[Footnote 114: Theodore the Reader (l. ii. c. 5, 49, ad
calcem Hist. Eccles.) has noticed this Persian school of
Edessa. Its ancient splendor, and the two aeras of its
downfall, (A.D. 431 and 489) are clearly discussed by
Assemanni, (Biblioth. Orient. tom. ii. p. 402, iii. p. 376,
378, iv. p. 70, 924.)]