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Document Details : Title: The Armenian Questions of St. Gregory III Subtitle: Further Text-Types and Manuscripts Author(s): STONE, Michael E. Journal: Le Muséon Volume: 138 Issue: 3-4 Date: 2025 Pages: 355-380 DOI: 10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294917 Abstract : This article presents diplomatic editions and analysis of three additional manuscript witnesses to the Armenian work Questions of St. Gregory, supplementing previously published editions of Recensions I and II. The study examines manuscripts M (Matenadaran 2546, 14th century), JM (Jeselsohn Collection 34, 1353), and W (Vienna Mekhitarist 170, 1500-1524), which represent some of the earliest preserved copies of this question-and-answer text dealing with eschatological themes and biblical interpretation. Manuscript M provides an additional witness to Recension I and preserves a complete leaf of material lost from the previously published Jerusalem manuscript, while JM34, dating to 1353, represents the earliest known copy and belongs to Recension II. The Vienna manuscript W170 contains yet another variant form of Recension II. Through diplomatic transcription, translation, and comparative analysis, the article demonstrates the complex transmission history of this popular Armenian theological work, which found widespread resonance among Armenians from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The study contributes to understanding Armenian scriptorial practices, textual variations, and the adaptation of biblical and parabiblical traditions for local ecclesiastical contexts, while laying groundwork for future comprehensive editions of this significant text. |
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