John the Baptist (church)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/51

A church in Edessa which burned down in the 1180s.

Names

  • Syriac: ܓܠܘܣܩܡܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ = GLWSQMʾ DMRY YWḤNN 1
  • Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ = ʿDTʾ DMRY YWḤNN 2

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Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 1-2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 593 [Syriac].
    • Jean-Baptiste: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 191 [French].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 732 [Syriac].
    • Jean-Baptiste: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 397 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “John the Baptist” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/51.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Evan Willford: place categorization and abstract
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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