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001 98171423
003 DLC
005 20000112114556.0
008 980716s1993 enkab 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aDS96.2$b.S48 1993
245 04 $aThe seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles /$cintroduced, translated, and annotated by Andrew Palmer ; including two seventh-century Syriac apocalyptic texts, introduced, translated, and annotated by Sebastian Brock ; with added annotation and an historical introduction by Robert Hoyland.
260 $aLiverpool, [Eng.] :$bLiverpool University Press,$c1993.
300 $alxvi, 305 p. :$bill., maps ;$c21 cm.
440 0 $aTranslated texts for historians ;$vv. 15
500 $a"Part One presents 12 texts written between 636 and 847, including date-lists, king-lists, anecdotal chronicles, inscriptions and a contemporary memorandum of the Arab conquest. Part Two contains a long extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234 with supplementary material from Michael the Syrian ... Part Three contains the last part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius and a related text from Edessa"--Back cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. lix-lxiii) and index.
651 0 $aSyria$xHistory$vSources.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$vSources.
700 1 $aPalmer, Andrew.
700 1 $aBrock, Sebastian P.
700 1 $aHoyland, Robert G.,$d1966-