Philoxenus, Ascetic Discourses (1894) pp.xlviii-lxvi. List of works of Philoxenus 

THE WORKS OF PHILOXENUS.

The following is a list of the works of Philoxenus preserved in London, Paris, Rome, and Oxford.

 I.  A literal translation of the Old and New Testaments which was completed about A.D. 508  1  * Compare the following from Brit. Mus. MS. Add. 7,163, fol. 35b:---- [Syriac] . This great work was completed with the assistance of the chorepiscopus, Polycarp  2  1 See Assemânî, B. O., ii, 23. , and was well received by the Jacobite church. Moses of Aggêl  3  2 The translator of the writings of Cyril of Alexandria into Syriac; he wrote after the death of Philoxenus and the chorepiscopus Polycarp, and Wright places him from about A. D. 550-570. See Wright, Syriac Literature, p. 836. ,  |xlix  who flourished about the middle of the VIth century refers to Philoxenus' version of the New Testament and of the Psalms as the standard work of the day  4  1 See B. O., ii. 83; and Guidi, Rendiconti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, May and June 1886, p. 404. . The British Museum MS. Add. 17,106 (foll. 74-87)  5  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 28. contains portions of Isaiah (ch. xxviii. 3-17, xlii. 17-xlix. 18, and lxvi. 11-23)  6  3 Edited by Ceriani, Monumenta Sacra et Profana, v. i. pp. 1-40 ; and see Wright, Syriac Literature, p. 825. , and a manuscript of the XIth or XIIth century at Rome contains the text of the Gospels; Dr. Wright was inclined to think that the Beyrût MS. described by the Rev. Isaac Hall also contained the Gospels in this version  7  4 Wright, Syr. Lit., p. 825. .

 II.  A Commentary on the New Testament. Fragments of the Commentary on Saint Matthew are preserved in Add. 17, 126  8  5 This MS. is dated A.Gr. 822=A. D. 511, and was therefore written before the author's death; see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 526. col. 1 ; and B. O., ii. p. 19. ; Add. 14,646, fol. 202b (IXth century)  9  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 533. ; Add. 14,613, fol. 162a (IXth or Xth century)  10  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 813. col. 1. ; Add. 17,193, fol. 97a (dated A.Gr. 1185 =A.D. 874)  11  8 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 1001. col. 1. ; Add. 12,154, fol. 64a (VIIIth or IXth century)  12  9 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 981. col. 2. ; fragments of the Commentary on Saint Luke are preserved in Add. 17,126, fol. 3  8  5 This MS. is dated A.Gr. 822=A. D. 511, and was therefore written before the author's death; see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 526. col. 1 ; and B. O., ii. p. 19. ; Add. 17,267, fol. 20a (XIIIth century)  13  10 . See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 884. col. 2. ; Add. 14,727, fol. 120a  |l  (XIIIth century)  14  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 887. col. 1. ; fragments of the Commentary on Saint John are preserved in Add 14,534, fol. 16a ff. (early Vlth century)  15  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 526. col. 2. , and in Add. 14,538, fol. 23  b (Xth century)  16  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 1005. col. 2. ; and a fragment of the Commentary on 1 John v. 6 is extant in Add. 17,193, fol. 94b (dated A. Gr. 1185=A. D. 874)  17  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 989. col. 1. ).

 III.  An Order of Holy Baptism, [Syriac]  18  5 See Assemânî, B. O., ii. p. 24. col. 2. .

 IV.  A lesser Order of the Consecration of Water for Baptism, to be used in the case of a child who will certainly die, and cometh to be baptized, [Syriac] Add. 14,499, fol. 25a (Xth or XIth century)  19  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 229. col. 2. .

 V.  Eucharistic prayers:

(a) "When a man wisheth to draw nigh to the Holy Mysteries let him pray thus: To Thee, O Christ, the Lamb of God, I pray at this time in fear." [Syriac]
(b) "Another prayer [to be said] when a man taketh the living Body in his hands: Thee, O living God, Who hast become embodied in bread, do I bear [in my hands]  20  7 Both these prayers are in Add. 17,125. fol. 78a (IXth or Xth century); see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 124. col. 2. ."  |li 

 VI.  Anaphoras.

(a) Anaphora beginning: [Syriac] Add. 14,690, fol. 133a (dated A. Gr. 1493=A. D. 1182)  21  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 205. col. 2. Other copies exist in the Vatican (see Assemânî, B. O., ii. p. 24. col. 2), and in the Louvre (see Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 48. col. 2); for a translation see Renaudot, Liturg. Orient., ii. p. 310. .
(b) Anaphora beginning: [Syriac] Add. 17,229, fol. 2b (dated A. Gr. 1529 = A. D. 1218)  22  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 209. col. 2, and p. 210. col. 2. Another copy is in the Vatican (see Assemânî, B. O., ii. p. 24. col. 2). ; Add. 14,694, fol. 87a (XIIIth century)  23  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 207. col. 2. Other copies are preserved in the Louvre (see Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 41. col. 1, p. 42. col. 2), and for a translation see Renaudot, Liturg. Orient., ii. p. 310. .
(c) Anaphora beginning: Add. 17,229, fol. 56a (XIIIth century)  24  4 See Wright, Cat.MSS.Syr., p. 209. col. 1.----For fragments of other anaphoras see Add. 14,736, fol. 33 (Wright, p. 210. col. 1); Add. 14,738, fol. 16 a , 17 a (Wright, p. 212, col. 2); Payne Smith, Cat. Codd. MSS.Bibl.Bodl., Oxford, 1864, col. 230; and see Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 51. col. 1, p. 52. col. 1. .

 VII.  An exposition on the parable of the ten talents  25  5 See Payne Smith, Cat. Codd. MSS., Bibl. Bodl., col. 469. .

 VIII.  A treatise showing that one Person of the Holy Trinity became incarnate and suffered for us. The title runs: ----  26  1 A copy of this most important work is preserved in the Vatican (see B. O., ii. p. 27), and the title runs [Syriac] This MS. is dated 564. [Syriac]  |lii  This is followed in the MS. by extracts from the treatise of an anonymous writer against Philoxenus, which caused the latter to write the above discourse: [Syriac] and after this comes a copy of the letter to the monks against which the anonymous writer composed his treatise, and a collection of extracts from the works of the Fathers which support the views of Philoxenus  27  2 All the above are found in Add. 12,164, foll, 1b-135a (VIth century); see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 527. col. 1. Extracts from the Discourses of Philoxenus on the Incarnation of our Lord are preserved in Add. 14,663, fol. 9a f . (VIth or VIIth century); see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 692. col. 1. .

 IX.  Three Discourses on the Trinity and on the Incarnation : [Syriac].  28  3 See B. O., ii. p. 25. col. 1.

 X.  Thirteen Discourses on the Christian life and character: ----[Syriac].  29  4 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., pp. 149, 150. Nineteen MSS. in the British Museum contain these Discourses, in whole or in part; a list of them is given and their contents are tabulated on pp. xciv, xcv. An Arabic translation of the Discourses was made by one Moses, which seems to be extant in one MS. only: see Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 194. col. 2, p. 195. col. 1.  |liii 

 XI.  A tract on various heresies (Manes, Marcion, Eutyches, Diodorus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret, Nestorius,  etc .), and a profession of faith: [Syriac] Add. 14, 529, fol. 65b (VIIth or VIIIth century)  30  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 920. See also Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 75. col. 1. .

 XII.  Twelve Chapters against those who maintain two natures in Christ and one Person: [Syriac]. Add. 14,597, fol. 91a (dated A. Gr. 880=A.D. 569)  31  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 649. col. 1. An extract from this work is preserved in Add. 17,201. fol. 14a (VIth or VIIth century); see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 690. col. 2. .

 XIII.  Twenty Chapters against the Nestorians: [Syriac] Add. 14,597, fol. 98b.

 XIV.  Seven Chapters against Nestorius, Diodorus of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and those who hold the doctrine of two natures, and accepting the Henoticon and the twelve Chapters of Cyril: [Syriac] Add. 14,529, fol. 66b (VIIth or VIII century)  32  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 920. col. 1.

 XV.  Five Chapters against the Nestorians : [Syriac]  |liv  Add. 14,604, foll. 67a - 68a, and foll. 111b - 113  a (VIIth century)  33  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS. } p. 724. col. 2. .

 XVI.  A Discourse against the Nestorians and Eutychians: [Syriac]

 XVII.  A Disputation with a Nestorian scribe concerning Jesus Christ: [Syriac]  34  2 See B. O., ii. p. 45. col. 2. Portions of this treatise are also found in Add. 14,628, foll. 9-20 (VIth or VIIth century); see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 533, col. 1, where it is described as a dialogue between the Church and a Nestorian.

 XVIII.  Ten chapters against those who divide our Lord after His indivisible union: [Syriac]  35  3 See B. O., ii. p. 45. col. 2. No. 16. Add. fol. 14,597, fol. 105b (dated A. Gr.880= A.D. 569)  36  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 648. .

 XIX.  Seven chapters against those who say that what is bad in the doctrine of heretics should be cursed, but not the heretics themselves and their whole doctrine : [Syriac]  |lv  Add. 14,604, fol. 113  a (VIIth century)  37  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 726. col. 1. .

 XX.  Three additional Chapters against heresies: [Syriac] Add. 14,529, fol. 6o  a (VIIth or VIIIth century)  38  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 920. col. 2. .

 XXI.  On the Union of the two Natures; Add. 14,670, fol. 22a (VIth or VIIth century)  39  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 691. col. 1. .

 XXII.  A confession of Faith: [Syriac] Add. 17,201, fol. 6a (VIth or VIIth century)  40  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 690. col. 1. .

 XXIII.  A confession of Faith: [Syriac] Add. 17,216, foll. 32,33 (XIIIth century)  41  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 533. col. 2. .

 XXIV.  The Faith of Philoxenus: [Syriac] 14,621, fol.172b(datedA.Gr.1113=A.D.802)  42  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 759. col. 2. Compare the [Syriac] described by Payne Smith, Cat. Codd. MSS., col. 463. .

 XXV.  A Confession of Faith, in ten sections, directed against the Council of Chalcedon: [Syriac] Add.  |lvi  Add. 14,529, fol. 68a (VIIth or VIIIth century)  43  1 See Wright, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 920. col. 1. For another Confession of Faith see B. O., ii. p. 33. col. 2. .

 XXVI.  A Confession of Faith, beginning [Syriac]  44  2 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 75. col 1.

 XXVII.  A Definition of Faith: [Syriac]  45  3 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 117. col. 2.

 XXVIII.  A Discourse on Faith: [Syriac]  46  4 See Assemânî, B. O., ii. p. 45. col. 2.

 XXIX.  A Reply to be made by anyone, when questioned as to his belief: [Syriac] Add. 14,529, fol. 69b  47  5 See Wright, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 920. col. 2. For extract from a tract upon Faith by Philoxenus, see Add. 17,206, fol. 30 b (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 859. col. 2). .

 XXX.  A Declaration of the One Nature in Christ [Syriac]  48  6 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 75. col. 1.

 XXXI.  On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin: [Syriac] Add. 14,727, fol. 26a (XIIIth century)  49  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 887. col. 1. .

 XXXII.  A Discourse addressed to one who asked him, whether the Holy Ghost departs from  |lvii  a man when he sins, or returns to him when he repents: [Syriac] Add. 17,193, fol. 18a (dated A. Gr. 1185 = A. D. 874)  50  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 993. col. 1. .

 XXXIII.  A paraenetic discourse: [Syriac] Add. 17,206, fol. 54a (XIth or XIIth century)  51  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 860. col. 1. .

 XXXIV.  A Funeral Sermon: [Syriac] Add. 14,520, fol. 123b (VIIIth or IXth century)  52  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 364. col. 2. .

 XXXV.  A Prayer to be used when a man riseth from his couch: [Syriac] Add. 14,499, fol. 430 (Xth or XIth century)  53  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 229. col. 2. .

 XXXVI.  A penitential Prayer: [Syriac] Add. 14,621, fol.160b (dated A. Gr. 1113 = A.D. 802)  54  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 758. col. 1. .

 XXXVII.  A Prayer to be said whenever a man pleaseth : [Syriac] Add. 17,262, fol. 71b (XIIth century)  55  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 868. col. 2. .

 XXXVIII.  A Prayer: [Syriac] beginning [Syriac] Add. 14,583, fol. 178a (XIth century)  56  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 1078. col. 1. .  |lviii 

 XXXIX.  A Prayer of Supplication  57  1 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 125. col. 1. .

 XL.  Prayers for the seven canonical Hours [Syriac]  58  2 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 69. col. 2. Compare also [Syriac] Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 123. col. 2; and [Syriac] in Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 6. col. 2.

 XLI.  Morning Prayer: [Syriac]  59  3 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 124. col. 2.

 XLII.  Terce: [Syriac] Add. 14,723, fol. 78b  60  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 144. col. 2. , and Add. 17,221, fol. 52b  61  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 145. col. 2; and Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 124. col. 2.  . 

 XLIII.  Compline:  62  6 See Payne Smith, Cat. Codd. MSS. Bibl. Bodl., col. 65. [Syriac].

 XLIV.  Letter to the Monks of Sënûn, concerning the Incarnation and Faith,  etc., written during his second exile at Philippopolis : [Syriac] Add.14,597, fol.35b (dated A.Gr. 880 = A.D.569)  63  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 649. col. 1 ; and Assemânî, B. O., ii. p. 38. .

 XLV.  Two Letters to the Monks of Teleda  64  8 See B. O., ii. p. 37. col. 2. An extract of one of these letters is extant in Add. 14,663, fol. 10b; see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 692. col. 1, and the whole letter has been edited by Guidi, La Letter a di Filosseno ai Monad di Tell 'Adda, R. Accademia del Lincei, 1884-85, Rome, 1886. : [Syriac]  |lix 

 XLVI.  Letter to Patricius, the Edessene monk, on purity of the soul and how it may be acquired,  etc.: [Syriac ]Add. 12,167, fol. 144b (dated A. Gr. 1187 = A. D. 876)  65  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 769. col. 2. In B. 0., ii. p. 46. col. i. the heading runs: [Syriac] . Other copies of this letter are extant in Add. 14,649, fol. 180a  66  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 533. col. 1. ; Add. 14,621, fol. 39a  67  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., fol. 39a. ; Add. 14,623, fol. 70b  68  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 765. col. 2. ; Add. 14,580, fol. 89b  69  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 768. col. 1. ; Add. 17,185, fol. 33a  70  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 838. col. 2. .

 XLVII.  Letter to the Monks of Amid on zeal:  ^{71  7 See B. O., ii. p. 37. col. 1; Cat. Bibl. Vat., iii. p. 176. No. 25; and Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., p. 26. col. 1. An extract from this letter is found in Add. 17,193, fol. 69b; see Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 997. col. 1.} [Syriac]

 XLVIII.  Letter to Abraham and Orestes, Priests of Edessa, concerning Stephen bar Sudh-ailê: [Syriac]  72  1 See B. O. , ii. p. 30. col. 2; and Frothingham, Stephen bar Sudaili.  |lx 

 XLIX.  Letter to Abu Nafîr of al-Hîra on Nestorius, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Eutyches, and others: [Syriac] Add. 14,529, fol. 61a (VIIth or VIIIth century)  73  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 920. col. 1 ; extracts from this letter are preserved in Add. 17,193, fol. 83 a, and Add. 17,134, fol. 4b (See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., pp. 338, 998). This letter has been published by Martin, Grammatica Chrestomathia, p. 71. .

 L.  Letter to the Emperor Zeno on the Incarnation of God the Word: [Syriac]  74  3 See B. O., ii. p. 34. col. 2.

 LI.  Letter to John II. of Alexandria: [Syriac] Add. 14,670, fol. 21a (VIth or VIIth century)  75  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 691. col. 1. 5 See B. O., ii. p. 35. col. 2. .

 LII.  Two Letters to the Monks of Bêth Gôgal: [Syriac]

 LIII.  Letter to a monk who had recently become converted: [Syriac] Add. 14,649, fol. 200b (IXth century)  76  6 See B. O., ii. p. 46, 1.; Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 533. col. 2; p. 741. col. 1; p. 787. col. 2. .

 LIV.  Letter to a disciple, on the forsaking of the world  |lxi  and on the monastic life: [Syriac] Add. 14,728, fol. 76b  77  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 876. col. 1. , and Add. 14,729, fol. 131a  78  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 874. col. 2.  . 

 LV.  Letter to the Christians at Arzôn  79  3 See B. O., ii. p. 46. 1. .

 LVI.  Letter to a convert from Judaism: [Syriac] Add. 14,726, fol. 10  a (Xth century)  80  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 828. col. 2. # .

 LVII.  Letter to Maron the lector, of Anazarba: [Syriac] Add. 14,726, fol. 19b (Xth century)  81  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 829 col. 1. .

 LVIII.  Letter to one of his disciples : [Syriac] [Syriac] Add. 12,167, fol. 179b (dated A. Gr. 1187 = A.D. 876)  82  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 771, col. 2. , and Add 18,817, fol. 147a (XIIth century)  83  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 806. col. 1. .

 LIX.  Letter to the Recluses: [Syriac] Add. 14,577, fol.101b (IXth century)  84  8 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 787. col. 1. For extracts see Add. 14,601, fol. 6a, Add. 14,613, fol. 140b (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., pp. 789, 812). .

 LX.  Letter on the duties of the ascetic life: [Syriac]  |lxii  Add. 17,262, fol. 420 (XIIth century)  85  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 868. col. 1. .

 LXI.  Letter to a lawyer who had become a monk: [Syriac] Add. 12,167, fol. 278a (dated A.Gr. 1187 = A.D. 876)  86  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 773. col. 2. .

 LXII.  Letter against Habib: [Syriac].  87  3 See B. O., ii. p. 45. col. 2. No. 18.

 LXIII.  Letter to Simon, the Archimandrite of Teleda ---- a fragment: [Syriac] Add. 14,533, fol. 48b (VIIIth or IXth century)  88  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 969. col. 1. .

 LXIV.  Letter to the orthodox monks in the East: [Syriac] Add. 14,533, fol. 50a  88  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 969. col. 1. .

 LXV.  Tract on Chastity ---- a fragment  89  5 See B. O., ii. p. 46. col. 1. No. 22. .

 LXVI.  The Book of Sentences ---- an extract from the fifth Chapter: [Syriac] Add. 17,191, fol.64b (IXth or Xth century)  90  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 1014. col. 2. , and Add. 17,214, fol. 88a (VIIth century)  91  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 917. col. 2. .

 LXVII.  On the tranquillity of the convent life: [Syriac]  |lxiii  Add. 17,181, fol. 24b (VIth century)  92  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., 9.665. col. 1. ; Add. 17,173, fol. 80a (VIIth century)  93  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 726. col. 1. ; Add. 14,604, fol. 95b (VIIth century)  94  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 725. col. 1. ; Add. 14,617, fol. 49b (VIth or VIIth century)  95  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 741. col. 1. ; and Add. 14,726, fol. 11b (Xth century)  96  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 829. col. 1. .

 LXVIII.  Rules for the Monastic Life: [Syriac] Add. 17,262, fol. 72a (XIIth century)  97  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 868. col. 2. .

 LXIX.  On the Fear of God----an extract: [Syriac] Add. 14,577, fol. 130a (IXth century)  98  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 788. col. 2. .

 LXX.  On Humility----an extract: [Syriac] Add. 14,582, fol. 179a  99  8 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 694. col. 2; Add. 18,817, fol. 70a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 804. col. 2); Add. 14,522, fol. 37a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 831. col. 2); Add. 14,614, fol. 69a (Wright, Cat. Syr, MSS., p. 832. col. 2); Add. 17,180, foll. 20 a , 21 a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 852. col. 2); Add. 14,728, fol. 185a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 884. col. 1). .

 LXXI.  On Repentance----an extract: [Syriac] Add. 14,582, fol. 179b  99  8 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 694. col. 2; Add. 18,817, fol. 70a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 804. col. 2); Add. 14,522, fol. 37a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 831. col. 2); Add. 14,614, fol. 69a (Wright, Cat. Syr, MSS., p. 832. col. 2); Add. 17,180, foll. 20 a , 21 a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 852. col. 2); Add. 14,728, fol. 185a (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 884. col. 1). .

 LXXII.  On Prayer: [Syriac] Add. 14,582, foll. 181a, 182a  100  9 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 694. col. 2. ; Add. 18,817, fol. 71b  101  10 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 804. col. 2; and p. 852. col. 2. .

 LXXIII.  On Prayer: Add. 12,167, foll. 182b, 183a  102  11 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., pp. 771, 772. .  |lxiv 

 LXXIV.  On Prayer ---- two extracts Add. 14,611, fol. 1b  103  1 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 824. col. 1. ; Add. 14,522, fol. 39a  104  2 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 831. col. 2. ; Add. 14,614, fol. 70b  105  3 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 833. col. 1. ; Add. 14,728, fol. 187a and b  106  4 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 884. col. 1.  . 

 LXXV.  Against passions in the soul: [Syriac] Add. 17,153, fol. 127b (VIIth century)  107  5 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 728. col. 1. .

 LXXVI.  On the tonsure: [Syriac]. Add. 14,613, fol. 141b  108  6 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 812. col. 2. ; and Add. 17,193, fol. 83b  109  7 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 999. col. 2. .

 LXXVII.  On Virginity: [Syriac] Add. 17,215, fol. 43a  110  8 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 840. col. 1. .

 LXXVIII.  On the Quotations in the Epistles of Saint Paul: [Syriac] Add. 17,193, fol. 3b  111  9 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., p. 990. col. 1. .

 LXXIX.  On the man who wilfully transgresseth the prohibition of the priests: [Syriac]  112  10 See B. O., ii. p. 46. col. 1. No, 23. .

 LXXX.  A hymn on the Nativity: [Syriac]  113  11 See Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS., pp. 727, 831, 832, 852, 855, 856, and 1007.

Extracts from the writings of Philoxenus are also found in Add. 17,173, fol. 80a; Add. 14,522, fol. 38b;  |lxv  Add. 14,614, fol. 70a; Add. 17,180, fol. 21a; Add. 17,178, foll. 72a, 90a; and Add. 14,538, fol. 80a  114  1 See B. O., ii. p. 46. col. 1. No. 24. This hymn is also attributed to John bar-Aphthôn---- [Syriac] .

TRANSLATIONS.

(a) Arabic.
I. The Discourses on Christian Life and Character  115  2 Seven of these, translated by one Moses, are preserved in a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale; see Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., pp. 194, 195. .
II. Daily Prayers : [Syriac]  116  3 See Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Syr., pp. 125. col. i, 126. col. 2. An Arabic version of the prayers of the seven canonical hours is preserved in the Vatican (B. O., ii. p. 24. col. 2), and in the Bodleian we have [Arabic] (Payne Smith, Cat. Codd. MSS. Bibl. Bodl., col. 479).

(b) Ethiopic.
I. A Hymn, beginning [Ethiopic] Brit Mus. MS. Orient. No. 539, fol. 218a  117  4 See Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., p. 78. col. 2. .
II. A Hymn, beginning, [Ethiopic] Brit. Mus. MS. Orient. No. 594, fol. 193a  118  5 See Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., p. 109. col. 1. .
III. Prayers in seven sections: [Ethiopic] Add. 19,658, fol. 41a  119  6 See Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., p. 110a . .
IV. A Prayer which Christians may pray for the saving of their souls : [Ethiopic]  |lxvi  Brit. Mus. MS. Orient. No. 578, fol. 223a  120  1 See Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., p. 122. col. 1; see also the index to Zotenberg, Cat. MSS. Éthiopiens, s. v. Philoxène. .
V. The first part of a Series of questions and answers on the History of the Egyptian Monks [Ethiopic] attributed to Philoxenus [Ethiopic] Brit. Mus. MSS. Orient. Nos. 759, fol. 81a, 760, fol. 40, 761, fol. 3a  121  2 See Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., pp. 177, 178. .
VI. Commentary on the Gospels  122  3 This is quoted in Orient. No. 736, foll. 36 b, 41 b, and 54a (see Wright, Cat. Ethiopic MSS., p. 202. col. I ; and see Dillmann, Cat. Codd. MSS. Orient, qui in Museo Britannica asservantur, London, 1847 p. 11. col. 2). .

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