Moses the Indian (text) - ܡܘܫܐ ܗܢܕܘܝܐ

Titles

• ܡܘܫܐ ܗܢܕܘܝܐ1
• Mūšē Hendwāyā1
• Moïse l’Indien (texte)1
• Moses the Indian (text)1

Creators

• Palladius of Aspuna — ܦܠܕܝܣ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

Incipit

“ܐܝܬ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܕܝܢ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܕ: ܕܫܡܗ ܗܘܐ ܡܘܫܐ: ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܒܓܢܣܗ ܓܝܪ... ܗܢܕܘܝܐ ܘܒܣܪܗ ܐܘܟܡܐ ܗܘܿܐ”1 “Il y avait un homme qui s’appelait Moïse et qui par sa famille était Indien et en effet sa chair était noire.”1

Explicit

“ܗܫܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܬܠܡܝܕܘ̈ܗܝ ܘܡܬܓܒܪ̈ܝ ܒܕܚܠܬ ܐܠܗܐ.”1 “Maintenant tous sont ses disciples et sont devenus vaillants dans la crainte de Dieu.”1

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 7p: p. 219-224. 1
• René Draguet, ed., Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, I. Les manuscrits. Édition des pièces liminaires et des ch. 1-19, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 389 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), p: p. 154-164. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Vatican, Syr. 126, f. 43v-44v + Borg. Syr. 39, f. 66v-68v
• Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Paradise, Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and Others: The Syriac Texts, According to the Recension of ‘Anân-Îshô‘ of Bêth ‘Âbhê, Edited with an English Translation, 2 vols., Lady Meux Manuscript 6 (London: W. Drugulin, 1904), vol: 2p: p. 266-270 (syr.). 1
  • Note: Based on Lady Meux 6
  • Note: Based on ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 635 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 211 Vosté?), f. 45-48

Manuscripts

This is not a comprehensive list of manuscripts related to this work.

• Lady Meux 6 1
  • Note: (?)1
• ms Vatican, Syr. 126, f. 43v-44v + Borg. Syr. 39, f. 66v-68v1
• ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 635 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences, cod. 211 Vosté?), f. 45-481
• Paris, Bibliothèque nationale syr. 235 , f. 312v-315v1
• Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. quart. 1051 Assfalg 25 , f. 217-2191
• Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard University Library Syr. 59 1
• ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 85, f. 59-61v + Syr. 593, f. 49-511
• London, British Library Or. 3337 , f. 254-2601

Modern Translations

This is not a comprehensive list of modern translations related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• French: René Draguet, ed., Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, I. Les recensions. Version des pièces liminaires et des ch. 1-19, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 390 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), p: 108-114. 1
• English: Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Paradise, Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and Others: The Syriac Texts, According to the Recension of ‘Anân-Îshô‘ of Bêth ‘Âbhê, Edited with an English Translation, 2 vols., Lady Meux Manuscript 6 (London: W. Drugulin, 1904), vol: 1p: 328-332. 1
• Italian: Italo Pizzi, Storia Di San Mosè Ladrone, Bessarione 10 (1901): 387–89, p: 387-389. 1

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 262.