c. 380–385; recovered at Würzburg in 1885
Latin
The Würzburg Tractates
Priscillian of Ávila · c. 340 – 385
Eleven pieces by a Spanish ascetic accused of Manichaeism and magic: a defence answering the charges point by point, an argument that apocryphal books may be read with discernment rather than banned outright, and instruction on fasting and scripture for a lay movement of men and women studying together.