Texts
Collationes patrum in scetica eremo (John Cassian)
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One of the best known theological writings by John Cassian, which purports to record the author’s interviews with the monks of Scetis (today, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt) on various topics relating to the contemplative life, ascetic practices and spirituality. The work was written in the 420s and one of its dedicatees is Pope Leo I.
Manuscript witnesses
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Editions of Cassian’s works go back to the 16th and 17th centuries (e.g. 1559, 1575, 1616, 1628,1 642), but this development is not within the current project’s scope.
Secondary sources (select)
Diem, Albrecht, Monastic manuscript project, Online, ?–present. URL: <http://www.earlymedievalmonasticism.org>.
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