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title: "Letters and Select Works"
author: "Basil of Caesarea"
translator: "Blomfield Jackson"
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# Letters and Select Works

*Basil of Caesarea, tr. Blomfield Jackson*

Basil on the Holy Spirit, the six days of creation, and his letters.

## 19. Editions and Manuscripts · 2 of 3

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[¶0] Epistolæ cccxxxiv. Misc. xxxviii. 1 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 642). Codex chartaceus, in folio, ff. 196, sec. xvi. anno 1547 scriptus [ol. 3091]. Auct. E. 2. 10.

[¶1] S. Basilii epistolæ, ut e numeris marginalibus apparet, cccxxxiv. fol. 1.

[¶2] Ult. est ad eundem Eusebium, et exstat in ed. cit. tom. iii. p. 257.

[¶3] Epistola ccxlv. Baroc cxxi. [i.e. pt. 1, p. 199]. Membranaceus, in 4to ff. 226, sec xii. exeuntis, bene exaratus; in calce mutilus.

[¶4] S. Basilii, archiepiscopi Cæsareensis, epistolæ ad diversos, numero ducentæ quadraginta quinque.

[¶5] Epist. clxxvii. Roc. xviii. 314 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 471). Codex chartaceus, in folio, ff. 475 , hodie in duo volumina distinctus, anno 1349 manu Constantini Sapientis binis columnis scriptus; olim ecclesiæ S. Trinitatis apud insulam Chalcem [ol. 264].

[¶6] S. Basilii Cæsareensis epistolæ circiter centum septuaginta septem, fol. 314.

[¶7] Epistolæ variæ. Baroc. lvi. 28b et passim (i.e. pt. 1, p. 83). Codex bombycinus, ff. 175, sec. xiv. exeuntis; initio mutilus, et madore corruptus.

[¶8] S. Basilii adversus Eunomium epistola, fol. 28b.

[¶9] Epist. xiii. ad diversos. Baroc. ccxxviii 118b (i.e. pt. 1, p. 393). Membranaceus, in folio, ff. 206, sec. forsan xii. ineuntis; foliis aliquot chartaceis a manu recentiori hic illic suppletis. S. Basilii et Libanii epistolæ septem mutuæ, f. 126.

[¶10] Ibid. epp. 341, 342, 337–340, 356.

[¶11] Epist. tres. Misc. clxxix. 423 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 724). Codex chartaceus, in folio marjori, ff. 262, sec. xvii.; olim peculium coll. soc. Jesu Clarom. Paris, postea Joh. Meerman. Auct. T. 1. 1.

[¶12] S. Basilii, archiep. Cæsareensis, epistola ad Optimum episcopum in illud, πᾶς ὀ ἀποκτείνας καΐν, p. 423.

[¶13] Epistola ad Chilonem. Laud. xvii. 352 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 500). Codex chartaceus, et lævigatus, in 4° ff. 358, sec. xv. [ol. 692].

[¶14] S. Basilii Magni epistola ad Chilonem, fol. 352.

[¶15] Epist. ad Coloneos. Baroc. cxlii. 264b (i.e. pt. 1, p. 242). Codex chartaceus, in 4o ff. 292, sec. xiv. ineuntis.

[¶16] S. Basilii Magni epistola ad Coloneos, fol. 264b.

[¶17] Ejus et Libanii epistolæ. Baroc. xix. 191 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 27). Codex chartaceus in 4o minori, ff. 200, sec. xv. manibus tamen diversis scriptus.

[¶18] S. Basilii et Libanii sophistæ epistolæ decem amœbœæ, fol. 19l.

[¶19] Ejus et Libanii epistolæ. Baroc. cxxxi. 296 (i.e, pt. 1, p. 211). Codex bombycinus, in 4° maj. ff. 4 et 536, sec. xiv. haud eadem manu scriptus; madore aliquantum corruptus.

[¶20] S. Basilii et Libanii epistolæ tres mutuæ, f. 299b.

[¶21] Epistolæ ad Libanium et Modestum. Baroc. ccxvi. 301 (i.e. pt. 1, p. 376). Codex, fragmentis constans pluribus, in 4° ff. 379 quorum 43 priora membranacea, cætera chartacea sunt.

[¶22] S. Basilii epistola ad Libanium, fol. 30lb.

[¶23] Ejusdem ad Modestum epistola, imperf. fol. 30lb.

[¶24] Basilii et Libanii epistolæ quinque mutuæ, fol. 302.

[¶25] Ibid. epp. cccxxxv. seq., cccxlii., ccxli., ccclix.

[¶26] The following mss. of St. Basil are in the British Museum:

[¶27] Harleian Collection:

[¶28] 1801. Codex membranaceus (Newton’s arms in spare leaf). Doctrina Beati Basilii.

[¶29] 2580. Liber chartaceus. S. Basilii sermo de parentum honore, Latine redditus per Guarinum.

[¶30] 2678. Codex membranaceus. S. Basilii de institutis juvenum liber ex versione et cum præfatione Leonardi Aretini.

[¶31] 5576. XIVth c. 40 Homilies.

[¶32] 5639. XVth c. Homilies.

[¶33] 5576. XIVth c. Hexæmeron.

[¶34] 5622. XIVth. c. Com. on Isaiah.

[¶35] 5541. XVth c. Ad juvenes.

[¶36] 5609. XVth c. “

[¶37] 5660. XVth c. “

[¶38] 5657. XIVth c. Extracts.

[¶39] 5689. XIIth c. De V. Virg.

[¶40] 5624. XIVth c. Ep. ad Greg. Frat.

[¶41] 6827. XVIIth c. Epp.

[¶42] 3651. XVth c. De Cons. in Adv.

[¶43] 4987. XVth c. Admon.

[¶44] Burney Collection: