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Legend of Jacob of Nisibis and a plank from the Ark

· by Faustus of Byzantium

By the 5th century a legend held that Jacob of Nisibis climbed toward the Ark and received a board from it from an angel; Etchmiadzin displays a relic said to be that wood.

Ornate 1698 reliquary at Etchmiadzin Cathedral said to contain a plank from Noah's Ark
Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Details

Faustus of Byzantium placed the mountain in the district of Korduk' (Corduene). Armenians later relocated the legend to Masis (Mount Ararat) after the late 11th century. Date is circa.

Claimant
Faustus of Byzantium
Sites
Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Mount Ararat

Sources (1)

  1. Searches for Noah's Ark
    Wikipedia · published

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