Download or read book The Discourses of Philoxenus Bishop of Mabb gh A D 485 519 Vol 2 written by E. A. Wallis Budge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Discourses of Philoxenus Bishop of Mabbogh, A. D. 485-519, Vol. 2: Edited From Syriac Manuscripts of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries in the British Museum The present volume contains an English translation of the complete Syriac text of the Discourses of Philoxenus upon Christian Life and Character which was published early this year as Volume I of this work. Among the Nitrian collection of Syriac MSS. in the British Museum, there are preserved some nineteen volumes which contain the Discourses or extracts from them, and they range in date from the early part of the Vlth to the XIIIth century. Nine of these volumes have no critical value for the text, as they contain short passages only. Of the remaining ten one (the MS. C) belongs to the Vlth century; two (the MSS. D and E) belong to the Vlth or Vllth century; one (the MS. A) belongs to the Vllth or VIIIth century; one to the VlIIth or IXth century; three (the MSS. B, G and H) belong to the IXth century; and two to the Xth century; from eight of these the published text has been taken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."