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Document Details : Title: A fifteenth-century spiritual anthology from the Monastery of Mar Ḥannanyā Author(s): TEULE, H. Journal: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies Volume: 49 Issue: 1-2 Date: 1997 Pages: 79-102 DOI: 10.2143/JECS.49.1.2003093 Abstract : A Fifteenth-Century Spiritual Anthology from the Monastery of Mar Ḥannanyā The present article gives a description of MS Charfeh 212 (olim 38), a West Syrian monastic anthology (1466), intended for novices of the Monastery of Mār Ḥannanyā? or Deir al-Za‘farān in south-eastern Turkey. The introduction contains the translation of a fragment dealing with the foundation of this monastery. The greater part of this article is devoted to the identification of the different treatises selected by the compilers of this anthology. |