Beyond the two best-known large works, numerous shorter treatises explore specific questions of spiritual practice, metaphysics and scriptural understanding. Some circulated independently, while other materials were reused, revised or incorporated into larger writings. Modern catalogs may therefore describe closely related texts under different titles.
How to study this subject
A work, a surviving manuscript, a printed edition and a translation are not interchangeable objects. Each introduces decisions about titles, variants, arrangement and wording. Modern manuscript research has established authenticated portions of the corpus alongside uncertain attributions. Digital linking should disclose these distinctions instead of concealing them.
A bibliographic record should separate the attested title, opening and closing words, manuscript shelfmark, copy date, modern edition and attribution assessment. A scanned page, searchable transcription and edition concordance serve different purposes. Before claiming that a passage matches another edition, compare the words and boundaries, not merely the page labels. Uncertain matches should remain explicitly provisional.
Do not count every title in a database as a separate authenticated work. Compare incipits, explicits, manuscript attributions and editorial research to determine whether entries describe copies, excerpts or distinct compositions.
Primary sources and further reading
These are contextual reading links, not exact passage-level citations.