A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHILO
ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS
The following catalogue of Armenian codices has been compiled from the
sources cited under various manuscripts and supplemented by valuable notes
supplied with characteristic generosity by Father Nerses Akinian of the Com
munity of the Mechitarists at Vienna. They are the results of his own investi
gations in Oriental libraries. Further research would no doubt increase the
number of codices considerably. For the most recent treatment of the Arme
nian version of Philo, its date, and the place which it occupies in the "Graeco-
phile" literature of Armenia see Lewy, no. 443, pp. 1-24. We are indebted for
the compilation of this material to Professor Robert P. Casey of Brown Uni
versity.
- Edschmiatzin 1500, formerly 944, paper, 1188 folios, 38 X 26 cm., writ
ten A.D. 1282 in the "round hand" (Bolorgir) by the learned historian
Mechitas of the monastery of Ayrivank in the province of Sisuan. In
addition to almost all of the known Armenian translations from Greek
literature, both patristic and philosophic, it
Contains: Provid. (fols. 370-388), Animal. (1-121), Abr. (388-392V),
Cont. (392V-401V), LA i, ii (401V-412V), QG (412V-466), QE (466-
481), Spec, i, d, e (481-484V), Spec, i, g (484V-487V), Decal. (482V-
494V), Spec, iii, a (494V-497), Samp. (497-501), Jona (501-507); Deo
(507)-
See Lewy, no. 443, p. 4.
- Edschmiatzin 2101, formerly 2093, A.D. 1223, "the oldest [Armenian]
MS. of Philo," written in the "round hand."
Contains: Provid. (fol. 87).
See Lewy, op. cit. p. 6, n. 22.
- Edschmiatzin 2100, formerly 2092, paper, small square octavo, A.D. 1325,
written in a large neat cursive hand. It is signed by Karapet the elder
who wrote it at the request of the Vardapet Kirakos.
Contains: QG (fols. 3 -112V), LA, i, ii (113), Provid. (159V), Animal.
(264V), Abr. (313).
- Edschmiatzin 2051 (of Kharenian's Catalogue), completed in March
AJ). 1342 by the same scribe as no. 340 and is a companion codex to the
same.
Contains: the Armenian treatises of Philo not listed under no. 340.
- Edschmiatzin 2057 (Lewy lists as 2507), formerly 2509, A.D. 1328. The
scribe was Jacob Krakatzi of Jermaghbiur in Cilicia.
Contains: the same treatises as no. 338 and in the same order, except
that Cont., Abr. and LA, i, ii follow at the end.
