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SELECTIONS from the Fathers, comprising sermons and treatises of Evagrius, Xystus,...

Catalogue reference: Add MS 18817

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SELECTIONS from the Fathers, comprising sermons and treatises of Evagrius, Xystus, John the Monk, Jacob of Batnae, and Ephraim. At the end are some palimpsest leaves in a later hand, containing two sermons of John the Monk and Marcus the Monk, and a letter of Philoxenus. Syriac. (Imperfect.) Vellum; VIIIth or IXth cent. Quarto. Add. 18,817.

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Palimpsests: Syriac: 8th or 9th cent. Theology Syriac: Selections from the Fathers.: Syriac. Sixtus II; Pope: Sermons.: Syriac. Philoxenus, Bishop of Mabug: Letter.: Syriac. Mark, the Monk: Sermons.: Syriac. John, the Monk: Sermons: Syriac. Mar Jacob, Bishop of Batnæ: Sermons.: Syriac. Evagrius: Sermons.: Syriac. Saint Ephraem,; the Syrian: Sermones.: Syriac.

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English; Syriac

Creator(s)
Evagrius, Ponticus, Abbot of Scete, c 345-399
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1 item

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SELECTIONS from the Fathers, comprising sermons and treatises of Evagrius, Xystus, John the Monk, Jacob of Batnae, and Ephraim. At the end are some palimpsest leaves in a later hand, containing two sermons of John the Monk and Marcus the Monk, and a letter of Philoxenus. Syriac. (Imperfect.) Vellum; VIIIth or IXth cent. Quarto. Add. 18,817.