The Chronicle of Edessa
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The Chronicle of Edessa is one of the most important and authoritative early Chronicles. It is extant in a single manuscript, now in the Vatican (Syr. 163).
The Chronicle is notable for recording a flood which destroyed a Christian church in Edessa in November 201 AD; and also for not recording the legendary activities of the apostle Thaddeus (Addai) recorded in other Syriac literature.
Bibliography
Ignatius Guidi, ed., Chronica minora (CSCO 1; Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1903), pp.1- 13
Links
- Description of Codex Vaticanus Syriacus 163 -- the only manuscript of the work. This is now available on CDROM.
