Garschuni
Garschuni or Karschuni (English Garshuni or Karshuni , Syrian ܓܪܫܘܢܝ, Arabic كرشوني) is a Syrian script ( Aramaic ) used for the writing of Arabic , which originated from the Christian-Syrian tradition .
It is still used in the liturgy of some Syrian churches today. There is an extensive literature, including the vita of John the Baptist and the story of the Sibyl in it.
The Syriac Unicode block also contains Garschuni codes .
literature
- Leon Nemoy (Ed.): Arabic manuscripts in the Yale University Library . New Haven, 1956 (Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 40).
- J. Schleifer: The story of the Sibylle. An apocryphal from the Carschun, Arabic and Ethiopian manuscripts from London, Oxford, Paris and Rome . Vienna, On commission from Alfred Hölder. 1908 (Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, Volume 53, Treatise)
- Benjamin Falk Salomon: Contributions to the fable literature based on two Karschuni manuscripts . Strasbourg: Trübner, 1908.
- George Margoliouth: Descriptive list of Syriac and Karshuni manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since 1873 . London 1899.
- Julius Assfalg: Small dictionary of the Christian Orient . Wiesbaden 1975.