12th Century
Athos, Lavra, grec B.77, 66r–120v (M–R, 82–3: C 5, normal) Perhaps end of 11th century. 66r title: Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου περὶεἰκόνος· εἰς τὰἐλλειφθέντα τῶν παρὰτοῦἀδελφοῦαὐτοῦΒασιλείου ἐπισκόπου γεγραμμένων εἰς τὴν ἑξαήμερον. 66r–67v
Ep. to Peter. 67r–68r list of 31 headings. 68r–120v incomplete text in 31 chapters, lacking end of chapter 31.
Athos, Lavra, grec. B.105, 78r–172v (M–R, 83–5: C 6, normal) Perhaps copied in 1092. 78r title in uncials red ink: Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου
Νύσσης· λόγος κεφαλαιώδης εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου. 78r–79r Ep. to Peter. 79r–80v list of 30 headings. 89r–140r treatise in 30 chapters.
Athos, Vatopedi, grec. 54, 83r–146r (M–R, 85–6: C 7, normal) 83r–84r Ep. to Peter. 84r–146r treatise in 30 chapters, with titles written in margins.
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, grec 833, 51r–122v (M–R, 45–6: A 8, normal) 51r–52v Ep. to Peter; no list of headings; 52v–122v treatise in 30 chapters; text (and the manuscript) breaks off a few lines before end: ψυχὴν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην εἶναι (PG 44, 256
B 8–9).
Modène, Biblioteca Estense, grec 72, 109r–208r (M–R, 96–7: D 1, normal) Incomplete text preceded by Ep. to Peter.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coislin grec 228, 62r–74v, only 12 chaps. (M–R,
90–1: C*10, normal) 62rv Ep. to Peter. 63r–74v incomplete treatise, entitled: Γρυγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης ἀδελφοῦτοῦμεγάλου Βασιλείου εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν. Chapters are numbered in the margin, and their titles marked in the text in red ink; treatise breaks off at end of 74v, towards the close of chapter 12, with words καθορᾶσθαι τοῦπλάσματος (PG 44, 164A2–3).
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec 405, 111r–229v (M–R, 91–2: C*11, normal)
111r–112v Ep. to Peter. 113r–114r same letter copied by a later hand (11th–13th cent.).
114r–115v list of 30 headings. 116r–203v complete treatise in 30 chapters.
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec 407, 117v–199r (M–R, 51–2: A 12, normal)
117v–119r Ep. to Peter. 119r–120v list of 30 headings. 121r–199r complete treatise in 30 chapters.
12th Century Athos, Koutloumousiou, grec 4, 101r–171v (M–R, 204–5: G 6, normal) 101r–102v Ep. to Peter. 102v–103v list of 30 headings. 103v–171v treatise in 30 chapters; last folio torn, thus missing end of chapter 30.
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 11.354, 73r–124v (M–R, 255–7: I 3, normal) 73r general title in red ink: Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νύσης ἡ γένεσις. 73r–74r list of 30 headings. 74r–75r Ep. to Peter. 75r–124v treatise in 30 chapters; treatise (and manuscript) breaks off at end of chapter 29 with κεκρυμμένην μέν, ζῶσαν (PG
44, 240 A 14).
Escurial, Biblioteca de El Escorial, Ψ II.18 (grec 453), 70v–118v (M–R, 69–70: B 6, normal)
70v–71v Ep. to Peter. 71v–72v list of 30 headings. 72v–118v complete treatise in 30 chapters.