Contents

I: The Nature of the Rules
Introduction
1:The Historical Context of the Rules
2:The Corpus of Monastic Rules
3:Monastic Life as seen in the Rules
4:Monastic Experience and Monastic Rules
Subject Index to Part I
Index of Rule Numbers cited in Part II
II: Corpus of Monastic Rules
Abbreviations for Libraries and Museums Holding the Coptic Manuscripts
Editorial Signs
The Rules, Edited and Translated
Concordance of Manuscript References and Rule Numbers