Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Dayr al-Suryān — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ " in last modified February 6, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/360 Dayr al-Suryān Monastery of the Syrians ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ دير السريان Deir al-Surian Saint Mary Deipara (West Syrian) Convent of S. Mary Deipara, in the desert of Scete, in Egypt Monastery situated halfway between Cairo and Alexandria in Wadi al-Natrun, ancient Scetis, Egypt. 523. al-Suryān, Dayr ܕܰܒܫܶܡ ܡܳܪܬܰܢ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܒܡܰܕܒܪܳܐ ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ ܒܡܶܨܪܝܢ. ܡܶܣܬܒܰܪ ܒܶܢܝܳܢܗ ܒܕܳܪܳܐ ܚܡܝܫܳܝܳܐ ܙܰܒܢܗ ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܬܰܓܪܝܬܳܝܐ ܬܰܓܳܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ ܒܡܶܨܥܳܝ̈ܬܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܫܬܝܬܳܝܬܳܐ ܘܫܰܟܢܗ ܠܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ. ܥܳܡܪܺܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 1084 ܫܰܒܥܺܝܢ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ. ܘܩܰܘܝ ܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܒܗܽܘܢ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܦܶܠܓܳܗ̇ ܕܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ ܘܗܳܫܐ ܥܳܡܪܝܢ ܒܗ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܐܝܺܓܘܦܛܳܝ̈ܐ. باسم السيدة العذرآء في برية الاسقيط بمصر، يظن بنآؤه في القرن الخامس ابتاعه ماروثا التكريتي التاجر السرياني في اواسط المئة السادسة واوقفه على رهبان السريان وكان يحوي منهم سبعين راهباً عام 1084 وظلّ آهلا بهم الى منتصف المئة السابعة عشرة ويسكنه في هذا الوقت رهبان اقباط this monastery was built in the name of the Virgin in the Scete desert in Egypt, perhaps in the fifth century. In the middle of the sixth century the Syrian merchant Marutha of Takrit bought it and dedicated it to the Syrian monks, whose number reached seventy in 1084. Inhabited by Syrian monks until the seventeenth century, it is presently inhabited by Coptic monks. In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܕܐܶܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܣܶܪ̈ܐ should read ܕܶܐܣܩܺܝܛܝ and ܕܰܫܒܰܥܶܣܪ̈ܐ respectively. http://syriaca.org/place/360 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727108 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Monastery,_Egypt http://dbpedia.org/resource/Syrian_Monastery,_Egypt http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=D&sK=Deir al-Surian&sT=keywords L. Van Rompay 523. al-Suryān, Dayr The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 386-387 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 2, 27, 40–41 (with fig. 14), 43–44, 77, 89, 91, 103–106 (with fig. 37, 38), 109, 183, 209 (fig. 58), 210, 215, 245, 246, 248, 252, 262, 301–302 (with fig. 89, 90), 313, 317, 321 (with fig. 96), 326, 343, 367, 369 (fig. 110), 373, 386–387 (with fig. 113), 396, 427, 450 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 546-547 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 511 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 569 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Deir al-Surian David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 10 William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838 III 1261-1262 Nitrian desert Egypt