10th to 11th Centuries
116v explicit: Τοῦἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης θεώρια εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, written around an image of the cross.
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec. 408, 89v–161v (M–R, 36–7: C 1, normal)
Dated to the second part of the 10th century. No initial title. 89v ΤῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦ
ΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσσης. 89v–91r Ep. to Peter. 91r–92v list of 31 headings. 92v–161v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers written in the margins and scholia.
10th to 11th Centuries Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, grec 4.18, 137r–219r (M–R, 201–4: G 5, large)
137r–138v Ep. to Peter. No list of headings. 138v–219r treatise in 30 chapters; folios 138–45 are inserted between folios 153 and 154.
Oxford, Bodleian, Barocci grec 228, 65r–118v (M–R, 138–41: E 6, normal) 65r two dodecasyllables in the hand of the copyist: ὡς αὐτάδελφος καὶὁμότροπος πέλων, πληροῖτὸλεῖπον τοῦσοφοῦΒασιλείου.
65r title: περὶεἰκόνος ἀνθρώπου τοῦμακαρίου Γρηγορίου ἀδελφοῦτοῦἁγίου Βασιλείου. 65r:
ΤῷτιμιωτάτῳἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐν κυρίῳχαίρειν. 65r–66r Ep. to Peter. 66r–67r list of 31 headings. 67r–118v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers in margin, and scholia. 118v, explicit in black uncials: Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης ἀδελφοῦ τοῦἁγίου Βασιλείου θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coislin grec. 235, 121r–208v (M–R, 249–52: I 1, normal) No initial title. 121r ΤῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος νύσης εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον. 121r–123r Ep. to Peter. 123r–124v list of 31 headings. 124v–208v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers in the margins. Text breaks off a few lines before the conclusion of chapter 31, with ἐν τῷἀτελεῖκαὶἐν (PG 44, 255 D 10).
Patmos, Monastery St John, grec 47, 67v–121v (M–R, 79–80: C 2, normal) 67v–68v Ep. to Peter. 69rv list of 30 headings. 70r–121v treatise in 30 chapters, entitled εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν.
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 160, 60r–113v (M–R, 80–1: C 3, normal)
Beginning damaged; Ep. to Peter missing. 60r Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης κεφάλαια τριάκοντα εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν followed by list of 30 headings. 61r–113v, text of treatise missing first seven chapters and first part of chapter 8.
11th Century Athens, ἘθνικὴΒιβλιοθήκη, grec 415, 94v–96v (M–R, 142–3: E 8, large)
Restored in 16th. Only contains the Ep. to Peter.
Athos, Iviron, grec 335, 136v–152v, 161r–258r (M–R, 81–2: C 4, normal) 136v–139r Ep. to Peter. 139r–141v list of 31 headings. 141v–152v, 161r–258r treatise in 31 chapters with each title written in full in uncials.