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No Time Like The Present, Not Even The Glorious Pioneering Decades Between 1870 And 1930, Has Seen Such A High Number Of Able And Enthusiastic Contributors To Syriac Studies. 'syriac Lexis And Lexica: Compiling Ancient And Modern Vocabularies' Brings Together Contributions From Many Different Corners Of Lexicology And Lexicography, And Testifies To The Richness Of Such Subjects, Which Still Offer Scholars Many Possible Approaches And Research Trajectories. This Volume Is The Result Of A Round Table 'lexicologie Et Lexicographie Syriaque', Which Took Place At The 13th Syriac Symposium, Held In Paris In July 2022-- Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Editors And Contributors To This Volume -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section One: Syriac Lexicology And Lexicography -- Varia Lexicographica In Jacob Of Edessa’s Handbook Of Logic -- Towards A Historical Dictionary Of Syriac: The Case For Etymolog -- Section Two: Syriac And Foreign Lexis -- Iranian Loanwords In Syriac Seize Ans Après -- Syriac Rhetorical Lexica: Towards The Compilation Of A Trilingual Dictionary. -- Daniel The Annotator: Notes On Greek, Syriac And Arabic Glosses In The Manuscripts Copied By Daniel Of Mardin -- Section Three: Syriac And Neo-aramaic -- Two Syriac Lexical Items In The Light Of Neo-aramaic -- A Syriac-Ṭuroyo Glossary: Ksiqon Qfiso By Chorepiscopus Aḥo Of Sedari (mgmt 0004)