OBSERVATIONS ON BAR ‛EBROYO’S MARINE GEOGRAPHY
Journal: Hugoye Journal of Syriac Studies
Year: 2010

Descriptions of the world's seas are given by Bar Ebroyo (Barhebraeus) in several of his works. An examination of these geographical accounts shows that in composing them Bar Ebroyo has, as usual, used a variety of sources both in Syriac (incl. the Syriac De mundo; Jacob of Edessa's Hexaemeron or a work dependent thereupon) and in Arabic (incl. works of Brn; geographers of the "Balkh" school; Battn's Zj or a related work). A comparison of these accounts also brings to light certain tendencies th