Codex X: Reconstructing Two Manuscripts from the New Finds at St. Catherine’s Monastery (Mount Sinai)

Abstract This study reconstructs the contents of a lost 10th-century Georgian codex by drawing on two parchment palimpsests from the New Finds at St. Catherine’s Monastery: Sin Geo N 84 and Sin Geo N 90. These manuscripts preserve homilies, apophthegmata, and monastic narratives, including previously unknown Georgian translations of the Historia Monachorum in Aegypto. The material reflects a diverse literary heritage, with links to Greek, Syriac, and Arabic traditions. Through philological analysis, manuscript collation, and English translation of each item, the study sheds new light on early Georgian Christian literature and monastic culture. The edition clarifies textual relationships, corrects earlier misattributions, and highlights scribal practices and translation techniques. Special attention is given to the structure of the reconstructed codex and to the significance of its contents for understanding Georgian monastic compilations within the wider landscape of Eastern Christian textual transmission.