Text 8: From the Verba Seniorum (ff. 60R.1-61V)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Contents 7
4. Abbreviations 9
5. Introduction 13
6. General concordance 22
7. Explanation oî symbols and conventions employed in this edition 27
8. TEXTS
9. Text 1: The story of Pethion (ff. 1-27 and fragments a—e) 29
10. Excursus 1: The language and orthography of Text 1 65
11. Excursus 2: The Persian names in Text 1 68
12. Text 2 : An unidentified homily on the solitary life (f. 31) 69
13. Text 3: Dadiso' Qatraya's commentary 0 x 1 the fifteenth homily of Abba Isaiah (ff. *39-*48R.24) 78
14. Text 4: A metrical homily 'On the final evil hour' by Mar Babay the Less (Babay bar Nsibnaye) (ff. *48R.24-*54R) 87
15. Text 5: The Apostolic Canons (îî. *54Y-*56V.15) 101
16. Text 7: An unidentified homily 'On the mercy of God' (ff. *57Y.16-60R.l) 121
17. Text 8: From the Verba Seniorum (ff. 60R.1-61V) 124
18. Text 9: The Persian martyrs under Säpür II (ff. *64-*69) 137
19. Text 10 : The Sleepers of Ephesus (f. *77) 154
20. Text 11: The story of Eustathius (ff. *83-*91V.9) 158
21. Text 12: On humility (ff. *91Y.10-*94R.28) 165
22. Text 13: The Antirrheticus of Evagrius Ponticus (fï. *94R.28-*120Y.6) 168
23. Excursus 3: Some remarks on the language and orthography of Texts 2 - 1 3 183
24. Text 14: Incipit of the story oí Pethion (f. *120V.7-12) 185
25. Unplaced fragments (fragments A-W) 186
26. A note on the Syriac pointing employed in C2 190
27. Morphological analysis of C2 191
28. GLOSSARY 201
29. Indexes 240
30. PLATES 251