Sergey Frantsouzoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4143941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergey Frantsouzoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergey |
| FAMILY NAME | Frantsouzoff |
| SIGNATURE | FRANTSOUZOFF S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences; National Research University Higher School of Economics; St. Petersburg State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3945-8898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Sabaean goddess in Ḥaḍramawt and some peculiarities of her cult at the temple Raḥbān (site Raybūn)
In the present article the author examines some distinctive features of the veneration of the Sabaean goddess Dhât Ḥimyam in the temple Raḥbân located at the site Raybūn in the western part of inland Hadramawt. The article is based on a selection of inscriptions discovered during the excavations of the above-mentioned sanctuary by the Soviet‐Yemenite Complex Expedition in 1984, 1988–1990. Special attention is given to: the syncretism of Dhât Himy…
The Maronites’ historical myth in a document of the 17th century from the National Library of Russia
The article examines an historical section called al-Sharh (“Interpretation”) of a Maronite document about their confession compiled at the request of the Ambassador of France in Constantinople Charles François Olier, marquis de Nointel by the contemporary Antiochan (Maronite) patriarch, the famous historian Stephen al-Duwayhi on the 16th of June, AD 1673. The present treatise is written in Arabic with the Gharshuni script (Syriac letters) and is…
On the Issue of the Original Language and Translations of John of Nikiu’s Chronicle
The article examines several linguistical and philological features of the text of John of Nikiu’s Chronicle. This Chronicle was written in the late 7th century, then it was translated at least twice: from the original language (Greek or Coptic) into Arabic and from Arabic into Ge’ez. The only survived version is the Ge’ez one, therefore the issue of the original language of this Chronicle has been a debatable question since the beginning of the …
Manuscripts on the Warfare from the Collection of the Asiatic Museum
In the article a short survey of βive works on warfare from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences is given. Those manuscripts were received by the Asiatic Museum (AM) from AD 1825 to AD 1934 and originate in such well-known collections, as that of J.-B. L. J. Rousseau, the Library of the Institute of Oriental Languages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Lake Van gathering. The latest recei…
On topoi in Arab Islamic historiography
In the article the presence of topoi in early Arab Islamic historiography is substantiated for the βirst time. They are considered in the sense given to this term in literary criticism, i.e. as repetitive motives of folklore origin that were recorded in written form. For an example the author took the plot of surrender of a city (fortress) according to an agreement, in which the names of those who received mercy were enumerated, but the commander…
Shorter treatise on creed by the Syrian Jacobite enlightener John Ibn al-Ghurayr in the National library of Russia
The article examines a shorter treatise of Anti-Calvinist orientation about the confession (especially on the Eucharist) compiled on the 1st of October, AD 1671, by the outstanding guardian of written heritage of the Syrian Jacobite community of Damascus John (Gregory as bishop) Ibn al-Ghurayr on requsest of the Jesuit priest Michel Nau for the Ambassador of France to the Sublime Porte Charles François Olier de Nointel who certified it on the 1st…
“Apparently, their mother gave birth to them on Monday…” (on the earliest note to the oldest full manuscript of the Arabic Bible)
In the article the earliest note to the oldest complete copy of the Bible translated into Arabic, kept now in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the RAS under shelf-mark D 226, t. 1–3, is edited with Russian translation and commentary. It contains the precise datings of two events: the entry of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I on the 27th of Radjab of AH 922 (the 26th of August of AD 1516) and the defeat of the rebel army of the Mamluk Djan-Birdi…
Self-Destruction of Idols in Arab Muslim Historiography
The article deals with a potential source and the subsequent borrowing of the motif of the self-destruction of the pagan idols. This motif is common in Eastern Christian apocrypha and hagiographic tales and also in the Arab Islamic tradition. In Muslim historiography, among stories about the destiny of ancient Arabian images, such a motif is found only twice. Both legends are connected with pre-Islanic Ḥaḍramawt, the autonomous region in Yemen. O…
The Book of Paroemias of 1775 as a specimen of the printing-house production at al-Shuwayr
In the article the Book of Paroemias issued in al-Shuwayr in AD 1775, purchased in Beirut in December of 2005 and kept now in a private collection of St. Petersburg is examined in detail. The author gave a full description of that copy from the point of view of its design, state of preservation and also of its contents. He traced the foundation of a monastery of St. John the Baptist in al-Shuwayr on the turn of the 17th – 18th century AD, its tur…
Aenigmatic Names
The corruption of personal names in Arabic, especially those borrowed from foreign languages (such as Greek), goes back to the specific features of its script and often results in the multiplication of historical figures and hagiographic characters. In this article, is analysed the orthography and functional features of the name of the Jewish king of Ḥimyar Yōsēf called Y(w)sf/’s’r/Yṯ’r in the South Arabian epigraphic documentation and Yūsuf Dhū …
Witnessed in Stone
The present article deals with the authenticity of early Islamic historical tradition. The sceptical approach of some Western scholars is balanced by an attempt to substantiate the data available in the Arab Muslim sources with the information from the inscriptions from South Arabia. The author was fortunate to discover an Islamic source, which dates back to the first half of 9 th century AD, the Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt alkabīr by Ibn Sa‘d, which compri…
Arabic Manuscript Book Traditions
The article deals with the phenomenon of medieval Arabic manuscript book or a book written in Arabic script in non-Arabic language. Despite the large number of works where this phenomenon was analyzed, their authors did not provide a clear list of the criteria, which are specific to the Arabic manuscript book tradition in comparison to other medieval manuscript traditions of the West and East. Methodologically, the work is based on the principles…
The First Step to Apostasy? (An Ethiopian Ruler’s Missive to the Sultan Baybars Re-interpreted)
A majority of the sources on medieval Ethiopia are written in the Gǝ‘ǝz language in the “genre” of history. However, some texts written in Arabic remain equally important. Among such texts the missive addressed by a ruler of Ethiopia to the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (known as al-Malik al-Ẓāhir) in AH 673 / AD 1274-75 is of considerable interest. The Ethiopian ruler can be identified as the founder of the Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty Yǝkunno Amlak. The…
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Arabic Manuscript Book Traditions
The article deals with the phenomenon of medieval Arabic manuscript book or a book written in Arabic script in non-Arabic language. Despite the large number of works where this phenomenon was analyzed, their authors did not provide a clear list of the criteria, which are specific to the Arabic manuscript book tradition in comparison to other medieval manuscript traditions of the West and East. Methodologically, the work is based on the principles…
The First Step to Apostasy? (An Ethiopian Ruler’s Missive to the Sultan Baybars Re-interpreted)
A majority of the sources on medieval Ethiopia are written in the Gǝ‘ǝz language in the “genre” of history. However, some texts written in Arabic remain equally important. Among such texts the missive addressed by a ruler of Ethiopia to the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (known as al-Malik al-Ẓāhir) in AH 673 / AD 1274-75 is of considerable interest. The Ethiopian ruler can be identified as the founder of the Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty Yǝkunno Amlak. The…
Witnessed in Stone
The present article deals with the authenticity of early Islamic historical tradition. The sceptical approach of some Western scholars is balanced by an attempt to substantiate the data available in the Arab Muslim sources with the information from the inscriptions from South Arabia. The author was fortunate to discover an Islamic source, which dates back to the first half of 9 th century AD, the Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt alkabīr by Ibn Sa‘d, which compri…
The Book of Paroemias of 1775 as a specimen of the printing-house production at al-Shuwayr
In the article the Book of Paroemias issued in al-Shuwayr in AD 1775, purchased in Beirut in December of 2005 and kept now in a private collection of St. Petersburg is examined in detail. The author gave a full description of that copy from the point of view of its design, state of preservation and also of its contents. He traced the foundation of a monastery of St. John the Baptist in al-Shuwayr on the turn of the 17th – 18th century AD, its tur…
Aenigmatic Names
The corruption of personal names in Arabic, especially those borrowed from foreign languages (such as Greek), goes back to the specific features of its script and often results in the multiplication of historical figures and hagiographic characters. In this article, is analysed the orthography and functional features of the name of the Jewish king of Ḥimyar Yōsēf called Y(w)sf/’s’r/Yṯ’r in the South Arabian epigraphic documentation and Yūsuf Dhū …
“Apparently, their mother gave birth to them on Monday…” (on the earliest note to the oldest full manuscript of the Arabic Bible)
In the article the earliest note to the oldest complete copy of the Bible translated into Arabic, kept now in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the RAS under shelf-mark D 226, t. 1–3, is edited with Russian translation and commentary. It contains the precise datings of two events: the entry of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I on the 27th of Radjab of AH 922 (the 26th of August of AD 1516) and the defeat of the rebel army of the Mamluk Djan-Birdi…
Self-Destruction of Idols in Arab Muslim Historiography
The article deals with a potential source and the subsequent borrowing of the motif of the self-destruction of the pagan idols. This motif is common in Eastern Christian apocrypha and hagiographic tales and also in the Arab Islamic tradition. In Muslim historiography, among stories about the destiny of ancient Arabian images, such a motif is found only twice. Both legends are connected with pre-Islanic Ḥaḍramawt, the autonomous region in Yemen. O…
Manuscripts on the Warfare from the Collection of the Asiatic Museum
In the article a short survey of βive works on warfare from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences is given. Those manuscripts were received by the Asiatic Museum (AM) from AD 1825 to AD 1934 and originate in such well-known collections, as that of J.-B. L. J. Rousseau, the Library of the Institute of Oriental Languages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Lake Van gathering. The latest recei…
On topoi in Arab Islamic historiography
In the article the presence of topoi in early Arab Islamic historiography is substantiated for the βirst time. They are considered in the sense given to this term in literary criticism, i.e. as repetitive motives of folklore origin that were recorded in written form. For an example the author took the plot of surrender of a city (fortress) according to an agreement, in which the names of those who received mercy were enumerated, but the commander…
Shorter treatise on creed by the Syrian Jacobite enlightener John Ibn al-Ghurayr in the National library of Russia
The article examines a shorter treatise of Anti-Calvinist orientation about the confession (especially on the Eucharist) compiled on the 1st of October, AD 1671, by the outstanding guardian of written heritage of the Syrian Jacobite community of Damascus John (Gregory as bishop) Ibn al-Ghurayr on requsest of the Jesuit priest Michel Nau for the Ambassador of France to the Sublime Porte Charles François Olier de Nointel who certified it on the 1st…
The Maronites’ historical myth in a document of the 17th century from the National Library of Russia
The article examines an historical section called al-Sharh (“Interpretation”) of a Maronite document about their confession compiled at the request of the Ambassador of France in Constantinople Charles François Olier, marquis de Nointel by the contemporary Antiochan (Maronite) patriarch, the famous historian Stephen al-Duwayhi on the 16th of June, AD 1673. The present treatise is written in Arabic with the Gharshuni script (Syriac letters) and is…
On the Issue of the Original Language and Translations of John of Nikiu’s Chronicle
The article examines several linguistical and philological features of the text of John of Nikiu’s Chronicle. This Chronicle was written in the late 7th century, then it was translated at least twice: from the original language (Greek or Coptic) into Arabic and from Arabic into Ge’ez. The only survived version is the Ge’ez one, therefore the issue of the original language of this Chronicle has been a debatable question since the beginning of the …
A Sabaean goddess in Ḥaḍramawt and some peculiarities of her cult at the temple Raḥbān (site Raybūn)
In the present article the author examines some distinctive features of the veneration of the Sabaean goddess Dhât Ḥimyam in the temple Raḥbân located at the site Raybūn in the western part of inland Hadramawt. The article is based on a selection of inscriptions discovered during the excavations of the above-mentioned sanctuary by the Soviet‐Yemenite Complex Expedition in 1984, 1988–1990. Special attention is given to: the syncretism of Dhât Himy…
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