Aleppo, Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese, 7077

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Former shelfmark(s): 117

Physical description: paper, 18 × 14 cm, 183 fol., 1 col. Several pages are missing: three from quire 1, one in 13, one in 14, and the first and last pages of 19.

Language: Syriac

Date: 1567/1568

Provenance: Unknown. Copied by the scribe Slibana (fol. 87v).

Contents:

West Syriac Life of Mary featuring:

Protevangelium of James (book 1, fols. 1v–11v, and book 2, fol. 23r–32r)

Vision of Theophilus (book 3, fols. 32v–79v)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (book 4, fols. 79v–87v)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (book 5, fols. 88r–153v, and book 6, fol. 154r–180v)

Additional Contents: Ps.-Ephrem, On the Malice of the Jews against Mary and Joseph, (fol. 12r–22v, ending missing) and Jacob of Serug, On the Death and Burial of the Theotokos (CANT 125; fol. 181r–183v, ending missing).

Catalogs: uncatalogued

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 20 January 2017.