Zuqnin Monastery

Zuqnin Monastery was an ancient Christian monastery located just to the north of Amida,[1] near the modern-day city of Diyarbakır in eastern Turkey. John of Ephesus was ordained here by John of Tella in 529.[2] It is at this monastery that the Zuqnin Chronicle was written by a West Syrian monk, probably Joshua the Stylite, in around 775, of which the monastery is most associated with.[3][4] The library of the monastery was of considerable renown to scholars in the area, containing many valuable books, including the works of Eusebius, Socrates, John of Ephesus and the Chronicle of Zuqnin.[5]

References

1. Witakowski, Witold (1987). The Syriac chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Maḥrē: a study in the history of historiography. Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-554-1967-7. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
2. Uhlig, Siegbert (2007). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 296. ISBN 978-3-447-05607-6. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
3. Goldbæk, Henning (1993). En beduin ved navn Gustave: tre essays om orientalismen i Baudelaires og Flauberts tidsalder. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-87-7289-236-8. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. Harrak, Amir (1999). The Chronicle of Zuqnīn, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775 : translated from Syriac with notes and introduction. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 978-0-88844-286-4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
5. Palmer, Andrew; Brock, Sebastian P. (1993). The Seventh Century in the West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-85323-238-4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.