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grbs-15625	Meesters, Renaat Jos John	Ascending the Ladder: Editio Princeps of Four Poems on the Ladder of John Klimakos (Bodleian Baroccianus 141)	2016	16	.pdf	application/pdf	5186	290	75	RENAAT JOS JOHN MEESTERS 559 ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 56 (2016) 556–571 John Klimakos, accompanied by the still-unedited commentary of Elias of Crete.15 The commentary is written in the margin and begins on f. 1r, where it surrounds a preface, ascribed in the manuscript to Daniel of Raithou.16 The Life of John Klimakos, written by the same Daniel, begins at the bottom of f. 1r (ff. 1r–6r),17 and is followed by the Letter by John of Raithou and the reply by John Klimakos (6r–9r); a prologue (9r–9v);18 a table of contents of the Ladder (9v–10r); the Ladder (10v–288r); the same prologue as on 9r–9v (228r); a brief exhortation (228r– 228v);19 the treatise To the Shepherd (228v–247r); Poems 1 and 2 (247r); Poem 3 (247r–247v); Poem 4 (247v); and quotes from various monks and church fathers, written by a different hand: Isaak the Syrian, Niketas of Herakleia, Theodoros Balsamon, Gregory of Nyssa, Maximos, Neilos, Markos, Thalassios, Basileios, and others (247v–251r). Meesters ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 56 (2016) 556–571 2016 Renaat Jos John Meesters Ascending the Ladder: Editio Princeps of Four Poems on the Ladder of John Klimakos (Bodleian Baroccianus 141)	cache/grbs-15625.pdf	txt/grbs-15625.txt