Macarius the Alexandrian (text) - ܡܩܪܝܣ

Titles

• ܡܩܪܝܣ1
• Māqārīs1
• Macaire l’Alexandrin (texte)1
• Macarius the Alexandrian (text)1

Creators

• ʿEnanishoʿ — ܥܢܢܝܫܘܥ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/423
• BHS: 203
• BHO: 849
• CPG: 6036

Incipit

"ܠܗܘܿ ܕܝܢ ܡܩܪܝܣ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ ܐܢܐ ܚܙܝܬܗ: ܘܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ: ܒܕܘܟܬܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܩܠܝ̈ܬܐ."1 "L’autre Macaire, l’Alexandrin, le l’ai vu; il était prêtre dans un lieu appelé les Cellules."1

Explicit

"ܗܘܿ ܕܐܦ ܠܗ ܡܛܝܒ ܐܢܐ ܕܒܥܘܕܪܢܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܟܬܒܝܘܗܝ ܒܕܘܟܬܐ ܕܙܕܘܐ."1 "Ce que que je prépare aussi, avec l’aide de Dieu pour l’écrire à la place qui convient."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. 67-81. 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. 131-153. 1
  • Note: Based on Vatican Syr. 126
• 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. 144-154 (syr.). 1
  • Note: Based on Lady Meux 6

Manuscripts

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• Lady Meux 6 1
  • Note: (?)1
• Vatican Syr. 126 , f. 15v-181

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: 99-101 et 94-107. 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: 171-183. 1

Ancient Versions

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• Latin: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Arabic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Armenian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Georgian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Sogdian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Old Church Slavonic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Coptic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Geʽez: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 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: 203.
• C. Butler, A Critical Discussion Together with Notes on Early Egyptian Monachism, Texts and Studies 6/1 (Cambridge, 1898), p: 77-96.
• C. Butler, The Greek Text Edited with Introduction and Notes, Texts and Studies 6/2 (Cambridge, 1904), p: lxxvii-lxxx.