid in Ḥzírān 2031 AG (June 1720 CE) |

Country |
Syria
![]() |
City |
Homs
![]() |
Repository | Syriac Orthodox Church. Archdiocese of Homs |
Shelfmark | MS 3 |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 326 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic Garshuni |
Genre(s) | Apologetic writings |
HMML Proj. Num. |
SOAH 00003 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/502614 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Salam Rassi |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2008/03/17 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 326 page(s) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Syriac numerals, 1-324 |
Provenance |
Gift note on recto of page 1 from one ʻAbduh al-Shaykh to a monk named Afrām Ṭaḥḥān |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | pages 1-326 |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Date Precise | 1892 May 26 |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 25.5 x 17.5 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 22 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | Serto |
Notes |
Colophon on page 225 |
Item Location | pages 1-324 |
Author |
Shemʻun II, Maphrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, approximately 1670-1740
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Author NS | ܫܡܥܘܢ݂، ܡܦܪܝܐܢ ܛܘܪ ܥܒܕܝܢ |
Title | Book of theology |
Title NS | ܬܐܘܠܘܓܝܐ ܐܝ ܥܠܡ ܐܠܠܐܗܘܬ |
Associated Name |
Athanasios Aṣlan, -1741
(Translator)
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Language(s) | Arabic Garshuni |
Incipit | ܐܠܡܔܕ ܠܟ ܝܐ ܐܠܠܗ ܐܠܥܐܠܝ ܐܠܥܜܝܡ܃ ܐܠܡܔܕ ܠܟ ܐܝܗܐ ܐܠܐܙܠܝ |
Item Notes |
12 theological discourses on the Trinity, Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection; other subjects include whether faith is acquired through knowledge, an apology of Miaphysite (Syrian Orthodox) doctrine against other Christian confessions, namely, the Latins - or “Franks” (ܐܠܐܦܪܢܔ) - and the Chalcedonians (ܟܠܩܝܕܘܢܝܝܢ), and whether baptism purifies the soul; table of contents on pages 1-2; translated from the Syriac by Athanasius Aṣlān, bishop of Āmid in Ḥzírān 2031 AG (June 1720 CE) |
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