Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Bārbārā
Dorothea Reule
Titles
- ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘቅድስት፡ ባርባራ፡gez (Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Bārbārā gez, Vita and Martyrdom of St Barbara en)
- Martyrdom of Sts Barbara and Juliana (Barbārā and Yolyānā)en ( )
- Martyrdom of Sts Barbara and Juliana (Arabic version)en ( )
General description
This holy woman Barbara was the daughter of a judge, who was exceedingly great in the palace, and he lived in the days of the infidel Diocletian; he came from the country of the East and his name was Dioscurus. And Dioscurus made for his daughter a strong palace so that no one should ever see her; and he commanded [the builders] to make two windows, which would open in the bathhouse, and they did so. And when Saint Barbara saw the two windows she commanded the builders to make a third window, [and they did so] and then she made over the bath, with the water in it, the sign of the Life-giving Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. When her father came into the dwelling he saw what the builders had done, and that they had transgressed his command. And he asked them about this, and they said unto him, “Thy daughter Barbara commanded us [to do] this and we did it.” When he asked her, “Why hast thou done this?” she said unto him, “Know, O my father, that everything is completed in the Holy Trinity, and I have made three windows in the Name of the Holy Trinity. And this cross is a copy of the Cross-of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein was the salvation of the whole world. Turn, O my father, from thy error, and worship thy God Who created thee,” When her father heard these words he was wroth, he drew his sword and ran after her, but she fled from him; and there was a rock in front of her, and that rock split and she entered into it and was protected. And after this she returned and her father took her and handed her over to the governor, who tortured her severely. And there was there a certain woman whose name was Juliana, and she was looking at Saint Barbara when she was being tortured, and she wept for her. And our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Saint Barbara and strengthened and comforted her. And after this her father commanded his men to cut off her head, and the head of Juliana, and they cut off the heads of both of them with the sword, and the two women received crowns of martyrdom in the kingdom of the heavens; and fire came down from heaven and burnt up her father and Marcianus, the governor. And the bath which Saint Barbara had made for herself in the bathhouse, and on which was the sign of the Cross, became a means of healing unto the sick, for all those who bathed therein were healed of their diseases. Then [certain believers] took the bodies of the holy martyrs and laid them in the church outside the city which is called Galalya; and the bodies of these holy women and martyrs are this day in the church of Saints ‘Abuker and John the martyr in the city of Mesr (Cairo). Salutation to Barbara. Salutation to him that made strong her mind, namely ‘Anba Merena.
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- BL Or. 687-688 = BLW 258: 30 (XVIII s.): ff. 157va-159vc (f. 157v: 8 Tāḫśāś)BL Oriental 687Acts of Saints and Martyrs
- BL Or. 689 = BLW 253: 25 (XV s.): ff. 135ra-138vaBL Oriental 689Gadla samāʿtāt
- BerlD 66: 4 [Or. fol. 117] (XIV-XV s.): pp. 114b-131a (p. 114b: 8 Tāḫśāś)SBP, Ms. orient. Fol. 117Homilies and Hagiographies
- EMML 1479: 33 (1459-60): 247ra-251r (f. 247r: 8 Tāḫśāś)MS EMML no. 1479EMML 1479
- EMML 6903: 18 (XV s.): 103r-106rb (f. 103r: 8 Tāḫśāś)MS EMML no. 6903EMML 6903
- EMML 6965: 26 (XIV s.): ff. 157ra-160rb (f. 157r: 8 Tāḫśāś)MS EMML no. 6965EMML 6965
- Ṭānāsee 121 = Dāgā Esṭifānos 10: 24 (1416): A: IV: 2: ff. 160ra-163rb (f. 160r: 8 Tāḫśāś)Ṭānāsee 121Gadla samāʿtāt
- Dabra Libānos (XV s.) 28
- Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin), Hs. or. 9486 = ÄHS 175, Fragment Aeth. 1, Privatbesitz E. Hammerschmidt: 1 (XIV s.): f. 1ra-vb (framm.): ÄHS p. 379 "Das Fragment gehört zu jenen der Hss. Ṭānāsee 92 (II), 105 (I) und 110 (I) [vgl. VOHD XX 2, 121f, 151f. und 161f.], alles Handschriften von Rēmā, wo sie als Deckblätter für andere Handschriften verwendet worden sind".Hs. or. 9486Acts of martyrs
The work is also mentioned as an independent text in the famous inventory list of ʾIyasus Moʾa (year 1292). See also BHO nos. 132-134, Bibl. Sanct. II, p. 760-67
Secondary Bibliography
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Moreno, M. M. 1960. ‘Gli atti di Santa Barbara e Santa Giuliana nel Codice Berlinese 117 etiopico e nel codice Vaticano siriaco 202 in Karšūnī’, in Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi Etiopici (Roma, 2-4 aprile 1959)., Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 357, Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, 48 (Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1960), 353–386.
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Graf, G. 1944. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, I: Die Übersetzungen, I, Studi e Testi, 118 (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944). 499-501(about: title , Martyrdom of Sts Barbara and Juliana (Arabic version))
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501(about: title , Martyrdom of Sts Barbara and Juliana (Arabic version))
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Translation Bibliography
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Moreno, M. M. 1960. ‘Gli atti di Santa Barbara e Santa Giuliana nel Codice Berlinese 117 etiopico e nel codice Vaticano siriaco 202 in Karšūnī’, in Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi Etiopici (Roma, 2-4 aprile 1959)., Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 357, Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura, 48 (Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1960), 353–386. 374-386
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- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: added content biblio witnesses on 6.1.2022
- Massimo Villa Massimo Villa: Added bibliography, fixed title on 6.4.2017
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created file on 16.2.2017
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