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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81775-2 - Early Medieval Christianities, c.600-c.II00 Edited by Thomas F. X. Noble and Julia M. H. Smith Index More information Index abandoned children, 389 Adam (Nestorian monk), 68 ‘Abd al-Jabbar¯ al-Hamadan¯ ¯ı (Muslim scholar), Admonitio generalis, 312–13, 321, 356, 454 203 Adomnan,´ 95, 96 ‘Abd al-Malik (caliph), 199 Fis Adomnan´ , 618–21 ‘Abd al-Rah. man¯ II (caliph), 182–84 Law of (Cain´ Adamnain´ ), 93–94, 100, 101 Abodrites, 140, 141, 244 Adoptionism, 163, 495–96, 501, 502, 511–15, 516, abortion, 386 521, 523, 524, 547 Abraha (king of Himyar), 15, 16 advocatus system, 296 Abraham of Tiberias, 172 Ælfric (abbot of Eynsham), 124, 125, 127, 411, Abu¯ ‘Abdallah¯ ibn Muh. ammad al-H. umayd¯ı 609, 621 (Muslim writer), 207 Æthelberht (king of Kent), 12, 90, 112, 113, 232, Abu-‘Al¯ ¯ı‘¯Isa¯ ibn Ish. aq¯ ibn Zur‘a (Arab 237 Christian translator), 205 Æthelred (king of England), 121 Abu‘Al¯ ¯ıNar¯ıf ibn Yumn (Melkite writer), 208 Æthelstan (Anglo-Saxon king), 240, 257 Abu¯ Bishr Matta¯ ibn Yunus¯ (Nestorian Æthelwold (bishop of Winchester), 334, 358, Christian logician), 206–08 359, 592, 593, 594 Abu-‘¯ ¯Isa¯ al-Warraq¯ (Muslim scholar), 203 Africa. See North Africa; Saharan Africa Abu-Qurra,¯ Theodore (Arab Christian afterlife. See otherworld writer), 172, 173, 203, 204 Agapetus I (pope), 26, 135 Abu-R¯ a‘it¯ .a, H. ab¯ıb ibn Khidma (Arab Agathias, 28 Christian writer), 203, 204 Agatho (pope), 215 Abu¯ ‘Umar Ah. mad ibn Muh. ammad ibn Sa‘d¯ı Agila (bishop and Adoptionist), 496 (Muslim traveler), 207 Agobard of Lyons, 167, 173–76, 502, 513 Abu’l-Q¯ asim¯ (Kalbi amir), 189 Ahimaaz of Oria, 160 Acacius (bishop of Constantinople), 24 Ahmad (Kalbi amir), 189 accommodation of paganism in Germanic Aidan (bishop of Lindisfarne), 92, 94, 232, 233 Christianities, 110–15 Ainmar (bishop of Auxerre), 343 Achilleus (saint), 138 Aistulf (Lombard nobleman), 411 Acts of the Apostles, apocryphal, 366 al-Far¯ ab¯ ¯ı (Muslim philosopher), 205, 206–08 Acts of Thomas, 276 al-H. akam II (caliph of Cordoba), 183 Adalbero (bishop of Metz), 349 al-H. akim¯ (Fatimid caliph), 80, 81, 167, 253 Adalbert (archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen), al-Muqtadir (caliph of Baghdad), 192 241, 257 al-Mu‘taman (Arab Christian writer), 208 Adalbert of Prague, 140, 142, 143, 147, 226, 236, al-Mutanabb¯ı (poet), 185 242–44, 245, 260 al-Mutawakkil (caliph), 80 Adalheid (empress), 587 al-Rah. man¯ an¯ (monotheistic High God of Adaltag (archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen), Arabia), 14 257 al-Wal¯ıd I (Abassid caliph), 181 Adam of Bremen, 123, 140, 235, 244, 245 Alaric (Visigothic king), 30 803 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81775-2 - Early Medieval Christianities, c.600-c.II00 Edited by Thomas F. X. Noble and Julia M. H. Smith Index More information Index Alba, kingdom of, 103. See also Celtic amulets, 429 Christianities; Scotland Anania of Narek, 83 Albanians, 71, 134 Anastasis composition, 608 Albar, Paul (Spanish churchman), 514 Anastasius I (Byzantine emperor), 25–26 Albuin (canon of cathedral of Autun), 336 Anastasius (Persian saint and martyr), 581–82, Alcuin (Anglo-Saxon scholar at Carolingian 592, 598 court) Anastasius of Sinai (saint), 59, 172, 427 on Adoptionism, 498, 512–14 Andrew (Balkan saint), 130 apocalyptic views of, 623 Andrew (Lombard duke of Benevento), 188 Bible and biblical exegesis, 531–32, 539, 543, Angelomus of Luxeuil, 174 548 Angilbert (author), 367 canon law and, 312 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 127 Germanic Christianities and, 114, 234, 236, animism, 115 312, 331, 412, 459 Anna Comnena (Byzantine author), 525 missionary activities and, 234, 236 Anna Porphyrogenita (daughter of penance, 412 Romanus II), 149 property issues, 331 anointing ceremonies. See also sacrifice and gift, 459 baptism confirmation, 387 on world-soul, 518 consecration of churches, 367–68, 373, 379 Aldebert (heretical preacher), 526 deathbed rites, 391, 392 Aldhelm (bishop of Sherborne), 90, 101, 118, objects and practices, christening, 634 609 rulers, 121, 302, 307 Alemanni, 108 Ansegis (canon lawyer), 272, 324 Alexander III (pope), 263, 504 Anselm of Canterbury, 177, 506–08 Alexander of Roes, 348 Anselm of Havelberg, 499 Alexander of Tralles, 424 Anselm of Laon, 551 Alexandrian Christians. See Near Eastern Anskar (missionary to Swedes), 236, 237, 238, Christianities 243, 244, 419 Alexandrian interpretation of Bible. See under Anthimus of Constantinople, 26 Bible Anthony (eremitical saint), 59, 275, 277, 568, Alexius I Comnenus (Byzantine emperor), 58, 587 139, 343, 352 Anti-Christ, body of, 449–50 Alfonso VI (Spanish king), 184 anti-Semitism, 163–65, 170. See also Jews and Alfred the Great (king of England), 127, 407, Judaism 533, 610 anticlericalism, 637 Alfred (author of Life of Liudger), 237 Antioch, patriarchate of, 251 allegorical interpretation of Bible. See under Antiochene Christians. See Near Eastern Bible Christianities Alps as socio-political dividing line, 213 Antiochene interpretation of Bible. See under altar gifts given at mass, 459, 461, 464 Bible altars Aphthartodocetism, 70 as locus for sacrifice and gift, 453 Apocalypse of Anastasia, 615, 618–21, 623 portable, 477 Apocalypse of Paul, 606, 608–09, 617–21 relics contained in, 456 Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius of Patara, 173, Amalarius of Metz (liturgical commentator), 622 273, 456, 473, 485, 517 Apocalypse of the Theotokos, 615, 618–21 Amandus of Maastricht, 238, 367, 591 apocalyptic, 606, 622–23. See also otherworld ambassadorial contacts between Islam and apokatastasis (cosmic restoration), 616, 621 Christendom, 191–92 biblical exegesis and, 552, 622 Ambrose (bishop of Milan), 346, 355, 367, 390, diversity of expectations regarding, 606 393, 544, 638 God and time, concepts of, 505–06 ‘A m m ar¯ al-Bas.r¯ı (Jacobite author), 203, 204 in Greek vs. Latin Christianities, 622–23 Amolo of Lyons, 173–76 harrowing of hell, 608 804 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81775-2 - Early Medieval Christianities, c.600-c.II00 Edited by Thomas F. X. Noble and Julia M. H. Smith Index More information Index heretical movements and, 526, 529 Christology of Armenian church, 47, 55–56 Islamic rule, Christians under, 201 de-Christianized population in Central late Roman Christianities’ sense of future, Asia, 11 41–42, 45 ecclesiastical hierarchy of, 252 political and social order affecting, 622, 623, Islam and, 74, 79, 83 624 Paulicians in, 63 reasons for popularity of narratives public penance in, 402 regarding, 623 Sasanian conquest, effects of, 71 Rimbert on missionizing in Scandinavia, Arn of Salzburg, 236 239 Arnulf (count of Flanders), 287, 360 saints at intersection of temporal past and Arnulf of Carinthia, 467 eschatological future, 582, 595 art, religious timing of, 622 Anastasis composition, 608 triggering events, 623 apocalyptic future, as expression of, 43 in twelfth century, 634 Bible scenes, 540, 542 apokatastasis (cosmic restoration), 616, 621 books. See books Apollinarius of Laodicea, 21, 65 churches. See church architecture and apologetics church-building of Christians under Muslim rule, 201–02, iconoclasm. See iconoclasm 203, 211 in late Roman Christianities, 34–36, 43 monastic, 359 sacrifice and gift culture,significance of, 471 apostles, saints’ cults of, 599 in Slav Christianities, 61 apostolic Christianity, last gestures of, 13, 17 as.-Raf¯ı (Arab Christian writer), 208 Arabia Asad ibn al-Furat,¯ 187 al-Rah. man¯ an¯ (monotheistic High God) of, asceticism, 275–98. See also monasticism 14 in the East, 56–61, 67, 224–28, 278, 281, conversion to Islam, 79–81 282–83, 289–90 Ghassanid tribal federation, 66 as practiced by Himyar, Jewish kingdom of, 14–17 men, 275–81, 293 Lakhmids, 67 women, 279, 280, 286, 287, 294, 310, 632 Muslim conquest of, 73–75. See also Islam in the West, 97–102, 104–05, 110, 122, 224–28, arbitration, 308 281, 282, 284–87, 356 Ardo (author of life of Benedict of Aniane), Asclepius (god of healing), 428 478 associationism, 76 Arefast (knight), 527 asylum, church as legal place of, 366, 377, 410 Arethas of Caesarea, 534, 543 Athanasius III (Syrian patriarch), 69 Arichis II (duke of Benevento), 334 Athanasius of Alexandria, 22, 277–81, 534, 539, aristocracy 587 Bible as luxury object for, 533 Athanasius the Athonite, 61, 224–25, 289–90, monastic ties to, 294–95 333 private or proprietary churches, 122, 268, Athanasius the Camel-Driver, 47 300, 321–22 Atto of Vercelli, 357, 361 property donated to ecclesiastical Augustine of Canterbury, 12, 13, 17, 43, 89, 90, institutions by, 338–42 113, 232, 233, 239, 354, 541 Roman noble families, papacy dominated Augustine of Hippo by, 221, 261, 266 on Apocalypse of Paul, 608 Aristotle, 205, 395, 427, 495, 507, 535 on apocalyptic, 505, 526, 622 Arius and Arianism, 21, 40–41, 107–08, 162, biblical exegesis of, 541, 544–46, 549 495, 498, 512, 515, 520, 545, 546 on canon law, 301 Armenia. See also Near Eastern Christianities church buildings, theology/ecclesiology apostle Thaddeus and, 599 of, 365, 369, 371 bishoprics in 600, 7 conversion experience of, 634 Byzantine orthodoxy and, 55, 83–85 divine economy, emphasis on, 503 805 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81775-2 - Early Medieval Christianities, c.600-c.II00 Edited by Thomas F. X. Noble and Julia M. H. Smith Index More information Index Augustine of Hippo (cont.) “barbarians.” See also specific groups gender and the body in theology of, 450 generally regarded as barbarian, e.g. on heretics, 511, 517 Avars interrelationship of doctrinal
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    Identity and Christian-Muslim interaction : medieval art of the Syrian Orthodox from the Mosul area Snelders, B. Citation Snelders, B. (2010, September 1). Identity and Christian-Muslim interaction : medieval art of the Syrian Orthodox from the Mosul area. Peeters, Leuven. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/15917 Version: Not Applicable (or Unknown) Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the License: Institutional Repository of the University of Leiden Downloaded from: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/15917 Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable). Select Index General Index Abbasid, Abbasids: 44, 46, 99, 133, 134, 135, 136 n. 121, 155, 215 n. 2, 293, 351, 369 amir : 44, 63, 95 anaphora : 376 Anonymous Chronicle of 1234 : 173, 249 Arab, Arabs: 34, 47, 48, 49, 53, 55, 143, 210, 304, 381 Arabic: 20, 68, 93, 95, 96, 247, 258, 313 Arabic language: 28, 34, 35, 39, 68, 69, 75, 79, 88, 91, 121, 122, 123, 131, 148, 170, 211, 217, 218 n. 9, 273, 287, 293, 348, 357, 358, 360-362, 378, 379-403, 421 Arabic manuscripts: 6, 9, 90-91, 153, 154-160 Arabization: 67, 170 Aramaic: 34, 386 Armenian, Armenians: 5, 28, 44, 45, 46, 49, 56, 58, 63, 69 n. 109, 71, 104, 164, 175, 181, 183, 187, 208, 218 n. 9, 232, 239, 251, 289, 297, 303, 317, 318, 323, 395 Armenian language: 175, 273, 395 Armenian Orthodox Church: 14 Artuqid, Artuqids: 5, 45, 47, 48, 83 n. 158, 85, 118, 122, 156, 157, 299 Assyrian: 53, 257 Assyrian Church: see East Syrian Church atabeg : 44, 99 Atabeg, Atabegs: 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 57, 93, 101 n.
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    THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF BAR ‘EBROYO’S CHRONICLE A Preliminary Study* Grigorios Bar ‘Ebroyo (1225/6-1285)1, the Syrian Orthodox maphrian of the East2, stands at a turning point in the history of Syriac literature since he lived just before the literary output by the Syriac communities dramatically decreased. Relying on a massive amount of earlier sources, his literary production is impressively wide, large-scale and encyclopedic and covers exegetical, theological, philosophical, historical, scientific, and poetical works. The political upheaval following the formal conver- sion of the Ilkhanid emperors to Islam (ca. 1295) marked a watershed in the history of Syriac communities, which from then on could no longer benefit from the favor of the Mongol court. The frequent pillaging and raids that affected the Near East in the 14th and 15th century eventually led to a crisis in the Syriac communities and the dearth of literary pro- duction in the following centuries. Against this backdrop, Bar ‘Ebroyo’s compilations met the needs of a public that wanted access to its cultural heritage by putting at its disposal short, accessible compilations. This explains the success Bar ‘Ebroyo enjoyed among audiences over the centuries resulting in the high number of manuscripts of his writings, which represents a unique case in the history of Syriac literature. The codex pro- duction of Bar ‘Ebroyo’s works allows therefore a unique insight into the history of their reception and is a fundamental issue scholars need to address both for the philological assessment of the text and for its literary analy- sis. Yet, despite its relevance, the textual tradition of Bar ‘Ebroyo’s works * The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ ERC Grant Agreement n.