

Country |
Syria
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City |
Aleppo
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Repository | Syriac Orthodox Church. Archdiocese of Aleppo |
Shelfmark | MS 250 S |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 389 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Genre(s) | Historical works |
Feature(s) | Chart(s); Marginalia; Table(s) |
Bibliography |
Jean Baptiste Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d’Antioche (1166–1199) (1899-1910); The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great, edited by Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim. Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great, vol. 1 (2009). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
SOAA 00250 S |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500917 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 389 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Foliation in Syriac, modern foliation in Arabic |
Binding |
Bound in light-brown leather over wooden boards, white paper pastdowns |
Binding Dimensions | 27.6 x 18.8 x 9.6 cm |
Provenance |
Brought from Urfa (Edessa) to Aleppo by the Syriac Orthodox community in 1923 |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-387v |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Year Range | 1598 |
Date Precise | 1598 |
Support | Paper |
Medium | Black ink, headings and some words in rubric |
Page Layout | 1-3 columns, 44 lines per page |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | Serto |
Notes |
Numerous notes on flyleaves; fol. 328v-338r and 340v-347v left blank by the scribe; date from note on fol. 389v |

Author |
Michael I, the Syrian, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199
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Author NS | ܡܪܝ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܪܒܐ |
Title | Chronicle |
Title NS | ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬ ܙܒܢܐ |
Uniform Title |
Michael I, the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199. Maktbānút zabne
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Language(s) | Syriac |
Explicit | ܫܠܡܘ ܘܐܦ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟܡܐ ܕܐܫܟܚܝܢܢ |

Country |
Syria
![]() |
City |
Aleppo
![]() |
Repository | Syriac Orthodox Church. Archdiocese of Aleppo |
Shelfmark | MS 250 S |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 389 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Genre(s) | Historical works |
Feature(s) | Chart(s); Marginalia; Table(s) |
Bibliography |
Jean Baptiste Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d’Antioche (1166–1199) (1899-1910); The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great, edited by Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim. Texts and Translations of the Chronicle of Michael the Great, vol. 1 (2009). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
SOAA 00250 S |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500917 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 389 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Foliation in Syriac, modern foliation in Arabic |
Binding |
Bound in light-brown leather over wooden boards, white paper pastdowns |
Binding Dimensions | 27.6 x 18.8 x 9.6 cm |
Provenance |
Brought from Urfa (Edessa) to Aleppo by the Syriac Orthodox community in 1923 |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-387v |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Year Range | 1598 |
Date Precise | 1598 |
Support | Paper |
Medium | Black ink, headings and some words in rubric |
Page Layout | 1-3 columns, 44 lines per page |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | Serto |
Notes |
Numerous notes on flyleaves; fol. 328v-338r and 340v-347v left blank by the scribe; date from note on fol. 389v |
Author |
Michael I, the Syrian, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199
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Author NS | ܡܪܝ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܪܒܐ |
Title | Chronicle |
Title NS | ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬ ܙܒܢܐ |
Uniform Title |
Michael I, the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199. Maktbānút zabne
![]() |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Explicit | ܫܠܡܘ ܘܐܦ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟܡܐ ܕܐܫܟܚܝܢܢ |
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