* These letters do not join to the following letter (to the left). In some older texts, all letters can join to the left. In some styles of Madnhāyā script, Taw-Ālaph form a ligature, whereas Taw does not usually join to the left.
Narsai and Jacob timeline
c.399 — Narsai born at ‘Ain Dulba in Ma‘alta
412 — Rabbula becomes bishop of Edessa
431 — Council of Ephesus: Rabbula supporst Cyril of Alexandria and burns the works of Theodore of Mopsuestia
435 — Rabbula dies and Ibas becomes bishop of Edessa
c.437 — Narsai begins to teach at the School of Edessa
449 — Ibas condemned by the Latrocinium of Ephesus, and replaced by Nonnus
451 — Ibas restored by the Council of Chalcedon
451 — Jacob born in Kurtam on the Euphrates
457 — Ibas dies and is succeded by Nonnus
471 — Cyrus becomes bishop of Edessa, and Narsai leaves for Nisibis
489 — Emperor Zeno closes the School of Edessa
496 — The Statutes of the School of Nisibis show Narsai is still alive there
c.502 — Narsai dies in Nisibis
503 — Shah Kavadh I lays bitter siege to Amid
519 — Jacob elected as bishop of Batnan da-Srugh
519–520 — Jacob writes a letter to the Ḥimyarite Christians of Najrān
29 Novemeber 521 — Jacob dies in Batnan da-Srugh
School of Nisibis timeline (from Becker)
363 —
Julian the Apostate dies; Nisibis ceded to the Sasanian Empire; Ephrem of Nisibis migrates to Edessa
* These letters do not join to the following letter (to the left). In some older texts, all letters can join to the left. In some styles of Madnhāyā script, Taw-Ālaph form a ligature, whereas Taw does not usually join to the left.
Narsai and Jacob timeline
c.399 — Narsai born at ‘Ain Dulba in Ma‘alta
412 — Rabbula becomes bishop of Edessa
431 — Council of Ephesus: Rabbula supporst Cyril of Alexandria and burns the works of Theodore of Mopsuestia
435 — Rabbula dies and Ibas becomes bishop of Edessa
c.437 — Narsai begins to teach at the School of Edessa
449 — Ibas condemned by the Latrocinium of Ephesus, and replaced by Nonnus
451 — Ibas restored by the Council of Chalcedon
451 — Jacob born in Kurtam on the Euphrates
457 — Ibas dies and is succeded by Nonnus
471 — Cyrus becomes bishop of Edessa, and Narsai leaves for Nisibis
489 — Emperor Zeno closes the School of Edessa
496 — The Statutes of the School of Nisibis show Narsai is still alive there
c.502 — Narsai dies in Nisibis
503 — Shah Kavadh I lays bitter siege to Amid
519 — Jacob elected as bishop of Batnan da-Srugh
519–520 — Jacob writes a letter to the Ḥimyarite Christians of Najrān
29 Novemeber 521 — Jacob dies in Batnan da-Srugh
School of Nisibis timeline (from Becker)
363 —
Julian the Apostate dies; Nisibis ceded to the Sasanian Empire; Ephrem of Nisibis migrates to Edessa