Mardin, Church of the Forty Martyrs, 265

Images: HMML

Former shelfmark(s): perhaps once cataloged as Diyarbakir, Meryem Ana Syriac Orthodox Church, 99 and/or Mardin, Chaldean Bishopric, 80.

Physical description: paper, 13.5 × 9.5 cm, 280 pp., 1 col.; portions of first and final quire missing.

Language: Syriac

Date: 16th/17th cent.

Provenance: Two notes in Garšūnī (p. 53 and 206) name a certain Simon as owner of the MS, and the stamp of the Dayr al-Zaʿfarān appears on p. 35.

Contents: West Syriac Life of Mary featuring:

Protevangelium of James (as book 1, truncated at start, pp. 1–13; book 2, pp. 13–34)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (numbered as book 3, pp. 34–53)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (numbered as book 4, pp. 53–206; and book 6, fol. pp. 207–80).

Additional Contents: none.

Catalogs:

Scher, Addai. “Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés à l’archêveché  chaldéen de Diarbékir.” Journal Asiatique 10/10 (1907): 331–62; 10/11 (1907): 385–431, at 402–403.

Scher, Addai. “Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés dans la bibliothèque de l’évêché chaldéen de Mardin.” Revue des Bibliothèques 18 (1908): 64–95, at 86.

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 22 July 2016.