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Pratum Spirituale
The ''Spiritual Meadow'' is a 7th-century book by John Moschus. In Greek, it is titled ''Leimōn pneumatikos'' (also the ''Leimonarion'' , or the "New Paradise") and in Latin, it is known as ''Pratum spirituale'' ("Spiritual Meadow"), occasionally abbreviated ''Prat. Spirit.'' John Moschus wrote the book during the 610s or 620s. It contains a rich assortment of over 200 narratives, biographies, and collections of sayings. Editions It was first edited by Fronton du Duc in ''Auctarium biblioth. patrum,'' II (Paris, 1624), 1057–1159. A better edition was brought out by Cotelier in ''Ecclesiae Graecae Monumenta'', II (Paris, 1681), which is reprinted in J.-P. Migne, ''Patrologia Graeca''. LXXXVII, III, 2851–3112. A Latin translation, by Ambrose Traversari, is printed in Migne, ''Patrologia Latina'', LXXIV, 121–240, and an Italian version made from the Latin of Traversari (Venice, 1475; Vicenzo, 1479). Summary In the ''Spiritual Meadow'', John Moschus narrates his personal expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moschus
John Moschus ( el, Ἰωάννης Μόσχος, c. 550 – 619; name from the grc, ὁ τοῦ Μόσχου, o tou Moschou, (son) of Moschos, was a Byzantine monk and ascetical writer. Biography He was born about 550 probably at Damascus. He was given the epithet "''ὁ ἐγκρατής''" ("''The Abstemious''"). He lived successively with the monks at the monastery of St. Theodosius southeast of Jerusalem, among the hermits in the Jordan Valley, and in the New Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified near Teqoa, east of Bethlehem. About the year 578 he went to Egypt with Sophronius (afterwards Patriarch of Jerusalem) and came as far as the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert. After 583 he came to Mount Sinai and spent about ten years in the Lavra of the Aeliotes, he then visited the monasteries near Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. In the 580s he returned to Egypt to meet refugees at a time when the Byzantine influence on the region had started to wane and where several monasteries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |