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East Syriac Scribal Poetry in Paratextual Manuscript Parts: Main Types and Groups
Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography. 2022. Vol. 18. No. 1. P. 315–334.
The present paper discusses various kinds of poetry represented in scribal paratextual parts of East Syriac manuscripts, such as introductions and colophons. In the current article, we have attempted to develop a general typology of this kind of verse pieces and to discuss the details of their transmission in diachronic scope, starting with the Mongol period and focusing on the Ottoman time, when this type of texts obtained a large popularity.
Keywords: сирийская поэзияSyriac poetryвосточносирийское христианствоEast Syriac Christianityписцовая поэзияEast Syriac manuscriptsвосточносирийские рукописиParatextual manuscript parts
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