2010/03/01 by Lucas Van Rompay · 4 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Historical and Linguistic Studies #African history and culture analysis
paper · pdf · doi:10.31826/hug-2010-030105
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Whereas Syriac literature is generally seen as the whole corpus of preserved texts as it is presently known to us, the present paper's aim is to gain insight into the various ways Syriac literary tradition was viewed at specific moments in history. First, the letters of Jacob of Edessa (c. 700) and Timothy Catholicos (c. 800) are studied. Second, some relevant data are drawn from what we know about libraries and manuscript collections. Third, the period of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries leads to a few general observations on the development of Syriac literary tradition in the later period.