Melania the Elder (text) - ܡܠܢܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܫܘܝܬ ܠܛܘ̈ܒܐ ܡܠܢܝܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܿ ܗܘ̣ܬ ܒܓܢܣܗܿ ܡܢ ܐܣܦܢܝܐ: ܐܘ ܟܝܬ ܡܢ ܪܗܘܡܐ: ܒܪܬܗ ܕܡܪܩܠܝܢܘܣ ܐܘܦܗܦܛܘܢ...”
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“La sainte et enviable Mélanie était par sa famille originaire d’Espagne ou bien de Rome, fille de Marcellinus, apo hypatôn.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܘܗܟܢܐ ܐܫܩܠܬ ܠܘܬ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܪܗܿ. ܗܘܿ ܕܢܬܠ ܠܢ ܒܝܕ ܪ̈ܚܡܘܗܝ: ܕܒܨ̈ܠܘܬܗܿ ܢܬܡܨܐ ܠܡܬܓܢܒܪܘ ܐܟܘܬܗܿ ܒܕܡܘܬܗܿ: ܘܢܚܙܝܗܿ ܥܡ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ... ܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Et ainsi elle s’envola vers le Christ son Seigneur; qu’il (nous) donne dans sa miséricorde que par ses prières nous puissions être fermes comme elle et la voir avec tous les saints… Amen.”
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Editions
Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., vol: 7, : p. 131-139.
(Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
(Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
René Draguet (ed.), Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, II. Édition des ch.
20-71, épilogue [72-73], Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 398 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), vol: 2, : p. 296-305.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 4. See below.)
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 4. See below.)
The Book of Paradise: Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of
the Egyptian Desert, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (Leipzig: W. Drugulin, 1904)., vol: 2, : p. 192-198 (syr.).
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)Modern Translations
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1 Ancient Versions
Latin:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Arabic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Armenian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Georgian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Soghdian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Slavic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Coptic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Ethiopic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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1 Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Lady Meux 6 (?)
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ms Vatican, Syr. 126, f. 27-28v
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 1 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 226.
- 2 C. Butler, A Critical Discussion together with Notes on Early Egyptian Monachism, Texts and Studies, vol. 6/1 (Cambridge, 1898)The Lausiac History of Palladius vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898), pp: 77-96.
- 2b C. Butler, The Greek Text Edited with Introduction and Notes, Texts and Studies, vol. 6/2 (Cambridge, 1904)The Lausiac History of Palladius vol. 2 (Cambridge, 1904), pp: lxxvii-lxxx.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Melania the Elder (text) — ܡܠܢܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ
” in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/446.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Melania the Elder (text) — ܡܠܢܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/446.About this Entry
Entry Title: Melania the Elder (text) — ܡܠܢܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne