# assyria assyrian assyrianflag aramaic ashur atorayta atadator mesopotamia shamash akkadian christian syriacchristianity semitic ancientneareast hammurabi orientalchristianity babylonian iraq middleeast diaspora dantegabrielrossetti englishart danterossetti rossetti romanticism lovebird lovebirdmania agapornis maskedlovebird smallparrots parrots hibiscus hibiscusflower hibiscusflowers hibiscussyriacus birdlifeaustralia birdlover irinaredine theartlovers giftart originalgiftideas

Hibiscus syriacus (1868) by Abraham Jacobus Wendel (1826-1915)
Chromolithograph: G. Severeyns.

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2023-02-28

Panchatantra was also translated into Old Syriac in present-day Iraq & spread to the Byzantine Empire. 4/7

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2023-01-05

A rainbow cross from a 13th century Syriac evangeliary.

Berlin, Sachau 322

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2022-06-02

Mor Gabriel Monastery (Midyat) MS 310, a Syriac Evangelion dated 1905 https://t.co/eZvjHBTGW2

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2022-03-11