The Stanzaic Poems of Jacob of Serugh: A Collection of His Madroshe and Sughyotho
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9781463244309
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Gorgias Press
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£45.00
Description:
Although the verse homilies of Jacob of Serugh are well known to lovers of Syriac literature, his stanzaic poetry, in the form of madroshe and sughyotho, have been largely forgotten. This volume contains twenty-five poems preserved in their complete form and attributed to Jacob in old manuscripts of the sixth/seventh to ninth/tenth century preserved today in the British Library, but largely originating from Deir al-Surian in Egypt.