The 2026 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 59 items added, 22 additional items updated.
• Corpus:
  • CPG 2432a: summarized the nature of the supplements to the KG, and moved two works previously without CPG numbers under 2432a3 (the 2024 CPG has a misprint "Z" for "3", one of the more significant of its numerous typographical errors).
  • CPG 2432: added two Russion versions.
  • CPG 2437: Added Greek version; updated all versions to the 2025 SC reference system.
  • CPG 2439: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2443: Added two Greek versions with corresponding Latin translations.
  • CPG 2447: Added Georgian version.
  • CPG 2448: Added Georgian version.
  • CPG 2458.4: Changed number to CPG 2456 per new CPG recommendations.
  • CPG 2459: Added Syriac, French versions.
  • CPG 2460: Added Syriac, French versions, and French translation of the Armenian.
  • CPG 2467: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2481.1: Added two Syriac fragments, with Latin and French translations.
  • CPG 2484.1: Added Greek version; recently discovered work.
  • CPG 2484.2: Added Greek version; recently discovered work.
  • CPG 6583: Added Greek, Syriac, Armenian 1, Armenian 2, Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic, Old Church Slavonic Glagolitic, Georgian versions, and Latin translations.
  • Catalog number No CPG 02 has been retired, and moved to CPG 2432a3b.
  • No CPG 01: Added Hausherr's Greek retroversion.
  • No CPG 04: Added Greek version.
  • No CPG 05: Added Greek version.
  • Catalog number No CPG 06 has been retired, and moved to CPG 2477.
  • Catalog number No CPG 07 has been retired, and moved to CPG 2432a3a.
  • No CPG 08: Added Greek version.
• Indexes:
  • Collated vocabulary from new corpus transcriptions.
  • Rectified omission of CPG 2442.

The 2025 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Indexes: new feature to the Guide. Two indexes, so far, one for ancient Greek, another for English.
• Corpus:
  • CPG 2442: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2457: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2458.2: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2458.5: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2458.6: Added Greek version.
  • CPG 2462: Added Greek, Latin, English versions.
  • CPG 2469: Added two Greek versions.
  • CPG 2483: Added Greek version.
  • No CPG 03: Added Greek version.
• Bibliography: 56 items added, 24 items updated.

The 2024 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Corpus:
  • CPG 2430: Added Serbian translation.
  • CPG 2434: Added Greek, Syriac, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2435: Added six new versions (three Greek, two Latin, one Serbian).
  • CPG 2436: Added five new versions (two Greek, one Latin, one Serbian, one English).
  • CPG 2437: Added Serbian translation.
  • CPG 2439: Added Serbian translation.
  • CPG 2441: Added Greek, Latin, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2442: Added Latin, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2443: Added Greek, Latin, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2444: Added Greek, Latin, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2445: Added Greek, Latin, Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2447: Added two Greek versions, Serbian version.
  • CPG 2448: Added three Greek versions, Serbian version.
  • CPG 2450: Added Serbian translation.
  • CPG 2451: Added two Greek versions, and Latin and Serbian versions.
  • CPG 2452: Added six versions (3 Greek, 1 each of Latin, English, Serbian).
  • CPG 2454: Added Greek, English, Serbian versions.
• Life: added Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters 3, 228; Rufinus, translation of the Historia monachorum; extended quotation from Socrates
• Bibliography: 7 items added.

The 2023 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Corpus:
  • CPG 2433: Added seven new transcriptions.
  • CPG 2440: changed authorship to improbable, reflecting Géhin's viewpoint.
  • CPG 2443: added two Greek editions, one translation.
  • CPG 2444: added reference to Armenian version; added one Greek edition, one translation.
  • CPG 2445: added reference to Armenian version; added two Greek editions, one translation.
  • CPG 2448: removed references to Armenian version (none is known).
  • CPG 2455: added transcription for Vat. gr. 754.
  • CPG 2463: added transcriptions for Greek, Arabic
  • CPG 2464: added transcription for Arabic
  • CPG 2464a: added transcription for Arabic
  • NO CPG 06: newly added Word of Instruction, eighteen kephalaia preserved in Barb. gr. 515 and in various Armenian manuscripts. Not yet properly edited. Because these kephalaia were presented in the context of Muyldermans's studies on the Capita cognoscitiva (CPG 2433), and because they did not feature in the KG supplements, they have been overlooked by modern cataloguing efforts.
  • NO CPG 07: newly added. A block of nine kephalaia, preserved in Syriac, the Armenian KG Supplement (nos. 13-22) and Armenian letter 24. The title is identical to Disciples 191, and kephalaia nos. 1, 5, 6, and 7 correspond to Disciples 192, 220, 221, and 222 in the Greek. But the independent manuscript witness suggests that this was a small work in its own right, and that compiler of Disciples selectively drew from it.
• Bibliography: 7 items added.

The 2022 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available.

The following changes have been made

• Bibliography: 32 items added, 11 additional items updated.
• Corpus: Modifications to a number of the short descriptions. The Greek text of the Scholia on Psalms (2455) is now available, correcting roughly 20 typographic errors in the 2021 print edition by Rondeau et al. The Syriac and French of Counsel (2475) has now been provided, along with the Greek fragments preserved in Furrer-Pilliod's edition of the Definitions and Descriptions.

The 2021 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Quarterly 2020 editions were not created because major upgrades were being developed for the Guide. Starting with this issue, the Guide moves to an annual publication cycle, with new issues arriving in late December.

Google Analytics has been removed, in part to comply with GDPR, and for other reasons outlined here.

The contact form has been simplified to human-readable email address.

The checklist of writings has been streamlined in appearance, and easier access has been provided for transcriptions and parallel editions. The parallel editions now come in two types, one for enhanced searching and the other for enhanced reading. The search-enhanced editions prioritize word joins to allow for easier browser-based research. The reading-enhanced editions provide more styling of the sources, and when versions in the same group are quite close, they are combined in a synthetic reading that shows precisely where the versions diverge, and statistics behind the immediate difference.

Reading editions have more option controls over visualization. When based on a TAN-A file that includes claims about quotations, the relevant extracts from the quoted texts are also provided. Vocabulary for types of text reuse (quoting, referring, alluding, paraphrasing, etc.) are explained.

Much of the new functionality is based upon tools in the Text Alignment Network, version 2020, development branch.

The winter 2019 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Summer and autumn 2019 editions were not created because major work was being performed, upgrading features of the Guide.

The checklist of writings has been completely overhauled with a new transformation algorithm. Most importantly, the checklist of editions, translations, transcriptions, etc. has been moved from the Zotero database to a TAN-A file, which allows for RDF-like assertions with great precision. I am not very happy with the state of the XSLT that does the transformation, because nearly every template feels like a hack. But in the interest of getting out a new version of the Guide, I have decided to let it stand, warts and all. For the first time, now, users will be able to find easily transcriptions from manuscripts, previously on the site but not integrated into the checklist. So far, only CPG 2430 and CPG 2431 (Praktikos and Gnostikos) have entries that exhibit the kind of accuracy I'd like to see across the entire publication.

The bibliography now has a tag urn for every entry, logged in the field labeled "extra". This makes it possible to use the Zotero database in conjunction with the TAN library, so that assertions made in the TAN files can be linked to more complete metadata.

The spring 2019 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 1 item added
• Images: added 1750 frontispiece from Armenian edition of Evagrius's works.

The winter 2018 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 57 items updated.

The autumn 2018 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. No signficant revisions have occured since the last edition.

The summer 2018 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Life: CSS touched up, prefatory paragraph revised to be less speculative.
• Corpus: CSS touched up in parallel editions; added Greek transcriptions for CPG 2441, 2442, 2449, 2450, 2458.4
• Bibliography: 18 items added, 10 additional items updated; broken links to corpus repaired.
• About: revised colophon, adjusted CC badge

The spring 2018 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Corpus: parallel, collated editions for Praktikos, Gnostikos, Kephalaia gnostika, and Epistula fidei published
• Bibliography: 3 items updated.

The winter 2017 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 2 items added, 1 additional items updated.
• Corpus: CPG 2482 status questionis clarified.

The autumn 2017 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 2 items added, 6 additional items updated.
• Corpus: CPG 2439 (Epistula fidei): edition by Erasmus added; other updates made based on TAN library corrections.

The summer 2017 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 2 items added, 3 items updated
• Corpus: TAN-derived HTML transcriptions for 37 versions integrated into site.

Changes to the css were made to accommodate the TAN transcriptions.

The spring 2017 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 5 items added. Some items now include an IRI that is to be interpreted as a permanent identifier for the bibliographic item or manifestation. Links to TAN transcriptions added, where available.
• Corpus: links to TAN transcription provided, when available.

Modest changes to the css were made.

The winter 2016 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is now available.

This edition constitutes a major update to the bibliography and corpus pages and the way they are populated. The data for the corpus is now housed primarily in a TAN-c file (part of a new format of XML files; see http://textalign.net/) and partly in the Zotero database, which is the primary source for the bibliography. Exhibit, the javascript library that undergirded the corpus and bibliography, has been replaced by Tablesorter, written by Christian Bach and updated by Rob Garrison (https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter). Between the data and the javascript library rests several custom-written XSLT files that transform the TAN-c and Zotero.rdf into the html tables that populate the now-static website.

The advantage to this approach is that all editions of the Guide are now archivable by archive.org. The two pages slightly smaller and more responsive, generally. They are cleaner and more book-like.

Along with the data overhaul has come a revision of the CSS, which is now designed to be adequate for both small and large screens.

Other revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 1 item added, 31 additional items updated.

The autumn 2016 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. The version is identical to the summer 2016 edition. Work has been underway to enlarge the Guide to incorporate transcriptions of different versions of primary sources.

The summer 2016 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 11 items added, 2 additional items updated.

The spring 2016 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Corpus: Work ascribed to Evagrius newly added, under the title Scholia in Acta apostolorum. Fragment preserved on Acts 10:11-12; edited in Cramer’s Catenæ græcorum patrum in novum testamentum, 3:177.
• Bibliography: 13 items added, 1 additional item updated. Notable additions include the Slovenian translation of the corpus.
• Images: Reference updated for fresco image from Farfa.
• Staff: Bibliography editors updated.

The winter 2015 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 3 items added, 24 additional items updated

The autumn 2015 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• corpus: permanent, unique URNs have been assigned to all the works of Evagrius. These are itemized for each work, and follow the formula "tag:evagriusponticus.net,2015:" + "cpg" + [CPG number]. If the work is not listed in the Clavis patrium graecorum, the URN is constructed "tag:evagriusponticus.net,2015:" + "nocpg" + [2-digit number]. These URNs are suitable for naming the abstract concept of the works of Evagrius, and may be used by anyone in any digital data set or project. Note, these URNs apply only to the work level of Evagrius's works, and should not be used to name any manuscript or edition that carries a particular work.
• transcriptions: In preparation for publishing multiple versions of transcriptions of each of Evagrius's works, the Github repository https://github.com/Arithmeticus/TAN-Evagrius has been prepared and will be deployed in a future version.

The summer 2015 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• General: Viewport added, for mobile accessibility; minor adjustments in CSS

The spring 2015 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 5 items added
• Corpus: corrections made to English titles of CPG 2432 (Kephalaia gnostika) and CPG 2436 (Chapters to a Virgin)

The winter 2014 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 2 items added, 62 additional items updated

The fall 2014 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Life: English translations for three new sources added: the entirety of the Coptic Life of Evagrius by Tim Vivian (courtesy St. Vladimir's Seminary Press); testimonia from the Virtues of Saint Macarius of Egypt; and further testimonia from Palladius, Historia Lausiaca
• Bibliography: 6 items added, 3 additional items updated

The summer 2014 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 7 items added

The spring 2014 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 5 items added, 3 older items updated

The winter 2013 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 6 items added, 7 older items updated

The fall 2013 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 18 items added, 2 older items updated

The summer 2013 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Images: Cod. Ambr. E.49-50 caption has been corrected and expanded.
• Bibliography: 12 items added, 65 older items updated, editor and translator information given

In addition, the bibliography is now available as RDF serialized as XML at http://evagriusponticus.net/bibliography.rdf

The spring 2013 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Adobe Garamond Premier Pro embedded for better reading.
• Bibliography: 22 items added, 17 older items updated

Vitaly Permiakovs joins as a bibliography editor for 2013. Thanks go to Scott Johnson for his work as a bibliography editor in 2012.

The winter 2012 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 8 items added, 10 older items updated

The fall 2012 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Bibliography: 19 items added, 11 others corrected

The summer 2012 edition of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus is available. Revisions include the following:

• Images: chapter restructured; one post-Byzantine image added
• Corpus: The Just and the Perfect (CPG 2465) now assigned to dubia (= Liber graduum 14)
• Bibliography: 35 items added

We are pleased to announce the appearance of the Guide to Evagrius Ponticus, a digital-only, peer-reviewed reference work. Updated quarterly, the Guide provides definitive lists of Evagrius's works, of editions and translations of those works, and of studies related to his life and thought. The Guide includes a sourcebook of key ancient testimonies to Evagrius and his reception, as well as a checklist of images from the ancient world. Updated quarterly, the Guide will gradually introduce a manuscript checklist, images of manuscripts, transcriptions of those manuscripts, and open source critical editions of Evagrius's writings.

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