Note 28 — INTRODUCTION THE ORIGIN OF THE MANUSCRIPT
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Such as their ceremonies at Šeiḫ ‘Adî (Badger, The Nestorians, I, 117), which have obtained for them the name Cheraḡ Sonderan, “The Extinguishers of Light.” Bar Hebraeus (Chronicon Eccles., ed. Abeloos-Lamy, I, 219) speaks of similar practices among what he calls “Borborians,” a branch of the Manichaeans, and calls them “The Extinguishers of Light.” This name is applied to other eastern sects also; see Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, V, 124.