Thaljah ibn Ḥūrān al-Ḥamawī, -approximately 1650
Greek Orthodox scribe from Ḥamāh known for his copious work copying manuscripts. He was the brother of Patriarch Euthymius II, a correspondent of Edward Pococke, and the author of a treatise on the virtues and duties of priests/bishops.
- HMML ID
- 120015717083
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- Thaljah ibn Ḥūrān al-Ḥamawī, -approximately 1650
- HMML name
- Thaljah ibn Ḥūrān al-Ḥamawī, -approximately 1650
- HMML native script
- ثلجة بن حوران الحموي
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Variants
- Michael
- Taljah
- Talǧa
- Talǧat an-Nāsiẖ
- Thaljah al-Nāṣiḥ
- Thaljah ibn Ḥawrān
- Yuwāṣāf
- Ḥaurān Talǧa
Personal information
- Death date
- 1650~
- Centuries
- 17th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Siblings
- Associates
- Pococke, Edward, 1604-1691 (Correspondent)
General notes
- Description
- Discusses "a scribe with ties to the Melkite church hierarchy, Thalja ibn al-khūrī Ḥawrān al-Ḥamawī"; very little is known about his life; he refers to himself only as Thalja or Talja in his manuscripts and letters; Edward Pococke (1604-1691), Professor of Arabic in Oxford, refers to him as both Thalja and Michael; a marginal note also attributes him with the name Yuwāṣāf; must have been born in Hama in last quarter of 16th century, died ca. 1650; made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem at some point; brother of ʻAbd al-Karīm (1572-1635), who became bishop of Aleppo as Meletios Karma in 1612 and later Patriarch of Antioch in 1634 as Euthymius II; Thalja wrote some texts himself (a tractate on virtues/duties of priests addressed to his brother's successor, Patriarch Meletios, and letters to Pococke)
- Citations
- Feras Krimsti, "Signatures of Authority: Colophons in Seventeenth-Century Melkite Circles in Aleppo," in Scribal Practice and the Global Cultures of Colophons, 1400-1800, ed. Christopher D. Bahl and Stefan Hanss (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), 110-111, https://www.academia.edu/82835800.
- Citations
- Habib Ibrahim, "Talǧat an-nāsiẖ fils du prêtre Ḥūrān al-Ḥamawī," Revue d'Histoire de l'Université de Balamand 39 (2019): 125-170, https://www.academia.edu/40029524.
- Description
- Talǧa, brother of the Aleppan bishop Meletius Karma; Meletius received a text instructing him on the dignities and duties of the bishopric, probably on the occasion of his episcopal ordination, from his brother Ḥaurān Talǧa in Ḥamā, who was also a trusted friend of the later patriarch, Makarius III ibn az-Zaʻīm
- Citations
- Georg Graf, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, vol. 3, Die Schriftsteller von der Mitte des 15. bis zum ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Melchiten, Maroniten (Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1949), 79, 93-94.
- Description
- ثلجه بن الخوري حوران من مدينه حماه=Thaljah ibn al-Khūrī Ḥūrān min madīnat Ḥamāh; scribe
- Citations
- BCCZ 00031, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed November 7, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/537863.
Preferred citation
"Thaljah ibn Ḥūrān al-Ḥamawī, -approximately 1650." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified December 13, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/120015717083
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-11-07
- Last edited
- 2023-12-13