Nisibis

Nisibis (Greek Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin): ancient town in Mesopotamia, famous for its late-Roman school. See http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nisibis/nisibis.html. The school was founded ca 350 by Jacob of Nisibis (Mar Yaqub -St Jacobus) according the pattern of the school of Diodorus of Tarsus in Antioch.

See:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_of_Nisibis
2. Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrus, Jacobus of Nisibis in: De Vitis Patrum, Book IX, Chp. 1.  - http://www.vitae-patrum.org.uk/page126.html
3. Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition, Art and architecture