HOLLIS Primo 'Sacra parallela John Damascene' (2026-11-13) returns 18 records: Karl Holl's 'Die Sacra parallela des Johannes Damascenus' (1896/1897), Friedrich Loofs's studies (1892), 'Fragmente vornicaenischer Kirchenvaeter aus den Sacra parallela' (1899), a manuscript record for the 9th-century codex, and modern studies - all German or Greek, none an English translation. HOLLIS 'Sacra parallela English translation' returns only three unrelated records (a Byzantine anthology of Christian precepts, and two books on Titus of Bostra). archive.org full-text search for titles containing 'sacra parallela' returns 8 items, again all German editions or German textual studies (Wahl on the prophets, Proverbs, Sirach). No complete English translation exists.
A three-book topical florilegium of several thousand patristic excerpts (God, man, virtues and vices), compiled before 750 and much used in later Byzantine chains; it is a 'chain' in the florilegium sense rather than a verse-by-verse biblical catena, which is why genre is 'other'. Individual excerpts exist in English inside translations of their source authors, but the collection as a collection has never been translated. The Greek text is in Migne PG 95-96; no verified open e-text was located.
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| Patrologiae Cursus Completus ... 1860: Vol 95 (= PG 95, Sacra Parallela, tit. I… | pdf+jp2 | 799 | public-domain | none | Item page HTTP 200; 799 leaves (_page_numbers.json); djvu.txt HTTP 200 (3.99 MB), 119 Greek code points in a 200k mid window. Work present: index reads 'Sacra Parallela. col. 9' at 0.1% and the running head 'SACRA PARAL… |
| Patrologiae Cursus Completus ... 1860: Vol 96 (= PG 96, Sacra Parallela tit. II… | pdf+jp2 | 789 | public-domain | none | Item page HTTP 200; 789 leaves; djvu.txt HTTP 200 (4.12 MB); 'PARALLELA' 132 hits confirming continuation of the florilegium in tomus 96. Full-resolution page image verified: /page/n300.jpg HTTP 200, 5270x8360 px. Same… |
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| The Miraculous journey of Mahomet : Mirâj nâmeh : Bibliothèque nationale, Paris (Manuscrit supplément Turc 190) | "The Miraculous journey of Mahomet : Mirâj nâmeh : Bibliothèque nationale, Paris (Manuscrit supplément Turc 190)." New York : G. Braziller, 1977. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990051689370203941 |
| The Topkapı scroll : geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture : Topkapı Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956 | Necipoğlu, Gülru. "The Topkapı scroll : geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture : Topkapı Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956." Santa Monica, CA : Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990060430870203941 |
| Biblical archaeology today, 1990 : proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, June-July 1990 | "Biblical archaeology today, 1990 : proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, June-July 1990." [Jerusalem] : Israel Exploration Society : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, c1993. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990041652200203941 |
| Hajj paintings : folk art of the great pilgrimage | Neal, Avon. "Hajj paintings : folk art of the great pilgrimage." Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1995. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990065531020203941 |
| The mosque : history, architectural development and regional diversity | "The mosque : history, architectural development and regional diversity." London : Thames & Hudson, 2002. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990089690100203941 |