Digital Edition in Progress

Simeon Stylites atop his Pillar

I’m excited to finally make available my ongoing digital humanities project, which is a digital edition of John Moschus’ Spiritual Meadow.

This late Greek (6-7th c. CE) collection of tall tales and entertaining anecdotes was gathered during John’s extensive travels around the Levant, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with stories including:

• Mimes mutilated by the Theotokos
• Pillar saints incinerated by lightning
• Talking corpses with decent advice
• Heartwarming lions
• Herodotean fish

The project is currently in progress and can be viewed here. If you’d like to contribute, please submit a pull request to github.