The Most Ancient Manuscript Witness to the Paradise of the Fathers (CPB 464, olim Mosul 810 and Mosul Scher 94): A New Description and Some Preliminary Remarks

The Most Ancient Manuscript Witness to the Paradise of the Fathers (CPB 464, olim Mosul 810 and Mosul Scher 94): A New Description and Some Preliminary RemarksHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9AJJKLYX/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GiovanniGomieroThe Most Ancient Manuscript Witness to the Paradise of the Fathers (CPB 464, olim Mosul 810 and Mosul Scher 94): A New Description and Some Preliminary Remarkshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9AJJKLYXhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/9AJJKLYXhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/9AJJKLYXHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies27:12024101-164In the comprehensive introduction to his edition of the Syriac Lausiaca, René Draguet discussed the tradition of the Paradise of the Fathers, a monastic collection of texts related to the Egyptian monasticism of the 4th c. This collection, which originated in the East-Syrian reformed monasticism of the 7th c., survives in several manuscripts, and the most ancient one is the olim Mosul / Scher 94, marked by Draguet as Mosul nr. 801. Long considered to have disappeared, it is conserved in the collection of the CNMO in Ankawa (Erbil, Iraq), and it is available online in the vHMML reading room without a detailed description or any hints underlining its importance. This study aims to shed new light on a manuscript that, despite its terrible state of preservation, remains key to understanding the manuscript and literary tradition of the Paradise of the Fathers. Gomiero, Giovanni. “The Most Ancient Manuscript Witness to the Paradise of the Fathers (CPB 464, Olim Mosul 810 and Mosul Scher 94): A New Description and Some Preliminary Remarks.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 27:1 (2024): 101–64. https://doi.org/https://hugoye.bethmardutho.org/article/hv27n1gomiero. Giovanni Gomiero, The Most Ancient Manuscript Witness to the Paradise of the Fathers (CPB 464, Olim Mosul 810 and Mosul Scher 94): A New Description and Some Preliminary Remarks,” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 27:1 (2024): 101–64, https://doi.org/https://hugoye.bethmardutho.org/article/hv27n1gomiero.