13th Century
Lesbos, Monastery of St John, grec 6, 117–90 (M–R, 148–9: E 12, large) Title: . . . πρὸς Πέτρον τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφόν· καὶεἰς τὰλοιπὰτῆς ἐξαημέρου τοῦἀδελφοῦαὐτοῦ
Moscow, Musée historique, grec 81 Vladimir, 189r–234v (M–R, 150: E 13, normal) 189r–191r Ep. to Peter. 191r title, Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήνfollowedbylistof31headings.191r–243rtreatisein31chapters;lastchapterdamaged.
Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, grec 18, 91v–168r (M–R, 176–7: F 2, normal) Copied before 13 Sept. 1175. 91v title in red ink: Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου τοῦἀδελφοῦ
Βασιλείου θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν. 91v–93r Ep. to Peter. 93r–94v list of 30 headings; 94v–168r treatise in 30 chapters.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 479, 76r–140v (M–R, 97–9: D 2, normal)
Probably copied in first part of century, restored and supplemented in 15th century.
76r–77r title in red ink: Τοῦἁγίου Γρυγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης, ἀδελφοῦτοῦμεγάλου
Βασιλείου, εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον θεωρία, followed by Ep. to Peter; 77v–78v list of 31 headings.
79r–140v treatise in 31 chapters.
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pii II grec 25, 77r–80v fragment (M–R, 205–8: G 6, large) Chapter 1 is damaged at the beginning; chapters 2–5 complete; chapter 6 incomplete: 77r begins καὶτῇποικίλῃτῶν δένδρων ὥρᾳ(PG 44, 132 B 1); 80v ends ποιήσωμεν γὰρ ἄνθρωπον κα (PG 44, 140 B 6).
13th Century Athens, ἘθνικὴΒιβλιοθήκη, grec 433, 220r–259v (M–R, 224–6: H 1, normal)
Manuscript restored in 15th century. 220rv Ep. to Peter. 220v–221v list of 30 headings, κεφάλαια τριάκοντα εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν. 221v–258v treatise in 30 chapters; treatise, and manuscript, breaks off in the middle of chapter 30, at bottom of 259v with ἐκ μηχανῆς τινὸς ἀποδείκνυσι (PG 44, 249 D1–2).
Athos, Dionysiou, grec 55 (93), 74r–142v (M–R, 152–3: E 15, normal) 74r–75r Ep. to Peter. 75r–76r list of 31 headings, title and incipit for each chapter. 76r–142v treatise in 31 chapters, entitled: Τοῦμακαρίου καὶἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης περὶτῆς τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευῆς.
Escurial, Biblioteca de El Escorial, Ψ II.12 (grec 447), 74r–126v (M–R, 70: B 7, normal)
74rv Ep. to Peter. 74v–75v list of 30 headings. 76r–126v, complete treatise, titled εἰς τὰλοιπὰ τῆς ἑξαημέρου, in 30 chapters.
Escurial, Biblioteca de El Escorial, Ψ III.5 (grec 460), 124v–215v (M–R, 177–8: F 3, normal)
124v–126v Ep. to Peter. 126v–215v treatise in 30 chapters; incomplete, breaking off with ἐρύθημα καὶτὸλαμπρὸν τοῦκρίνον (PG 44, 252 C 12).
Oxford Christ Church Library, grec. 45, 115r–194r, 13th (M–R, 57–8: A*16, normal)
115r–116v Ep. to Peter. 116v–118r list of 30 headings; 118r–194r text in 30 chapters, with scholia. 194r explicit: τοῦἐν ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου and this dodecasyllable verse: