Macarius III, Patriarch of Antioch, active 1636-1666. Kitāb al-naḥlah
Collection of literary and religious accounts. Number and order of chapters differs from one copy to another. Includes a large section by Ligaridēs entitled Kitāb al-rumūz.
- HMML ID
- 779258706966
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- LC access point
- Macarius III, Patriarch of Antioch, active 1636-1666. Kitāb al-naḥlah
- HMML native script
- كتاب النحلة
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Variants
- Book of the bee
- Buch der Biene
- Buch der Zeichen und Nachrichten
Work information
- Title
- Kitāb al-naḥlah
- Author
- Date created
- 1666
- Centuries
- 17th century CE
- Original languages
- Genres
Associated names
- Contributors
- Ligaridēs, Paisios, 1609-1678 (Author of selected text)
Versions
- Expression
- Macarius III, Patriarch of Antioch, active 1636-1666. Kitāb al-naḥlah. Arabic
- Language
- Arabic
- Title
- Kitāb al-naḥlah
- HMML native script
- كتاب النحلة
- Date created
- 1666
- Incipit
- قال الرب له المجد في إنجيله المقدس
General notes
- Description
- Fātiḥa/muqaddima Kitāb al-naḥla, "Introduction to 'The book of the bee'"; date 1666, original language Arabic; literary sampler collecting excerpts, short tracts, etc., from Macarius's reading, mainly of Greek books, compiled in 1666 when traveling from Georgia to Russia; introduction includes a original writing on the changes the (Orthodox) Christians in the Arab world experienced from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, focusing largely on persecution/oppression
- Citations
- Carsten Walbiner, "Macarius ibn al-Zaʻīm," in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, vol. 10: Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700), ed. David Thomas and John Chesworth (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 349-354.
- Description
- Das "Buch der Biene"; k. an-Naḥla; without a set order, 54 chapters of historical texts from old and new, authentic and apocryphal literature; collection created during Makarius's second Russian journey; also called "Buch der Zeichen und Nachrichten"
- 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), 97-98.
- Description
- كتاب النحلة = Kitāb al-naḥlah
- Citations
- USJ 01343, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed January 30, 2024, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/129342.
Preferred citation
"Macarius III, Patriarch of Antioch, active 1636-1666. Kitāb al-naḥlah." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 04, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/work/779258706966
Change notes
- Date added
- 2024-01-30
- Last edited
- 2024-10-04