Basil the Great: the Manuscripts of his Letters

The most important manuscripts, classified by family, are:

	Oxford, Bodleian, Barrocianus 121	Aa	11th c.
	Florence, Laurentian 57, 7.	Aa	11-12
	Vatican graecus. 434 fonds.	Aa	13
	Venice, Marcianus gr. 61.	Aa	11
	Patmos 57	Aa	12
	Oxford, Bodleian, Thomas Roe 18	Aa	14
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 334 S	Aa	16
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 506	Ab	10
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 763 S	Ab	11
	Vienna 142	Ab	11
	Modena, Estensis 229	Ab	11-12
	Venice, Marcianus gr. 79	Ab	12
	Oxford, Bodleian, Miscell. 38	Ab	16
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 967	Ac	14
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 1021 S	Ac	13
	Paris Arsenal 37 P.	Bo	11
	Florence, Laurentian 4, 14	Bo	10-11
	Vatican gr. 713 fonds	Bo	13
	Munich 497	Bo	11
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français Coislin. 237	Bo	11
	Vatican gr. 2209 f.	Bu	10-11
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 971	Bu	16
	Milan, Ambrosian 604	Bu	16
	Paris Bibliotheque Nationale Français graecus 1020 S.	Bx	11
	Vatican gr. 435 f.	Bz	13
	Berlin 23	Bz	16

The text was first printed at Venice, by Aldus, in 1499.

Bibliography

Roy J. Deferrari, Saint Basil: The Letters. Harvard (Loeb) (1961), vol. 1, pp.xli-xlii.  Checked.  Refers to J. Bessières, "La tradition manuscrit de la correspondance de Saint Basile", JTS 21 (1919), several installments starting at no. 81.  Reprinted as a book by Oxford Univ. Press.

Constructive feedback is welcomed to Roger Pearse. Corrections and additions are very welcome.