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On Solitude

Written in the second half of the seventh century; the place is not known. The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

A guide for monks to the seven weeks of solitude and to prayer in the cell.

Treatise · first written in Syriac

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure

GEDSH, "Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya", https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Dadisho-Qatraya; Encyclopaedia Iranica, "Dādīšoʿ Qaṭrāyā"; A. Mingana, Woodbrooke Studies 7 (1934), preface

Place written not known

GEDSH, "Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya", https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Dadisho-Qatraya; Encyclopaedia Iranica, "Dādīšoʿ Qaṭrāyā"; A. Mingana, Woodbrooke Studies 7 (1934), preface