The Medieval Church · c. 840
The Book of Governors
Thomas of Marga · 9th century
What it is
A history of the great monastery of Beth Abhe and its abbots, full of anecdote about monks, demons, mission journeys, and quarrels over books.
Why it lasted
The richest surviving account of monastic life in the Church of the East, and a source for its missions to Central Asia.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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