Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Syr. 74

Images: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Other shelfmark(s): Sachau 9

Physical description: paper, 208 × 140 mm., 128 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Syriac

Date: 1695 (fols. 24^v and 100^v)

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Legend of the Thirty Pieces of Silver (extracted from the Book of the Bee ch. 44; fols. 20^v–22^r)

History of Philip (fols. 52^v–65^v)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 82^v–92^v)

Additional Contents: Cave of Treasures (fols. 3^r–19^v, 122^r–122^v); Solomon of Basra, Book of the Bee (introduction only; fols. 22^r–24^v); Syriac History of Joseph (CAVT 113; fols. 24^v–52^v), History of the Rechabites (CAVT 166; fols. 101^r–121^r), and several hagiographical texts.

Catalogs:

Sachau, Eduard. Verzeichniss der syrischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek. Erste Abtheilung. Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1899 (pp. 281–88).

Other online databases: e-corpus

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 12 May 2017.